Upcoming Pat Shandery

Hey all. I promise there will be some original content here as soon as I catch up on grading and whatnot. Whatnot being the eleven creator-owned comic book proposals that I'm working on - mostly because I'm crazy. For now, here's a bunch of stuff that's either out or coming out soon that you might find some me-ness in.

COMICS

Angel: The End

This is a biiiiig hardcover that collects all of IDW's final Angel stories. It has the entire Bill Willingham run, all of the Eddie Hope back-ups by Bill Williams, the David Tischman/Mariah Huehner final arc, and all of the ANGEL: YEARBOOK stories. That means that this recollects my story Angel: My Only Friend, which was illustrated by the brilliant Stephen Mooney. It's up at Amazon for almost half price now!

ORDER here.

Grimm Fairy Tales: Holiday Edition 2011 - COVER A

COVER B

I wrote this giant sized issue off of an outline by GFT creator Ralph Tedesco. It's a modern take on "A Christmas Carol" and it's completely new-reader friendly.

ORDER: Cover A and Cover B.

1000 Ways to Die - graphic novel

This is a big collection of stories based on the show from Spike TV. I wrote five of the stories in this graphic novel, all off of outlines provided by Spike. It's very true to the show, but it adds a lot of stuff that could only be done in comics.

ORDER here.

PROSE

Big Book of New Short Horror

Includes my short story The Dick, the Wife, and the Pen.

ORDER in hardcover or softcover here: http://www.pillhillpress.com/shoppe-anthologies.html

31 Nights of Halloween

Includes two flash-fiction stories that I wrote (The Ghost of Gertrude Garvey and A Pity Party of Monstrous Proportions).

ORDER from Amazon here.

Halloween Frights - Volume One

Includes my short story Kids Playing Monster. I'm partial to this one, as it's a very long story and ended up feeling a hell of a lot more like a novella than a short. I'm proud of this one, so even with Halloween about to pass... I'd definitely encourage checking this one out.

ORDER here: http://www.pillhillpress.com/shoppe-anthologies.html

Zero

Includes my short story The Morning Show Host.

ORDER from Amazon here.

Told You So: An Anthology of Conspiracy

Includes my short story Gordon Macduff is Just a Man.

ORDER here: http://www.pillhillpress.com/shoppe-anthologies.html

The Undead that Saved Christmas: Vampire Edition

Includes my short story Not Many Vampires, which introduces my character Winter... something I have been waiting for the right moment to do. My story includes an illustration by the amazing Rachel Dukes.

COMING SOON from Rainstorm Press.

A Hacked-Up Holiday Massacre

Includes my short story Face, which is my first go at straight horror. Just finished copy-editing my story for this one, and it turned out pretty damn creepy.

COMING SOON from Pill Hill Press.

Thanks to everyone for supporting me, working with me, and buying stuff. To those who didn't buy stuff, I'm watching you. It's Halloween. Be afraid. Mwahhahahaa...

News!

Big, big writerly news.

As I mentioned before, my short story "A Smile Like Many Voices" is going to be published in Rainstorm Press's Signals from the Void anthology. You can order that here.

Two more of my stories have been accepted into anthologies. Both of the books will be published by Pill Hill Press this summer. Links to come.

There Was a Crooked House...

An anthology from Pill Hill Press

Includes my story "Can't Stop Growing Old"

Release date: Late Summer 2011

Told You So

A conspiracy anthology from Pill Hill Press

Includes my story "Gordon Macduff is Just a Man"

Release date: Late Summer 2011/Early Fall 2011

I've got a short play going up June 27th as a part of the monthly Shotz festival. The play is call... ahem... "Furry Cuffs." Details on that to come.

Annnnnnd I've got some comic book work coming soon from a certain publisher that starts with a Z. You know who. Yeah. Them.

Last but certainly not least, I'll be posting an interview with Supergirl writer Kelly Sue DeConnick this week.

Now, if I can only find time to actually not be in front of the computer...

Signals from the Void

June 19th will see my second publication. A short story that I wrote called A Smile Like Many Voices will be published in SIGNALS FROM THE VOID, a charity anthology by Rainstorm Press. The anthology will be edited by Lyle Perez-Tinics of Undead in the Head fame.

Here's some info on the book:

"A charity anthology to help support The SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligences) Institute

Edited and Compiled by Lyle Perez-Tinics

We want stories that are out of this world creative. SETI searches

for radio signals in hopes that they will stumble upon a signal from

intelligent beings. Here's your chance to write a story telling the

world what you think will happen if we make contact."

...and a purdy cover:

Creepy, huh?

Thanks to everyone, Buffyverse fans or otherwise, who picked up Angel: Yearbook. I'd super, super appreciate it if you bought a copy of SIGNALS FROM THE VOID and read my story. If you liked my comic book work, I'd love to see what you think about my first love: prose. You can pre-order the anthology here.

The story might not have Spike or Angel, but it does have a whole lot of weirdness, a kitty, and a girl that makes Drusilla look normal. Hope you dig it.