Why, yes, here 'tis: the offical release day for
Deathrealm: Spirits!
There's a better-than-average chance I'm gonna gush insufferably over this
book, so be warned. I mean, damn, it features so many of the best of the
best, why the hell wouldn't I?
It's been a long, weird road
getting here, but I could hardly be happier with the result.
After
Deathrealm magazine retired from service, back in 1997, I
would say the single most-repeated question asked of me as an author/editor
was "Will you ever bring Deathrealm back?" Until relatively recent years, I said "Not
a chance in hell." Back in the late 1990s, keeping that monster on a regular
quarterly schedule, with distributors going bankrupt by the score and the
traditional publishing realm shifting (and in some cases collapsing in
spectacular fashion), I figured I didn't have it in me to attempt to
resurrect the property, at least not as it was back in the day.
However,
as an anthology project, the idea had some allure. A couple of times in the
past, I've floated the idea, and about five years ago, I even had a
publisher lined up for it. Due to extenuating circumstances, it never came
about, but in hindsight, I'm glad of this. There's no way that project could
have come together the way
Deathrealm: Spirits has.
I hope you'll check it out
— and please, whatever you think of it, reviews are most appreciated!
