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Announcing Tor Books Programming at New York Comic-Con 2024!

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We’re thrilled to join you all at New York Comic Con 2024! Check out all the awesome panels and booth events we’ve got slated for this epic weekend!

Please note that giveaways and drops do not indicate author attendance at New York Comic Con. For attending authors, please check out panels and signing events. 


Thursday — October 17

Panel – Coffee, Croissants, and Catching Feelings: An NYCC Brunch with Your Favorite Romantasy Authors

River Pavilion
11:00am-1:30pm

We welcome you to Coffee, Croissants, and Catching Feelings: An NYCC Brunch with Your Favorite Romantasy Authors, with our very special guests Carissa Broadbent, Danielle L. Jensen, Elise Kova, and Brigid Kemmerer. Attendees will enjoy a continental breakfast while the authors dish about their novels, share their favorite tropes, and tease upcoming projects. Authors will then personally visit each table to greet attendees and take selfies. Each ticket includes pre-signed copies of Carissa Broadbent’s Six Scorched Roses, the reissued edition of Danielle L. Jensen’s The Bridge Kingdom, and the limited edition of Brigid Kemmerer’s Forging Silver into Stars with lavender sprayed edges. Attendees will also receive a specially designed, signed art print tied to The Bridge Kingdom series and be the first to learn exclusive news about Elise Kova’s new novel, Arcana Academy.

Buy Tickets to this Event:
https://www.showclix.com/event/nycc-author-brunch-2024fowc972f4a1

Authors: Carissa Broadbent, Danielle L. Jensen, Elise Kova, Brigid Kemmerer

Panel – Audible Presents: The Sounds of Storytelling! How Science Fiction and Fantasy’s Greatest Writers and Narrators Take Listeners on the Ride of Their Lives

Room 409
5:00-6:00pm

It looks good on the page, but how does it SOUND? Join some of the world’s best science fiction and fantasy authors and performers as they shed light on the unique and creative ways that words come alive through Audible performances. What makes an incredible audiobook? How does writing specifically for audio affect the creative process? How can narration and sound design transform a great story into a mind-blowing audio experience? What amazing feats can writers achieve in audio that aren’t possible in other mediums? Do authors make words deliberately difficult to pronounce to make things harder for their narrators? Emily Andras (Wynonna Earp), Mary Robinette Kowal (The Lady Astronaut series), Ray Porter (the Bobiverse series, Project Hail Mary), R.A. Salvatore (The Legends of Drizzt), John Scalzi (Starter Villain, Constituent Service), and Dennis E. Taylor (The Bobiverse series) join forces to reveal all. There’s more to imagine when you listen.

Authors: John Scalzi, Mary Robinette Kowal

Panel – Authors Reading Bad Reviews

1B02
6:30pm-7:30pm

An author pours their heart and soul into a work of fiction over the course of years only to encounter a one-word review on social media: “Meh.” Hear these authors read some of their most vexing negative reviews aloud in a fun and light-hearted session showing how important it is for creators to develop an impenetrable suit of armor.

Authors: Libba Bray, Gregory McGuire, Kyle Prue, John Scalzi, Alex Segura

In-Booth Signing: Nat Cassidy

Booth 3335
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

In-Booth Signing: Sarah Beth Durst

Booth 3335
1:00 – 2:00 PM

In-Booth Signing: Ananda Lima

Booth 3335
2:00 – 3:00 PM

In-Booth Signing: Carissa Broadbent (Giveaways of ARCs of Songbird and the Heart of Stone)

Booth 3335
4:00 – 5:00 PM


Friday — October 18

Panel – Spotlight on V.E. Schwab

Room 406.1
11:00am-12:00pm

NYCC is thrilled to welcome critically acclaimed and bestselling author V.E. Schwab (The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, The Fragile Threads of Power) to New York City for an intimate conversation about the creative process and the life of a writer.

Authors: V.E. Schwab

Panel – Across the Universes with Tor

Room 1B02
6:30pm-7:30pm

Tor Publishing Group publishes some of the greatest sci-fi, fantasy, romance, and horror books around. This panel will shine a spotlight on some of the exciting upcoming titles that Tor, Tor Teen, Tordotcom Publishing, Nightfire, and our newest imprint, Bramble, have to offer. Join the book lovers from the Tor teams as they share a sneak peek at new and upcoming books that you will definitely have to add to your TBR list. Attendees will be given free new and upcoming books as they leave.

Featuring: Tor Staff

In-Booth Signing: Yume Kitasei

Booth 3335
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

In-Booth Signing: John Scalzi (Giveaway of ARC of When the Moon Hits Your Eye)

Booth 3335
1:00 – 2:00 PM

In-Booth Signing: R.R. Virdi

Booth 3335
4:00 – 5:00 PM


Saturday — October 19

Panel – In Conversation: Olivie Blake and TJ Klune

Room 408
12:00pm-1:00pm

Join bestselling and critically acclaimed fantasy authors as they discuss their careers, their approach to writing, and their new books.

Authors: Olivie Blake and TJ Klune

Panel – Books to Keep You Up at Night: A Horror Panel

Room 1C03
3:15pm-4:05pm

Nightfire brings together some of the most talented and twisted horror writers today. Come and hear how Sunny Moraine (Your Shadow Half Remains), Chuck Tingle (Bury Your Gays), Johnny Compton ( Devils Kill Devils), Brom (Evil in Me), and C.J. Leede (American Rapture) are going to keep you on the edge of your seat with their bone-chilling books that mix body horror, psychological terror, thrills and twists, and take the reader through the depths of the darkest shadows of society. Moderated by Delilah Dawson (It Will Only Hurt for a Moment).

