Wizards of the Coast to Launch New Line of Novels in 2008
By John DeNardo |
Thursday, November 15th, 2007 at
12:28 am
Wizards of the Coast will launch a new line of adult speculative fiction books in January 2008 under the imprint Wizards of the Coast Discoveries. The original titles under the new imprint will offer a variety of themes and genres that are not part of the shared worlds of WotC’s current books.
Inaugural titles include:
- Firefly Rain by Richard Dansky – a Southern gothic ghost story about “one man’s struggle to honor the past without being destroyed by it, and finding the courage to face the future.”
- Last Dragon by J.M. Mcdermott – A literary fantasy “in the tradition of Gene Wolfe and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.”
- The Man on the Ceiling by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem (cover art not yet available) – A horror story based on the novella that won the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the World Fantasy Award – the only work ever to win all three.
- Devil’s Cape by Rob Rogers – A gritty, noir-ish story of believable superheroes.
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Hopefully they will discover some great unknown writer. Hell White Wolf published William Browning Spencer, and I think his novel Zod Wallop is one of the best fantasy stories I have ever read.
Hmmmm…funny that you mention that book.
I saw Zod Wallop on the shield at a used bookstore and didn’t pick it up because (A) It was fantasy and (2) it was from an author I had never heard of. Then, some time later, I read Spencer’s awesome story “Downloading Midnight“. I went back but the book was gone.
It’s good to have another endorsement for it, though. The title is now solidified in my biblioholic mind and will be something I definitely pick up when next our paths cross.
One of these days we’re going to have to expand on that whole because “it was fantasy” trope. I think our recent conversation shows that there’s a whole lotta talking that could be had on that topic!
:-S