Rick, Harry, and I have all been interviewed by the Hypergeek website about the forthcoming release of The Dark.
We all answered our questions seperately, and it is interesting to see the areas in which we see the book differently as well as the areas in which we agree!
A great chance to get a little “behind the scenes” peek at the workings of a trans-atlantic creative team and a trans-atlantic publisher.
And, of course, I give a few little clues away as to what the big mystery is in “The Dark” …
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Diamond Comic Distributions “Previews” catalogue will hit stores this week, containing the first solicitation by AAM/Markosia for “The Dark“.
Our Diamond Order Code is JAN100699.
The advert in previews features the OGN Cover by Rick Lundeen and the following about the book:
(W) Chris Lynch (A) Rick Lundeen.
Imagine a story that you can drink, a story that you can feel, a story you can live. Welcome to the city of Dante, and the world of Memetech. As a wave of drugs that create living stories sweeps his city, one man fights back as …

I received the first pencilled pages yesterday for my new Insomnia story “Hypergraphia” this week, drawn by the very talented Valia.
I can’t say much about the story without spoiling it, but suffice to say that this once is a heady mix of Greek mythology and Faerie lore, and should have enough little “Easter Eggs” in it to satisfy everyone. As always, I’ve had a great time going overboard with the research.
I’m hoping Valia will have time to include some cameos from my writing alumni, as there is room for plenty …

Readers of Rich Johnston’s Bleeding Cool comic news website have been given a sneak peek of the cover for the graphic novel release of “The Dark”.
Click here to see “Thanks Given 21 @ Bleeding Cool”.
Regular readers will know that I have been working on this project with Rick Lundeen for Markosia since May of 2009 and, having finished the script just a few weeks it ago, I am  incredibly excited to see the cover sitting alongside other previews for Markosia’s 2010 line.
Finishing the last chapter of the story was probably …

The first MWM Live was for someone who we honestly didn’t press-gang long in advance of the event. Probably the one person to play our “name a place, name a thing, name a person” game to get their story started too!
“OK”, said the landlord, “Here’s your uniform.” Carl looked sceptically at the bear skin hat and rusty old gas mask. The job hefting barrels at the Queen’s Head was supposed to be easy money, beer funds for his summer vacation. Gas masks and furry hats were not part of the …

They know me so well! Murky Depths has picked up the SFX “Fanzine of the Month” gong for a 3rd time.
It wasn’t until I met up with Terry from Murky Depths this weekend that I found out that “The Escape Artist” was given a special mention.

Yep, BICS rocked. It rocked in a very special way.
To steal a trick from Nick Horby here, in no particular order other than the order that my brain spewed them forth, are my favourite moments:

Getting a trading card of “The Dark” from Sy Wyatt
Almost making Amy Liff faint/vomit/both with an impromtu rendition of the classic children’s showtune “Tranny Wingman”.
Sharing Supernatural love with The Nuge
Getting the original art for my “Fictionalist” avatar from Rob
Making Stuart admit that I loved Supernatural first, that he mocked my Supernatural love, but he is now …

This one was for Richard Griffiths, of Crafty Butchers fame, who just wanted “spidermonkeys”.
We live to serve …
Cliff reloaded his rifle as quickly as he could, letting the spent cartridges join those already scattered about his feet. The barrel of the gun was hot enough to scorch the wooden parapet of the outpost as he propped it there, glad for a moment not to have the weight against his shoulder.
“How many of them are there?” asked Delilah.
“Depends,” replied Cliff. “If they breed like monkeys, we’ve got to be getting to …

Inspired by Ryan Reed, who asked for a story featuring ““A man who has been bitten by a radioactive man, a VW Camper Van, and a pie”
Rain rattled against the side of the camper van. Reed tried to ignore it, and concentrated on cooking. Cooking was a lot more complicated for Reed these days than it used to be as, since the bite, he had to work just as hard to keep things out of his meals as put things in.
Thunder crashed overhead and the VW camper rocked from side …

The cast list for our motion comic adaptation of “The Dark” has finally been agreed.

Terry and I listened to quite a range of different interpretations of the characters and the decision process was far tougher than I had anticipated. I certainly had not expected there to be so many talented people willing to give their time up for the project and I am immensely grateful to everyone who auditioned for us. Equally, it is a was a new experience for me to hear people reading my words aloud and has certainly given me a few ideas …

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