Authors: Brom, Johnny Compton, CJ Leede, Sunny Moraine, Chuck Tingle, Delilah Dawson (moderator)

In-Booth Signing: Mary Robinette Kowal

Booth 3335
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

In-Booth Signing: CJ Leede

Booth 3335
12:30 – 1:30 PM

In-Booth Signing: Alex Segura (Giveaway of ARC of Alter Ego)

Booth 3335
2:00 – 3:00 PM


Sunday — October 20

Panel – Build a World with Fantasy Authors

Room 1B02
11:00am-12:00pm

Bestselling and critically acclaimed fantasy authors will lead the audience through a collaborative process of imagining and building a new world.

Authors: Hugh Howey, Tochi Onyebuchi, Seanan McGuire, Amal El-Mohtar, K.A. Linde, Sarah Beth Durst (Moderator)

Panel – Tor and LitHub Present Voyage Into Genre Live

Room 406.2
3:15pm-4:05pm

Rules were meant to be broken, and genres were meant to be mashed—or however the saying goes. Leave your ideas of conventional genre at the door and join Tor and LitHub’s Voyage into Genre Podcast host Drew Broussard as he sits down with genre legends TJ Klune, Chuck Tingle, R.R. Virdi, Sara Raasch and Olivie Blake as to talk fantasy, romance, horror, and everything in between.

Authors: Olivie Blake, TJ Klune, R.R. Virdi, Sara Raasch, Chuck Tingle, Drew Broussard (moderator)

In-Booth Signing: Sunny Moraine

Booth 3335
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

In-Booth Signing: TJ Klune (Giveaway of ARCs of The Bones Beneath My Skin)

Booth 3335
1:00 – 2:00 PM

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On the Road: Tor Author Events in October 2023

Tor authors are on the road and headlining cool events! Check out everything we’ve got going on this month.


V. E. Schwab, The Fragile Threads of Power

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Tuesday, October 10
One More Page Books @ Hyatt Crystal City
2799 Richmond Hwy
Arlington, VA 22202
7:00 PM ET

Wednesday, October 11
Brookline Booksmith @ Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard St
Brookline, MA 02446
5:30 PM ET


John Scalzi, Starter Villain

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Thursday, October 19
Parnassus Books
3900 Hillsboro Pike
Suite 14
Nashville, TN 37215
6:30 PM CT

Friday, October 20
Southern Festival of Books
1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd
Nashville, TN 37208


Travis Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust

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Sunday, October 22
Liberty Bay Books
18881 ‘D’ Front St
Poulsbo, WA 98370
10:00 AM PT

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Tor Books at New York Comic Con 2023!

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We’re thrilled to join you all at New York Comic Con 2023! Check out all the awesome panels and booth events we’ve got slated for this epic weekend!

Please note that giveaways and drops do not indicate author attendance at New York Comic Con. For attending authors, please check out panels and signing events. 


Thursday — October 12

Booth 3335

Author Signing + ARC Giveaway: Seth Dickinson

12:00 – 1:00 PM
Exordia

Author Signing: Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle

1:00 – 2:00 PM
Ebony Gate

Author Signing: Holly Black

2:00 – 3:00 PM
Book of Night

Author Signing: Christopher Golden**

3:00 – 4:00 PM
All Hallows & Road of Bones

Author Signing: Nat Cassidy

4:00 – 5:00 PM
Mary: An Awakening of Terror

 


Friday — October 13

Panels & Events

Mysteries, Magic, & Mayhem

Room 1B-02
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Rules are meant to be broken, and genre-boundaries are meant to be smashed. Join some of your favorite authors, including: John Scalzi (Starter Villain), Daniel M Ford (The Warden), R.R. Virdi (The First Binding), Veronica Roth (Arch-Conspirator), and Kristen Simmons (Find Him Where You Left Him Dead), with moderation by Seth Dickinson (Exordia) for a panel all about transcending science fiction, fantasy, and horror into a delightful mashup of all of our favorite tropes into their magnificent stories.

The Horror, The Horror

Room 1B-02
12:15 – 1:15 PM

Ever find a gripping story that you can’t put down, but that you have to read with the lights on? If so, you’ve found one of genre-fiction’s great joys: the horror novel. Join these acclaimed writers as they discuss their novels and why reading with the lights on is a good idea. This panel features James Kennedy, Mariam Metoui, Richard Kadrey (The Dead Take the A Train), and Eric Larocca.

Author Autographs

Celebrity Signing Tables #1-4
12:15 – 1:15 PM
John Scalzi, Daniel M. Ford, R.R. Virdi, Veronica Roth, Kristen SimmonsSeth Dickinson

Author Autographs

Celebrity Signing Tables #1-4
1:30 – 2:30 PM
Richard Kadrey

Spotlight on V. E. Schwab

Room 406.2
4:30 – 5:30 PM

Join critically acclaimed and bestselling author V. E. Schwab (The Fragile Threads of Power, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue) for an intimate conversation about the creative process and the life of a writer with moderation by Tamara Fuentes.

Author Autographs

Room 1A-01
5:45 – 7:15 PM
V. E. Schwab

Booth 3335

Author Signing: Kristen Simmons

10:00 – 11:00 AM
Find Him Where You Left Him Dead

Author Signing: Cassandra Khaw & Richard Kadrey

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
The Dead Take the A Train

Author Signing: V. E. Schwab – *100 tickets

1:00 – 2:00 PM
The Fragile Threads of Power

Author Signing: Veronica Roth

2:30 – 3:30 PM
Arch-Conspirator

Author Signing: Daniel M. Ford

5:00 – 6:00 PM
The Warden

 


Saturday — October 14

Panels & Events

Companion Showdown: Let’s Hear it for the Sidekicks of SFF

Room 1B-02
10:30 – 11:30 AM

Let’s face it: Frodo would never have destroyed the ring without Samwise Gamgee, and Batman ain’t nothing without Robin. So let’s hear it for the sidekicks of SFF, because it’s obvious our heroes are nothing without them. Join: John Scalzi (Starter Villain), V. E. Schwab (The Fragile Threads of Power), Alix E. Harrow (Starling House), and Cassandra Khaw (The Dead Take the A Train) with moderation by P. Djèlí Clark (Abeni’s Song & The Dead Cat Tail Assassins) as they discuss the unlikely companions that bring their stories to life, whether it’s a sentient Roomba, a talking cat, or just a seemingly inept but brave best friend.

