I cannot wait for this release in January 2026 from editor James Aquilone and Monstrous Books: Kolchak Eras, an anthology of stories starring the legendary reporter Carl Kolchak, of TV's Kolchak - The Night Stalker fame. This one includes my short tale, "Up from the Underground," along with a dozen other stories.
These prose tales were originally part of the multi-award-winning Kolchak - The Night Stalker graphic novel deluxe edition that came out in early 2023. They have now been
collected in an illustrated anthology of their own.
Kolchak - The Night Stalker TV series (or simply The Night Stalker, as it was originally known), as well as the two original TV movies,
The Night Stalker and
The Night Strangler,
back in the early 1970s, were among those TV productions that made a powerful
and lasting impression on me, and so contributing to this volume
feels right, to put it mildly.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
• "Summer in Rome" - James Chambers
• "The Shot Heard Round the Underworld" - James Aquilone
• "The Devil Level" - Bobby Nash
• "On the Road With Carl" - David Avallone
• "The Black Volga" - Will McDermott
• "Up From the Underground" - Stephen Mark Rainey
• "Up From the Underground" - Stephen Mark Rainey
• "Devour the Dead" - Naching T. Kassa
• "Blood Witch" - Owl Goingback
• "A View With a Room" - Jim Beard
• "Wolf’s Clothing" - Leverett Butts
• "Bruises on the Flesh of God" - Charles R. Rutledge
• "LA Lizard" - Lisa Morton
• "The Devil’s Chapel" - Simon Bestwick
Stay tuned for more details, ordering info, etc., to come as
soon as it's available. Keep holding your breath, if you dare.
