October 30, 2008
TAKE A CHANCE #1: CITY OF HEROES
What makes a hero?
Driven to save lives after her son's murder, Frankie Kemp has spent years as a non-powered vigilante. But when a virus releases super-powered potential in much of the population, "Chance" is left to face her child's shadow-sliding killer with nothing more than her wits and experience. Bestselling author C.E. Murphy, author of URBAN SHAMAN and THE QUEEN'S BASTARD, brings an all-new superhero adventure to life in TAKE A CHANCE. An ordinary woman dons a vigilante's mask--and the world she knows will never be the same!Dabel Brothers Publishing, in collaboration with artist Ardian Syaf (”The Dresden Files”), colorist Jason Embury (”Hero By Night”, “Shadowhawk”), letterer Melissa S. Kaercher (”Dr. Blink, Superhero Shrink”), cover artist Scott Clark (”X-Men”, “Stormwatch”), and writer C.E. Murphy (”The Walker Papers”, “The Negotiator Trilogy”) bring you “Take A Chance”, a creator-owned series available for pre-order now!
*Those of you who’ve been reading for a while know that “Take A Chance” is a pet project that I’ve been working on for over five years. Back when I started down this road, I said that if I ever got Chance published, that I’d turn first issue into a fundraiser for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Now I’m putting my money where my mouth is.
50% of any proceeds I make (after paying my phenomenal team what they deserve) from the first issue of Chance will go to the CBLDF. The remaining money will be turned back over into producing further issues of the comic book. When the first five are collected into trade format, 10% of my proceeds on that will also go to the CBLDF, which means at the end of the day, I’m making no profit at all on that issue. I would dearly love to see the CBLDF profit, though, so I hope you’ll spread the word. In the event you don't already have a pull box at your local comic shop, an order form for "Take A Chance" #1 is available here for your convenience.
*Added! : teaser pages from issue #1
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September 30, 2008
Subterranean Press presents A FANTASY MEDLEY: four short stories by four fantasy authors.
In “Zen and the Art of Vampirism,” Zoe Takano, the only vampire in Toronto, a city filled with supernatural creatures of Kelley Armstrong’s Otherworld, finds her place in the hierarchy threatened by two interlopers.
“Riding the Shore of the River of Death” returns us to the world of Kate Elliott’s Crown of Stars. Kareka, daughter of the begh of the Kirshat, hunts to take a man’s head. It is her last opportunity to prove herself as a man or else she will find herself restricted to the role of woman and wife in the clan forever.
Robin Hobb revisits her Farseer world in “Words Like Coins.” Mirrifen, a failed hedge-witch’s apprentice who has married to find security finds that threatened by a severe drought and the appearance of a pregnant female pecksie.
C.E. Murphy takes us to frozen Moscow in “From Russia, with Love.” Baba Yaga’s daughter is a barmaid at a dive when Janx and Eliseo Daisani walk in. They discover, as they compete for the girl’s affections, that Baba Yaga has plans for Janx and that her beautiful daughter had merely been the bait.
Limited: 200 numbered copies signed by the authors and editor
Trade: 3000 fully clothbound hardcover editionSupplies are quite literally limited, so pre-order it now!
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Sales & NewsSeptember 23, 2008It is with delight that I announce the sale of two paranormal romance novels, TRUTHSEEKER and its sequel WAYFINDER, to Betsy Mitchell at Del Rey. Both books will be released in mass market paperback in 2010.
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THE QUEEN'S BASTARD, Book One of the Inheritors' Cycle, has gone back to press for a fourth printing. If you haven't got your copy yet, read an excerpt or buy it here.
*I will be joining such illustrious authors as Katharine Kerr in writing a short story for Morrigan Books. The PHANTOM QUEEN AWAKES anthology will be available in late 2009.
*March 2009 will see the publication of A FANTASY MEDLEY from Subterranean Press, with short stories by Kate Elliott, Robin Hobb, Kelley Armstrong and C.E. Murphy. My story, "From Russia, With Love" is a story of the Old Races.
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New fiction postedSeptember 19, 2008The following short stories have been added under the Writing page:
A new Tale from Gryphon Beach, my collection of short stories for children
Glasslands, a prequel to an unwritten science fiction saga
A Compendium of Kitlings, a very silly story written for an anthology that never happened, in which, in turn-of-the-century Chicago, Mrs. O'Leary discovered that aliens (the sort from outer space) tended to pay their boarding fees more promptly than human boarders, and also in gold. This, then, is the story of one of her boarders....
Previously, on Take A Chance..., a prequel to my upcoming comic book TAKE A CHANCE, and also an audition script for any artist who'd like to try their hand at Chance
New York Hold 'em, a story of the Old Races, and
Rabbit Tricks, a Walker Papers short story to tide you over until the release of book four, WALKING DEAD, next fall.
My short story Ill Met by Moonlight--the story of a Hollywood starlet trapped on the wrong side of a mirror--is also once more being featured at eharlequin.com. I don't know how long this one will be available, so if the URL isn't working, sorry. :/
As it is (with apologies to Jane Austen) a truth universally acknowledged that a mid-list author in possession of good reviews must be in want of an income, if you enjoy the stories and have it to spare, I would be delighted if you wanted to send a few quid (as they say here) my way. You can use the button below, or if for some reason it doesn't work, use the email address open AT mizkit DOT com. Thanks!
Appearances & InterviewsNovember 9, 2008
Upcoming Appearances» Dublin City Comic Con
I'll be attending Dublin City Comic Con the weekend of 22-23 November in the Park Inn Smithfield Square Dublin.InterviewsA variety of interviews and guest blogs, including several video interviews and panels from San Diego Comic Con, have been added to the Interviews section of my site.
HANDS OF FLAMEWar has erupted among the five Old Races, and Margrit Knight is responsible for the death that caused it. Now New York City's most unusual lawyer faces her toughest negotiation yet. And with her gargoyle lover, Alban, taken prisoner, Margrit's only allies--a dragon bitter about his fall, a vampire determined to hold his standing at any cost and a mortal detective with no idea what he's up against--have demands of their own.
Determined to rescue Alban and torn between conflicting loyalties as the battle seeps into the human world, Margrit soon realizes the only way out is through the fire....
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