Author Autographs

Celebrity Signing Tables #1-4
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
John Scalzi, V. E. Schwab, Alix E. Harrow, Cassandra Khaw, Richard Kadrey, P. Djèlí Clark

Building Bestselling Worlds

Room 408
12:45 – 1:45 PM

Join these two critically acclaimed and bestselling authors as they discuss their approach to building rich, diverse, and unique worlds. This panel will feature Cassandra Clare and V. E. Schwab (The Fragile Threads of Power) with moderation by A.Y. Chao.

Author Autographs

Celebrity Signing Tables #1-4
2:00 – 3:30 PM
V. E. Schwab

Tor Spotlight: Chaotic Book Club

Room 1B-02
6:00 – 7:00 PM

Tor Publishing Group publishes some of the greatest sci-fi, fantasy, romance, and horror stories around. This panel will shine a spotlight on some of the exciting books that Tor, Tor Teen, Tordotcom Publishing, Nightfire, and our newest imprint, Bramble, have to offer. Join the book lovers from the Tor teams as they share a sneak peek at new and upcoming books that you will definitely have to add to your TBR list.

Booth 3335

Author Signing: Kevin J. Anderson

10:00 – 11:00 AM
Princess of DuneDune: The Heir of Caladan

Author Signing: P. Djèlí Clark

1:00 – 2:00 PM
Abeni’s SongThe Dead Cat Tail Assassins galleys

Author Signing: Alix E. Harrow

2:00 – 3:00 PM
Starling House & Other Titles

Author Signing: Christopher Paolini

3:00 – 4:00 PM
To Sleep in a Sea of StarsFractal Noise

Author Signing: John Scalzi

4:00 – 5:00 PM
Starter Villain & Other Titles

 


Sunday — October 15

Panels & Events

Return to Arrakis: Visiting the world of Dune with Tor Publishing Group and Abrams ComicArts

Room 1B-02
2:45 – 3:45 PM

Don’t miss the exciting in-depth and behind-the-scenes look at the gripping worldwide science-fiction sensation from long-time Dune author Kevin J. Anderson on the upcoming Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 2: Muad’Dib: Deluxe Collector’s Edition and Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 3: The Prophet (Abrams ComicArts) and the continuation of this incredible saga with Princess of Dune (Tor), with Charlotte Greenbaum, Senior Editor, Abrams ComicArts and Robert Davis, Editor, Tor Publishing Group.

Booth 3335

Author Signing: R.R. Virdi

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
The First Binding 

  • Free author signing with tickets to be given away at 10:00 AM each day in the booth. Other titles will be available for purchase in the booth.
  • Author at St. Martin’s Press

Panelists and giveaways subject to change

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Excerpt Reveal: Sandymancer by David Edison

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sandymancer by david edison

A wild girl with sand magic in her bones and a mad god who is trying to fix the world he broke come together in SANDYMANCER, a genre-warping mashup of weird fantasy and hard science fiction.

All Caralee Vinnet has ever known is dust. Her whole world is made up of the stuff; water is the most precious thing in the cosmos. A privileged few control what elements remain. But the world was not always a dust bowl and the green is not all lost.

Caralee has a secret—she has magic in her bones and can draw up power from the sand beneath her feet to do her bidding. But when she does she winds up summoning a monster: the former god-king who broke the world 800 years ago and has stolen the body of her best friend.

Caralee will risk the whole world to take back what she’s lost. If her new companion doesn’t kill her first.

Please enjoy this free excerpt of Sandymancer by David Edison, on sale 9/19/23


Chapter 1

The day the monster stole Caralee’s future started out as dull and shiny as any other—with children and young folk scattered around the sandy circle that served as a gathering place for the families of the nameless village. In this half-ruined amphitheater, they took their lessons from a woman dressed in undyed linen, her head, neck, and chin wrapped about with a threadbare gorget. Later, most would return to the cable fields with their elders, or stay within the village for piecework and other chores.

Caralee sat cross-legged on her favorite schooling seat, smiling at the crack in the sky. An age ago, her seat was a column; now only the plinth remained, scoured smooth by centuries of sandstorms into a seat-shaped groove that cradled Caralee’s bottom just so. The stone fit her far better than her burlap shmata ever would.

Marm-marm pointed at the fractured sky. The morning sun rose above the horizon, gold and brilliant, but the sky, she’d taught them, was far too dark. Once, it had been a much lighter blue, which was a color Caralee found difficult to imagine so far above and in such quantity. Wouldn’t that be awfully bright? She’d learned that when the sky had been light blue, the stars had been invisible during the day. That, too, she struggled to imagine.

The crack in the sky looked like frozen lightning, jagged and forking. At noon, when the sun passed behind it, you could see that the crack was four or five times longer than the sun.

Other students lazed or whispered, but Caralee leaned forward, elbows on her knees, eager to answer Marm-marm’s questions and ask her own.

“Who can tell me about the sky?” Marm-marm shielded her eyes from the sun with one hand while pointing with the other, tracing the lines over her head. “Is it broken? Why is it broken? How is it broken? How can we tell that it’s broken?” Marm-marm always asked too many questions at once, which was Caralee’s favorite thing about the woman. Caralee never said that to her face. That would clam up Marm-marm’s curious mouth, which was the last thing Caralee wanted on any day.

