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Forthcoming: Shriek indie movie featuring a soundtrack by The Church; Sony Playstation Europe/Manchester International Festival animation of my story “A New Face in Hell”; Shriek-based CD by The Church.
Why Should I Cut Your Throat? A nonfiction collection of reviews, convention reports, essays on writers such as Edward Whittemore and Angela Carter, and other essays on the vagaries of being a writer.
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The Exchange (with Eric Schaller). An artifact from VanderMeer’s fantastical city of Ambergris, in regular and deluxe editions. Only 100 deluxe editions were ever produced. Eventually, “The Exchange” story was reproduced in the Pan Macmillan and Bantam editions of City of Saints & Madmen. Also published in a Finnish chapbook edition.
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Fungicide by Robert Devereux (with a reading of “The Exchange” by VanderMeer). This CD of experimental music by Devereux is meant to serve as a soundtrack to City of Saints & Madmen. Featuring extensive liner notes by Devereux that build on elements in City of Saints, and art by Hawk Alfredson that would later inspire fiction by VanderMeer.
King Squid. This Finnish chapbook edition of “King Squid” from City of Saints & Madmen is not available outside of Finland. It was created in conjunction with the 100th issue of Tahtivaeltaja.
Jeff VanderMeer is a two-time winner, 12-time finalist for the World Fantasy Award as a fiction writer, editor, and publisher. The final novel in his Ambergris Cycle, Finch,was published in 2009 and was a finalist for the Locus Award, Nebula Award, and World Fantasy Award. The Steampunk Bible came out in 2011. Recent books coedited with his wife Ann include The Weird and The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities. His writer guide Booklife and associated Booklifenow website focus on sustainable creativity and he his currently working on a unique illustrated guide to writing entitled Wonderbook. His short fiction has appeared in Conjunctions, Library of America's American Fantastic Tales, and several year's best anthologies. He writes nonfiction for The Washington Post Book World, Omnivoracious, The New York Times Book Review, the B&N Review, the LA Times, The Guardian, and many others. He has lectured at MIT and the Library of Congress and helps run the Shared Worlds teen SF/Fantasy writing camp out of Wofford College. VanderMeer recently completed the first novel in the Southern Reach series, titled Annihilation.