As we mentioned in December, Earthling Publications has produced a signed limited edition of MINE, the last Robert McCammon novel to receive the limited edition treatment. Copies were available as part of a bundle back in December, but the remaining copies will be going up for pre-order on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at Noon ET. The book features art by Tomislav Tikulin. Three of the art pieces are shown below.

Full information and ordering details will be posted here on Tuesday!

Earthling’s MINE art by Tomislav Tikulin
Earthling’s MINE art by Tomislav Tikulin
Earthling’s MINE art by Tomislav Tikulin

SOLD OUT in 22 minutes after the official announcement! Please join the Wait List to be notified of any additional copies after we do our manual check of the available numbers against the orders we have received. Thank you! (You can also check out the retailers below.)

Pre-order from Subterranean Press

From Lividian Publications:

Lividian Publications is proud to be publishing a deluxe signed, numbered, and slipcased Limited Edition hardcover of Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon, the first volume in his acclaimed Matthew Corbett series. Due to the massive size of the story, this deluxe special edition is split into two volumes, housed in a slipcase. Vincent Chong provided stunning color artwork for both of the dust jackets along with a full-color frontispiece and exclusive black and white illustrations for the interior.

This edition is designed to complement our Limited Editions of The King of Shadows, Seven Shades of Evil, and Leviathan, which were inspired by the editions published by Subterranean Press and Cemetery Dance for the previous books in the series. Speaks the Nightbird was originally published by a different small press and that edition doesn’t look and feel like the other Limited Editions and did not have Vincent Chong artwork. So, for someone making a complete set of the Matthew Corbett series, this new edition will match the rest of the series on the bookshelf.

Retail Price: $195
Publication Date: Fall 2026
Page Count: 888

Special Features:
• Full-color dust jacket artwork by Vincent Chong
• Full-color frontis artwork by Vincent Chong
• Black and white interior illustrations by Vincent Chong that are exclusive to the signed editions
• Includes a collectible bookmark

Deluxe Production Features:
• Offset printed on an acid-free archival quality paper stock
• A fine binding
• Hot foil stamping on the front cover and spine
• Smyth-sewn to create a more durable binding
• Twine head and tail bands
• High-quality endpapers
• Sewn-in satin ribbon page marker
• Custom-made slipcase stamped with hot foil and featuring a unique die-cut window
• Signed by Robert McCammon
• Limited to 750 signed and numbered copies

Here is a link to the product page to learn more or place your order while these limited supplies last.

Don’t forget that our books are also carried by some of our favorite small presses and retailers:

Bad Moon Books
Buchheim Verlag (Germany)
Camelot Books
Cracked and Spineless Books (Australia)
Jake’s Rare Books
Kathmandu Books
Midworld Press
Overlook Connection
Pat Cramer, Bookseller
SST Publications (UK)
Subterranean Press
Veryfinebooks
Ziesings

Thank you, as always, for your continuing support and enthusiasm. We have another very exciting announcement in the works for next week on April 10, so stay tuned.

In the market for some original art used for Robert McCammon novels? Artist Steve Crisp illustrated gobs of book covers in the UK in the ’80s and ’90s, and many of his pieces are being exhibited on IX Gallery. His original art pieces used for the UK paperback editions of BAAL, BETHANY’S SIN, and MYSTERY WALK are included in the exhibit and are available for purchase.

As of 2026-04-10, the art for Mystery Walk and Baal have been sold.

Penny Dreadful: The Classic Horror Art of Steve Crisp

Even if you’re not looking to purchase, the exhibition is a lot of fun to see!

Robert McCammon (and I) have nothing to do with this sale, I just thought you’d be interested in seeing it, at least.

Hello, all.

I thought I would check in and let you know where I am and what’s been going on.

I hope everyone enjoyed the Matthew Corbett series. I certainly enjoyed writing it and I hated to leave the characters but Matthew’s story was done and it was time to move on.

I took the opportunity to reflect on where I’ve been and where I’m going. Then I decided to write a musical play, which I finished today, March 23rd. It concerns the last days of a famous (or infamous) fictional figure. There are sixteen songs and two reprises, and I’m hoping it will see the stage around Halloween of 2027. This is for sure not iron-clad, as there of course remains much to do, but I’m hopeful. I’ll let you know more as the project progresses.

Next up, I’m going to finish the Trevor Lawson tetralogy. It’s high time to get the vampire/bounty hunter up and running again in his search for LaRouge and his battle with the Dark Society.

In the meantime, I would urge you to check out the video trailer that a very talented fan has created for the Corbett series, bringing in a lot of scenes from the books. This has been made with AI, and no matter your feelings on this hot-button subject, for a major studio to have made this trailer would have cost multiple millions of dollars.

I will risk being burned at the stake by saying we may be looking at the future of film-making, and that five years from now we may be astounded by what results from this new creative tool. Every new creative tool has met with controversy and become a hot-button issue, but just take a look at this video and consider what will be available in five years’ time. Of course we can’t know the future and probably shouldn’t, but time marches onward and though we may resist what comes out of the looming mists one has to be in awe of the possibilities. So…as they say…it is what it is. The real question is: what can it be?

On to Trevor now, and awakening him from the long sleep he’s been having. I can tell you he’s eager to strap on that gunbelt! Again, I’ll let you know more about the play as the details are hammered down. (Hammer…my favorite movie studio!)

As always, I thank you for your support and readership and for wanting to take this journey together. I can promise you, we still have a long way to go!

Best to you and enjoy your Spring and Summer,


There’s a new “Dread & Darkness” horror megabundle at Humble Bundle consisting of 52 ebooks. Included are the Matthew Corbett series (minus The Queen of Bedlam, since Open Road doesn’t publish that), Stinger, They Thirst, The Wolf’s Hour, Boy’s Life, and Swan Song, along with books by Richard Matheson, Stephen Graham Jones, Robert Bloch, and others. You can get all 52 ebooks for $18 (or more, if you want).

If you’re not familiar with Humble Bundle, you pay what you want, and part of the proceeds go to charity. This Bundle benefits the charity Save the Children. The included ebooks are DRM-free and can be read on any e-reader.

Dread & Darkness: A Horror Megabundle from Humble Bundle

The Bundle is available through March 23, 2026.

GraphicAudio will release the second half of their full-cast dramatization of Speaks the Nightbird on May 5, 2026. It can be pre-ordered from their site. Part 1 was released on January 13, 2026. They plan to produce dramatizations of the entire Matthew Corbett series. If you purchase from GraphicAudio, you can choose MP3 or FLAC downloads.

Speaks the Nightbird Part 2 of 2 at GraphicAudio

Speaks the Nightbird Part 2 of 2 at Audible

And if you missed it: Speaks the Nightbird Part 1 of 2 at GraphicAudio and at Audible