“Mphh!” Fanny Sweatvasser grunted through a mouthful of her own hair, then wicked her wet curls out from between her teeth so she could offer up one of her habitually bizarre answers. “A mightily infestatation of metallicky creatures”—Fanny pronounced the word cree-aht-choors, which gave Caralee a headache— “crawled from their nests—their nests are the stars—and are a-spinning their bea-ut-iful cobbyweb across the sky.” Fanny hunched her shoulders and gazed at the sky with delighted horror. “They want to catch the sun and steal away its light until it’s as wee as a star. Then they’ll hatch more cre-a-tures from that star and lay eggs in our brainpans with their rustipated penises.” Fanny spread her lips in what would have been a smile if it hadn’t been as flat and haunted as the wasteland horizon. “That, Marm-marm, is my answer.”

“Oh, Fanny.” Marm-marm looked like she’d swallowed some vomit. “Can anyone offer a less, hmm—a different answer?”

“Hey, Fanny,” sassed Diddit Flowm, bouncing his knee. “If your stupid star-critters are gonna hatch from the sun, then why’re they gonna put eggs in our heads? That makes no sense.”

His friends smirked, and Caralee laughed to herself. For Diddit, that was a truly massive amount of insight.

“I asked for an answer, Diddit Flowm.” Marm-marm scolded the boy without much enthusiasm. “A little help, Caralee?”

Caralee wanted to point out that, as usual, Fanny had taken a tiny grain of truth—tiny, mind you—and ran away with it, returning with something so ridiculous that the truth could no longer be found. But Marm-marm had asked her for answers, and Caralee loved answers.

“Well, Mag says that the crack in the sky used to be a little thing.” Caralee didn’t have facts, so she began with observations. Caralee had been raised by Mag, alongside her grandson, Joe Dunes, and was the wisest person Caralee knew, even if she didn’t have as much book learning as Marm-marm. “Mag also says that the sky was lighter during the day, although I don’t see how that would work. I mean, how would we—”

“Yes, Caralee, thank you.” Marm-marm always called on Caralee, but never let her finish. “When Old Mag Dunes was wee, that-uppa-there crack was wee, too, and the day sky shined bright blue.”

The other students oohed at the thought of such a pretty, bygone sky, but Caralee liked the crack below the sun. It was interesting, a commodity in short supply, here at the fringes of the wasteland. She loved the sky, with its stars peeking through their darkly colored veils.

And,” Marm-marm pressed her advantage. “We couldn’t see the stars whenever the sun came out. Back then, the sky only darkened to shades of indigo near dawn and dusk.”

“What’s a findigo?” asked a boy with wild hair and one eye that was always staring at his nostrils.

“Anyone?” Marm-marm asked the seated students, propped up on stone blocks and other remainders of the Land of the Vine. “What, asks Marmot Kleyn, is findigo?” She scanned the faces of her students, most of whom were still sleepy, and cared little for learning. Caralee waved her hand high, but Marm-marm gave the rest of the class a few seconds to catch up, if any were so inclined. They were not. “Yes, Caralee?” She braced her hands on her hips and stretched her weary back. “You can put your arm down, girl. You know full well that you’ve no competition here.”

Don’t call me “girl” is what Caralee almost said, but thought better of it. She grabbed her arm like a separate thing and dragged it into her lap as if it had a mind to shoot up and start waving again.

“Yes, Marm. For starters, ‘findigo’ ent anything, but indigo, was a plant— and it’s a color, too. It sits right between violet and blue, on the rainybow wheel.” Which we learned last year and there are only seven scatting colors to remember, she thought but also did not say.

“That’s right. Now, can anyone tell me why a crack in the sky and a darkening sky might be connected?”

“Well,” Fanny began, and Caralee suspected that she was not about to answer Marm-marm’s question. “First of all, the rainybow wheel was invented by the droods to hide the fact that they keep all the green in one super-secreted underground well, excepted for water, it’s got green. All the greens.”

“No, Fanny, just no.” Marm-marm pressed her hands to the sides of her head, fidgeting with the wrapped burlap gorget that hid her neck and cheeks. “If there are still droods in the world, they may not be singing fruit from treebones anymore, but they have most certainly not stolen all the green and hidden it in an underground well.

Fanny narrowed her eyes, now convinced that Marm-marm was part of the plot.

“And the rainybow wheel is real,” Caralee added. “Marm-marm has a picture of it in her learning-book. You’ve seen it, Fanny.”

“But have I?”

“You have!” Caralee was aware that she was shouting. “You’ve seen it! You’ve seen the rainybow wheel, and green and indigo are both scatting on it!” Fanny was a fool, but Caralee wasn’t cruel enough to say so out loud.

You’re on the rainybow wheel, chucklehead.” A sandy-haired older youth— not one of the students—entered the open space and strolled up to Marm-marm as if she were a girl at a dance. Caralee wilted.

“Hullo, Marm,” he said, angling for charm and not quite succeeding.

“Good day to you, Joe Dunes.” Marm-marm forgave him with a twitching smile, and Caralee wondered what it would feel like to have Joe Dunes aim his charm at her and fail. Sands, he could even win! Caralee wouldn’t mind.

Not that she’d ever say that aloud, either.

Joe Dunes rubbed the hay-bright fuzz that had covered his big square jaw for almost two years now. Caralee knew exactly how many days it’d been since she’d noticed he’d begun to beard.

Joe crossed his thick arms and smirked his square-jawed smirk. He winked at Caralee, who blushed, though she tried her best to keep the blood from rushing to her face.

Dunderhead, she thought. Joe’d never had the luxury of sitting and learning, busy as he’d been helping Mag do the work of towing the processed cable plant products for trade.

Joe kicked a rock and hopped when he crunched his big toe. Was there ever an opportunity to stub a toe, that her Joe passed up? He lacked any trace of physical grace, but his heart was as big and warm as his hands. Caralee shook her head and hid a smile.

“You’re here for—” Marm-marm started to say.

