Shaun Meeks's Blog - Posts Tagged "steampunk"
Coming Soon...Brother's Ilk
A while ago I mentioned that I was going to be releasing a collection with my brother, Jamie Meeks. Here is some news on that:
The book will be out later this year and will include 10-12 stories from me and 8-10 stories from Jamie. My stories will be ranging from bizzaro, to classic horror to one that is Lovecraftian bio-steampunk. Most of his stories will be bizzaro and when I say they will strange, that might be an understatement. Along with the stories, each of us will be doing a small introduction and there will be an afterward that gives some background to the stories in the collection. Right now we are working hard to finish up our stories so they can be edited, and we are also working on a cover idea that will fit in with our styles. In my opinion, a cover can sometimes make or break a book.
I will be announcing a release date by the end of September.
The book will be out later this year and will include 10-12 stories from me and 8-10 stories from Jamie. My stories will be ranging from bizzaro, to classic horror to one that is Lovecraftian bio-steampunk. Most of his stories will be bizzaro and when I say they will strange, that might be an understatement. Along with the stories, each of us will be doing a small introduction and there will be an afterward that gives some background to the stories in the collection. Right now we are working hard to finish up our stories so they can be edited, and we are also working on a cover idea that will fit in with our styles. In my opinion, a cover can sometimes make or break a book.
I will be announcing a release date by the end of September.
Working
Over the last week I have been super busy trying to get some things done. I hit a snag with my completed story, Miriam, which I had sent out way back in July. On Monday I was told that the people I sent it to never received a copy, despite the email I received from them stating they had. What can you do?
Good news is, I sent it out again and have my fingers crossed on it.
I have also been hard at work putting the stories together for the collectiob with my brother called Brother's Ilk. It's coming along nicely, but I keep getting side track with other projects. One of them is the storyline for a graphic novel I want to do called Scars. It's a pretty epic story that cross the horror and martial arts genre.
What I've been working hard on as well, is a new series of books I want to do called The Shymoar. It will be at least 3 books and is slightly different from my normal writing. It will still be horror, but will border on a fable as well. Picture Harry Potter meets Clive Barker's Cabal (Nightbreed). I will be co-writing this one with Gillian Kirk and may be looking for an illustrator to add something special to it.
Good news is, I sent it out again and have my fingers crossed on it.
I have also been hard at work putting the stories together for the collectiob with my brother called Brother's Ilk. It's coming along nicely, but I keep getting side track with other projects. One of them is the storyline for a graphic novel I want to do called Scars. It's a pretty epic story that cross the horror and martial arts genre.
What I've been working hard on as well, is a new series of books I want to do called The Shymoar. It will be at least 3 books and is slightly different from my normal writing. It will still be horror, but will border on a fable as well. Picture Harry Potter meets Clive Barker's Cabal (Nightbreed). I will be co-writing this one with Gillian Kirk and may be looking for an illustrator to add something special to it.
Miriam in Dark Light 3
Just received word that my story, Miriam, will be appearing in Dark Light 3 in 2013. Anyone who has been following my blogs here or on Facebook knows the issues and trials this story has seen. It had been sent to 4 other places only to get lost somewhere along the way. The story itself is a Victorian steampunk ghost story that takes a strange and horrific twist at the end and is one of my personal favorites. I am so excited to finally get it out there and see what people think about it.
Progression of Dark Reaches
This weekend I finished putting together Dark Reaches and have shipped it off for editing. This will be my third collection of short stories, the first two being At the Gates of Madness and Brother's Ilk (with James Meeks). As it stands right now, here is the table of contents:
Introduction
The Soldier
Dreams of a Dead Man
Angel in the High Tower
The Creek
House in the Valley
Give Me Convenience
In the Sun
The Undergarment Eater
Mr. Stand
Under the Apple Tree
Down at the Farm
Family Lessons
Shifty
Accidents
Miriam
Afterward
There are reprints from magazines, new versions of two stories and also some brand new fiction. I am hoping to get this out by December of this year or January of next year. As it stands it is 92000 words long, which translates into about 400 pages, but there may be some changes to it as three stories might be getting picked up very soon; The Undergarment Eater, In the Sun and Shifty. I am working hard and writing new ones to replace these, so this for now is a touch and go ToC.
I am also working on a book cover for this, as I prefer to do my own. This one will be based on the story in it called Miriam and will have Mina LaFleur modelling. Can't wait to get it done and put it out.
Introduction
The Soldier
Dreams of a Dead Man
Angel in the High Tower
The Creek
House in the Valley
Give Me Convenience
In the Sun
The Undergarment Eater
Mr. Stand
Under the Apple Tree
Down at the Farm
Family Lessons
Shifty
Accidents
Miriam
Afterward
There are reprints from magazines, new versions of two stories and also some brand new fiction. I am hoping to get this out by December of this year or January of next year. As it stands it is 92000 words long, which translates into about 400 pages, but there may be some changes to it as three stories might be getting picked up very soon; The Undergarment Eater, In the Sun and Shifty. I am working hard and writing new ones to replace these, so this for now is a touch and go ToC.
I am also working on a book cover for this, as I prefer to do my own. This one will be based on the story in it called Miriam and will have Mina LaFleur modelling. Can't wait to get it done and put it out.