“Caralee, get your—”

“Of course you are—”

“—bottom off that rock and follow me.” Joe stuck out his tongue at her. Joe’s tongue wasn’t exactly charm, but it’d do. “Come on. We better be in the cart before the burden-critters get hungry.”

Which was ridiculous. The burden-critters were the sweetest things ever, and Caralee would let them kiss her hand for whole minutes at a time. Their soft proboscises would suckle her fists or slobber-up her face with kisses. Joe Dunes was the chucklehead, and Caralee said so.

Marm-marm cleared her throat.

“Those sweet critters eat scat all day, Joe Dunes, and if they did get hungry, they’d go after you,” Caralee sassed him right back. She tried to make a habit of sassing Joe back—at least when people were around. “You don’t scare me.”

“Aww, don’t you ever snack, Caralee?” Joe kicked the dirt and stubbed his other big toe. “Ouch. They love to crunch on a head so full of chuckle,” he said, and mimed cracking open her head and sucking out her brains with a slurp. “Better not tempt fate, huh?”

“Atu would never!” Caralee protested, despite the sheer idiocy of the thought of the gentle burden-critters—with their furry antennae and meek nature— snacking on anything more than a juicy pile of shit. “And Oti’s too shy.”

“Please continue this dance outside my classroom.” Marm-marm ushered them out of the disintegrating amphitheater, which was already outside, but Caralee upheld her policy of not sassing Marm-marm. “As it disturbs anyone unfortunate to be trapped anywhere near the two of you.” Marm-marm massaged her temples, then rolled her eyes with the hint of a smile. “Caralee, you are excused for work duty.”

The teacher turned her gorget-wrapped head to the student body and began picking on one of the sleepier boys, wrestling with their ignorance until someone cried out:

Dust trail!

Caralee whipped her head behind her, looking toward the entrance to the unnamed village. A banner of dust flew from the deep wasteland that lay to the northwest, and it stopped just before the crusty remains of the village walls.

“What’s that?” Joe asked out loud, though how was she to know?

Caralee tasted the air. Something smelled different than usual. Prettier.

“You smell that, Joe?”

“Wossit?” He sniffed, nose twitching like a dust hare. “That smoke?”

“Naw, Joe, that’s incense.” Joe wasn’t keen enough to argue the difference. “You know what that means!”

“Patchfolk? But they ent due for another month.”

The class erupted in excitement, and after a few useless flaps of her arms, Marm-marm surrendered. The students scattered—racing one another the extremely short distance to the sad cairns that served as the gates of the village.

“It’s Patchfolk, for sure.” Caralee smiled.

Twice a year, the nomad caravans emerged from the deep wasteland, where icy dust storms and hungry quicksand ruled. They came to trade and to maintain the relationships upon which both groups relied. The wasteland was more dangerous than anyplace in the whole world, and both the travelers and the settled folk benefited from trading information about what hardships they’d faced, and where—what routes were safe, and which were dangerous. Who’d disappeared and where.

The Patchfolk and the villagers were like estranged cousins, a family born not from any common culture but out of need. Folk elsewhere rightly feared the ever-spreading wasteland that would one day consume every corner of the world, but the villagers and the Patchfolk, they knew the wasteland. They survived on its feeble offerings and lived in its clouded, shifting glare.

“What if they got a sandymancer with ’em?” Caralee heard the whine in her voice, but didn’t care.

Often the Patchfolk traveled with a sandymancer or two—wizards from the far northeast, who commanded the elements and told stories of the old world, when the wet green Vine snaked across the land, instead of the mummified fingers of cable plant that had to be hacked apart with machetes and milled three times before it approached edible. The sandymancers told one particular story over and over again, as if on a mission, and although Caralee had heard it a dozen times, she never lost interest—largely because the candle-backed wizards never finished the tale.

“Yeah, yeah, what if . . .” Joe knew how this conversation would go. “Mag’s waiting on us, Caralee.”

Patchfolk, Joe!” She tugged on his sleeve. “Mag can wait. She’ll understand. You know she will.” She very likely would not, but Mag could sit on it.

Joe rolled his eyes. “You skitter off to watch those sandymancers whine about how Ol’ Sonnyvine wrecked the world every time one rolls into town. Do they ever tell you anything new?”

“Not yet.” Caralee climbed back onto her comfortable plinth and crossed her arms behind her head. “But this time, I’m gonna learn the end of the story.”

Joe and Marm-marm both sighed. The three of them were alone in the amphitheater, which was quiet now, but would soon be busier than before.

“All-a-right, chucklehead, but when Gran starts spittin’, the blame’s on you. Deal?”

“Deal!” Mag would most definitely start spitting, but Caralee didn’t mind taking the blame—not if it got her what she wanted. If she couldn’t see the world, Caralee would learn about it, spit or no spit. “Now sit down, dunderhead, and grab a good seat before the class comes back and brings the whole village with them.”

Copyright © 2023 from David Edison

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February of Forge | Bookstore

Forge Books is so excited to bring readers our third annual virtual convention, February of Forge! Featuring two events with 15 authors, both panels will run on 2.23.23 on Crowdcast. Fans will be able to meet and interact with new and favorite authors and get some great ideas for their TBR piles and book clubs for 2023! Plus our killer ‘Murder, They Wrote’ panel will have everyone dying to join! Be sure to register with the link below and save your spot for either, or both, of our exciting events:

REGISTER HERE

Below is where you can find information about all of the participating authors’ books!


A Winter’s Rime by Carol Dunbar

A Winter's Rime

The Last Beekeeper by Julie Carrick Dalton

The Last Beekeeper

Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge by Spencer Quinn

Mrs. Plansky's Revenge

Mr. Kato Plays Family by Milena Michiko Flašar

Mr Kato Plays Family

Can’t I Go Instead by Lee Geum-yi; translated by An Seonjae

Can't I Go Instead

The Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen

The Bell in the Fog

The House Guest by Hank Phillippi Ryan

The House Guest

The Last Dreamwalker (TPB) by Rita Woods

The Last Dreamwalker

The Rescue by T. Jefferson Parker

The Rescue

Wake of War (TPB) by Zac Topping

Wake of War

All the Dirty Secrets by Aggie Blum Thompson

All the Dirty Secrets

The Instructor by T.R. Hendricks

The Instructor

Deep Fake by Ward Larsen

Deep Fake

A Good Family by Matt Goldman

A Good Family

Valley of Refuge by John Teschner

Valley of Refuge

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February of Forge: Save the Date!

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Forge Books is so excited to once again bring you our third annual virtual convention, February of Forge! Featuring two events with more than 15 authors combined, both panels will run on 2.23.23 on Crowdcast. Fans will be able to meet and interact with new and favorite authors and get some great ideas for their TBR piles and Book Clubs for 2023!

Interested in joining in on the fun? Click the link below to register for either or both of our exciting events!

REGISTER HERE

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On the Road: Tor Author Events in November 2022

HEY HELLO HI—exciting news! Tor authors are coming to screens and stores near you 😎

Check out this month’s exciting virtual and in-person events!


Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

Left: Travis Baldree / Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Monday, November 7
Auntie’s Bookstore
402 W Main Ave
Spokane, WA 99201
7:00 PM PT

Wednesday, November 9
Barnes & Noble
1321 N Columbia Center Blvd
Suite 700
Kennewick, WA 99336
5:00 PM PT

Thursday, November 10
University Book Store
4326 University Way
Northeast Seattle, WA 98105
6:00 PM PT

Friday, November 11
Brick & Mortar Books
7430 164th Ave NE
Suite B105
Redmond, WA, 98052
7:00 PM PT

Monday, November 14
Changing Hands
6428 South McClintock Drive
Tempe, AZ 85283
6:00 PM CT

Tuesday, November 15
BookPeople
603 N Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78703
7:00 PM CT

Wednesday, November 16
The Novel Neighbor
7905 Big Bend Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63119
7:00 PM CT

Thursday, November 17
Schuler Books
2660 28th Street Southeast
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
7:00 PM ET

Friday, November 18
Capital Books
1011 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
6:00 PM PT


Everina Maxwell, Ocean’s Echo

Left: Everina Maxwell / Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

Saturday, November 5
Left Bank Books, in conversation with Ryka Aoki & Ann Leckie
Virtual Event
1:00 PM CT

Saturday, November 12
Boswell Book Company
Virtual Event
11:00 AM CT


Olivie Blake, Alone With You in the Ether

Left: Olivie Blake / Right: Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake

Saturday, November 5
BookPeople
Virtual Event
7:00 PM CT


Ryka Aoki, Light From Uncommon Stars

Left: Ryka Aoki / Right: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Saturday, November 5
Left Bank Books, in conversation with Everina Maxwell & Ann Leckie
Virtual Event
1:00 PM CT

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Tor Books at NYCC 2022!

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We couldn’t be more thrilled to get back to the Big Apple—Tor Books is coming to New York Comic Con! Join the convention from October 6-9 (tickets for physical & virtual access can be bought here) for some amazing panels, and don’t forget to follow us on social media and the hashtag #TorNYCC2022 for announcements, sweepstakes, and more!


Thursday — October 6

Morning ARC Giveaway

Booth 3027
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Kate Elliott, The Keeper’s Six

In-Booth Signing: Anne Heltzel

Booth 3027
2:00 – 3:00 PM
With her spine-chilling and sharp adult debut, Anne Heltzel (she/her) is a fresh new voice in horror!

Evening ARC Giveaway 

Booth 3027
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Leopoldo Gout, Piñata

Panel – Improbable Imaginings

Room 1B-02
3:45 – 4:45 PM

AKA Flights of Fantasy Fiction: Let your imagination soar through the fantastic tales of deadly games, royal intrigues, wuxia, espionage, and ancestral hauntings. Phoebe Cramer (Publishers Weekly) chats craft and creativity with Alex Aster (Lightlark), Alina Boyden (Gifting Fire), Wesley Chu (The Art of Prophecy), GennaRose Nethercott (Thistlefoot), and Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive).


Friday — October 7

Morning ARC Giveaway

Booth 3027
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
J. R. Dawson, The First Bright Thing

Panel – Spotlight on Leigh Bardugo

Room 405
12:00 – 1:00 PM

Meet the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo! Ten years ago, her first book Shadow and Bone hit shelves – and now, the Grishaverse spans nine novels (including the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology), Demon in the Wood (the brand-new graphic novel prequel), and was the inspiration behind Netflix’s record-breaking original series. She’s also the author of adult fantasy Ninth House and its forthcoming sequel, Hell Bent. Celebrate a decade of Bardugo on this spotlight panel moderated by Tochi Onyebuchi.

In-Booth Signing: John Scalzi

Booth 3027
1:00 – 2:00 PM
One of the most popular SF authors of his generation + burrito chef / artist, John Scalzi (he/him) is here to sign some books 😎

In-Booth Signing + ARC Giveaway: The Luminaries by Susan Dennard

Booth 3027
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of the Witchlands series Susan Dennard (she/her) returns with something haunting, something new: The Luminaries.

Evening ARC Giveaway 

Booth 3027
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Annalee Newitz, The Terraformers

In-Booth Signing: Tochi Onyebuchi

Booth 3027
4:00 – 5:00 PM
The awards and accolades of Tochi Onyebuchi (he/him) cannot be contained in the space allowed by his short blog introduction, which is just another accomplishment! So, put quickly: author of Riot Baby and Goliath & delightful nerd Tochi Onyebuchi will be signing in the above place at the above time!

Panel – Leaning into the Witchy

Room 1C-02
5:15 – 6:15 PM

Enjoy a tasty brew of witchcraft, magic, and practitioners conjured up by Celestine Martin (Witchful Thinking), Andy Mientus (Fraternity), Susan Dennard (The Luminaries), Scarlett St. Clair (When Stars Come Out) and Jenna Evans Welch (Spells for Lost Things), with Liberty Hardy (Book Riot Senior Contributing Editor) stirring the conversational pot. Post-panel signing by Susan Dennard @ Table 3-4!

Panel – Tor After Dark: Chaotic Book Club

Room 405
7:30 – 8:30 PM

Join a panel of Tor employees as they discuss some of their favorite book moments, give you an in depth sneak peek at upcoming reads and indulge in some real-talk book talk–all while answering questions from you along the way. If a pub trivia night, a Reddit AMA, and a book club had a baby…well it’d be really weird but it would also be this panel–which is why attendees are guaranteed to have a good time. Trivia prizes will be given and attendees will each receive a book.


Saturday — October 8

Panel – Calling All Monsters: On Liminality & Power Through the Lens of Speculative Fiction

Room 406.2
10:20 – 11:30 AM

When it comes to power, what better comes to mind than the literal ability to fly, shapeshift, or otherwise hold magic at your fingertips? Join Geeks OUT, as a panel of speculative fiction writers discusses how their characters interact with the supernatural, while navigating intersectional identities. Discussing how power manifests in more ways than one, speculative fiction addresses how members of marginalized communities fight back against real and fictional evils. Panelists include Alechia Dow (The Sound of Stars), Kylie Ren Baker (The Keeper of Night), Claribel A. Ortega (Witchlings), Alexandra Rowland (A Taste of Gold and Iron), Neon Yang (The Genesis of Misery), and moderated by Geeks OUT Editorial Coordinator, Michele Kirichanskaya.

Morning ARC Giveaway

Booth 3027
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Malka Older, The Mimicking of Known Successes

In-Booth Signing: Amanda Foody & C. L. Herman

Booth 3027
12:00 – 1:00 PM
The powerhouse duo behind the bestselling dark YA fantasy All of Us Villains Duology, Amanda Foody (she/her) & C. L. Herman (they/she) are here to work some magic signing books!

Panel – Titans of Fantasy In Conversation

Room 405
12:00 – 1:00 PM

Join three of the biggest authors in the fantasy genre for a can’t miss conversation only at New York Comic Con! Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive), Diana Gabaldon (Outlander) and Terry Brooks (The Shannara Chronicles) will take the stage for a one-of-a-kind panel to discuss what it’s like to build iconic worlds that keep fans reading “just one more chapter”.

In-Booth Signing: Neon Yang

Booth 3027
1:00 – 2:00 PM
In previous incarnations, Neon (they/them) was a molecular biologist, a science communicator, a writer for animation, games and comic studios, and a journalist for one of Singapore’s major papers. Now they’re a writer of award-winning science-fiction. Oh, yeah, and also signing at our booth 😎

Q&A and Reading: Brandon Sanderson

Room 405
1:30 – 3:30 PM

In-Booth Signing: Alexandra Rowland

Booth 3027
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Alexandra Rowland (they/them) is the author of A Taste of Gold and Iron plus cohost of the four-time-Hugo-Award-nominated podcast Be the Serpent, all sternly supervised by their feline quality control manager. We’re just thankful their cat signed off on allowing them to sign books with us!

Evening ARC Giveaway 

Booth 3027
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky


Sunday — October 9

Morning ARC Giveaway

Booth 3027
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Moses Ose Utomi, The Lies of the Ajungo

In-Booth Signing: Jennifer Marie Brissett

Booth 3027
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Jennifer Marie Brissett (she/her) has warn many hats: software engineer, writer of critically-lauded science fiction, and proprietor of Indigo Café & Books in Brooklyn! Add to that list: author we’re so lucky to have signing at our booth!

In-Booth Signing: Paul Cornell

Booth 3027
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Paul Cornell’s (he/him) storied career of writing stories has taken him from TV to novels to comics! Today it takes him to our booth. Stop by and ask for his signature 😎

Pre-panel Signing: Jennifer Marie Brissett

Room 1C-03
Table 3-4
1:00 PM

Pre-panel Signing: Neon Yang, Tochi Onyebuchi, & John Scalzi

Room 1B-02
Table 3-4
2:45 PM

Evening Book Giveaway 

Booth 3027
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Stan Lee & Jay Bonansinga, The Devil’s Quintet

Panel – Building on the Bones: Retold and Reimagined

Room 1C-03
3:00 – 4:00 PM

Authors draw inspiration from One Thousand and One Nights, Greek mythology including Persephone’s story, Chinese mythology, and tales of fate to create their original stories. Emily Calkins (Books Content Manager at Likewise) explores fantastic speculative worlds with Chelsea Abdullah (The Stardust Thief), Maya Deane (Wrath Goddess Sing), Emily X.R. Pan (An Arrow to the Moon), Kalynn Bayron (This Wicked Fate), and Jennifer Marie Brissett (Destroyer of Light).

Panel – The Future is Not Unwritten

Room 1B-02
3:45 – 4:45 PM

It’s impossible to predict what the future holds…but these authors have a pretty good shot at it. Go on a journey from our present day to so many possible futures as envisioned by some of science fictions brightest stars. From secret kaiju-ridden islands to far-flung intergalactic societies Jennifer Marie Brissett (Destroyer of Light) John Scalzi (The Kaiju Preservation Society) Neon Yang (The Genesis of Misery) and Tochi Onyebuchi (Goliath) write stories about our futures that tell us about our present.

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On the (Digital) Road: Tor Author Events in August 2022

New month, new books, awesome events! You know the drill 😎

Check out this month’s exciting digital events!


Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters

Sunyi Dean (left) / The Book Eaters (right)

Tuesday, August 2
Country Bookshop x Oblong Books
Virtual Event
6:00 PM ET

Wednesday, August 3
Old Firehouse Books
Virtual Event
3:00 PM ET

Thursday, August 4
Tubby & Coo’s x Watermarks Books, in conversation with Olivie Blake
Virtual Event
6:00 PM ET

Ryka Aoki, Light From Uncommon Stars

Ryka Aoki (left) / Light from Uncommon Stars (right)

Thursday, August 4
Tubby & Coo’s
Virtual Event
7:00 PM ET

Monday, August 15
Brookline Booksmith
Virtual Event
7:00 PM ET

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Announcing Tor Books Programming at San Diego Comic-Con 2022!

We are absolutely thrilled to be joining San Diego Comic Con in person this year, and even more excited to share some of our AMAZING panels with you! From book spotlights to blood and magic, check out our full panel lineup below, and don’t forget to come say hi to us at booth #2701 for swag, books, signings, and more!


Thursday, July 21

2:30-3:30 PM

Room 24ABC

From Idea to Shelves: The Remix

A comprehensive and honest look at the state of the book publishing industry post-pandemic. How have publishing, agenting, book-to-film, and related fields changed over the past two years? What do you need to know about the industry today to pitch your project or level up your career? Agents, managers, and publishing pros come together to answer questions about how to take your writing career from the blank page to sold. Ava Jamshidi (Industry Entertainment), Kelly Lonesome (Tor Books), Kathleen Ortiz (KO Media Management), Holly Root (Root Literary), Lars Theriot (Industry Entertainment), and Erika Turner (Little Brown, Books for Young Readers) discuss strategies and tips for writing the breakout project and getting representation. Moderated by Nathan Bransford.

Friday, July 22

11 AM-12 PM

Room 32AB

Crafting the Future: Transgressing Genres in Science Fiction

Charlie Jane Anders (Dreams Bigger than Heartbreak), Ryka Aoki (Light from Uncommon Stars), Pierce Brown (Red Rising), Blake Crouch (Upgrade), and Paul Cornell (Rosebud) discuss their individual approaches to SF and what makes it such an inclusive and groundbreaking genre for exploring possibilities of the future. Each of these authors pushes against the limits of what sci-fi can be, melding it with other genres to explore new worlds and new adventures. Moderated by Dr. Jeanelle Horcasitas (educator, technical writer, and speculative futurist).

5:30-6:30 PM

Room 29CD

Tor Spotlight Panel

Tor publishes some of the greatest sci-fi, fantasy, and horror stories around. This panel shines a spotlight on some of the books that Tor, Tor Teen, Tordotcom Publishing, and Nightfire have to offer. The book lovers from the Tor teams—Desirae Friesen (publicity manager), Jordan Hanley (senior marketing manager), Alexis Saarela (senior associate director of publicity), and Renata Sweeney (assistant director of marketing)—present a sneak peek at new and upcoming SFF, and maybe even some surprises.

Saturday, July 23

10-11 AM

Room 7AB

Tor Teen + MCPG Presents: Families of Blood and Magic

The saying goes that blood is thicker than water, but what happens when magic gets thrown into the mix, or when galaxy-spanning friendships form? Susan Dennard (The Luminaries), Aiden Thomas (Cemetery Boys), Lizz Huerta (The Lost Dreamer), and Namina Forna (The Gilded Ones), join moderator Anne Heltzel (Just Like Mother) for a discussion of both found and biological families—and all the positives, negatives, and complexities that come with the territory.

11 AM-12 PM

Room 29AB

Crafting the Creepy Crawly and Throat-Clutching Moments

Creators examine writing scenes of horror, from the slow build to the metaphorical jump scare. Get your spook on with Kiersten White (Hide), Anne Heltzel (Just Like Mother), Clay McLeod Chapman (Ghost Eaters), and moderator Maryelizabeth Yturralde.

3-4 PM

Room 23ABC

Something Wicked This Way Comes: Frightening Fantasy

Monsters, ghosts, and sorceresses—oh my! Not even an apocalypse can ruin this party! Seanan McGuire (Seasonal Fears), James Rollins (The Starless Crown), and Heather Walter (Malice) discuss writing at the intersection of fantasy, horror, and suspense. This panel is for anyone who enjoys their fantasy on the dark side and who generally prefers to be chillin’ with villains. Moderated by Michelle Bucud (social media coordinator, Mysterious Galaxy).

8-9 PM

Room 25ABC

The Best Trot: Proving Love to all the True Buckaroos

Moderator, the Dr. Chuck Tingle hosts a group of true buckaroos for a panel about how the best place to find your truest self is often between the pages of books. Authors Ryka Aoki (Light from Uncommon Stars), Heather Walter (Malice), and Foz Meadows (A Strange and Stubborn Endurance) discuss everything from using speculative fiction to exploring ideas of gender and sexuality to what “proving love” means to them. There will also be some discussion of aliens, doughnuts, spooky summer camps, magic.

Sunday, July 24

2:30-3:30 PM

Room 23ABC

Tor Books: It’s Us Against the World

Defeating the bad guy is hard work, and no one can do it alone. A panel of authors discuss what it takes to bring a ragtag team together to defeat incredible odds. Chosen ones are out, and dream teams (or nightmare crews) are in. Olivie Blake (The Atlas Six), Susan Dennard (The Luminaries), James Rollins (The Starless Crown), and R. R. Virdi (The First Binding) join moderator Ryka Aoki (Light from Uncommon Stars) for a discussion of uneasy alliances, fellowships, and found families. Whether it’s a shadow thief and her shady friends, secret society exiles, a grifter calling in old favors, a seer gathering a crew to fight the moon, or a cast of six uniquely gifted magicians, these writers are proving that what’s important is not what you know, but who you know.

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