2024 Newsletter #8: New Hailey Piper limited edition up for pre-order!
THE WORM AND HIS KINGS SAGA
by Hailey Piper
“Long ago, in a time now dead, one note changed our world forever.”
Manhattan 1990: Monique’s girlfriend Donna has vanished without a trace. Only after the disappearances of several other impoverished women does she hear the rumors of a gray creature rising from the underground to snatch victims off the street, and Donna might be one of them. When Monique decides to give chase, she’ll plunge into a subterranean world of monsters, monarchs, cultists, and gods both beyond her understanding and closer than she thinks.
So begins the sprawling trilogy of the almighty Worm. Join Monique, Donna, the Gray Maiden, and more in desperate searches for lost lovers, dire revelations, and shattered futures, where every step brings the discomforting touch of celestial cruelty.
Hailed as a modern cosmic horror classic, exploring queerness, worship, connection, transcendence, and fate, the original novella The Worm and His Kings has been gathered here for the first time in a single volume with its sequels, Even the Worm Will Turn and Song of the Tyrant Worm. Together, they invite you down mysterious caverns within the earth, into strange histories, and out of the world you know, where you’ll come face-to-face with a darkness that stretches from the dawn of time and across the stars.
Signed by Hailey Piper
Limited to preorders taken by 5/19
Cover art by Evangeline Gallagher
Expected Ship Date: July 2024
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2024 Newsletter #7: New Jeff Strand pre-order. Update on the Drive-In anthology.
All,
April is here and it feels good to be through March. February was chaotic. March was a bit smoother (although last week was rough from a shipping standpoint, hoping to catch up this week). However, I still have three months to go before I am back to normal.
Two announcements to go over in this newsletter.
First, I am taking pre-orders on Thunderstorm’s 11th Jeff Strand book. The first five I published were all under my standard oversized Black Voltage line. The second five were all under Jeff’s Gleefully Macabre imprint. And after some discussion, we decided to return to the Black Voltage production. We want to get a good grasp on how many Strand collectors are planning on picking these up since they will have different production attributes and price points. The first book (11th book) will be Veiled. We are in talks of doing Creep Out next.
VEILED
by Jeff Strand
The first time their eyes lock, it’s an amused and sympathetic look from Alice at the next table. She can tell Nate’s blind date is going horribly awry.
The second time is a chance meeting at a grocery store. Or is it by chance? It’s a little weird, but either way, Nate and Alice hit it off immediately.
He really likes her. They have great chemistry. But there’s something a little off—okay, a lot off—about her. Not just the unexplained sadness. It’s an intense desire, almost a desperation, for things to move much faster than Nate is comfortable with.
Alice has an obvious secret. What’s she hiding?
When Nate finds out…well, nobody said this was a romantic comedy…
Signed by Jeff Strand
Limited to preorders
Cover art by Frank Walls
Expected Ship Date: May/June 2024
PRE-ORDER TODAY!
The second announcement is that shipping for Joe R. Lansdale’s The Drive-In: Multiplex is scheduled to begin one week from today. 4/8/24. One important thing to note is that if you have moved in the last year (preorders started nearly a year on the dot last year), please email me your new address at thunderstrombooks@gmail.com. The post office will not forward media mail, so your address needs to be up-to-date.
2024 Newsletter #6: Find the Torch HC (Jones/Smith/Malerman)
FIND THE TORCH
by Tyler Jones, Michael Marshall Smith, Josh Malerman
Originally offered as a free softcover chapbook to those who bought both Tyler Jones’s limited edition books (MIDAS and BURN THE PLANS), Earthling and Thunderstorm teamed up to produce a few hardcover editions of the book as well. This print run is a fraction of the earlier run of softcovers, which are now impossible to find. This book is bound in black bonded leather with black foil stamping and is SIGNED by Tyler Jones, Michael Marshall Smith, and Josh Malerman, who contributed stories to this book.
Important notes, please read:
- 75 copies only (limitation is stated on signature page but not individually numbered so please don’t request a certain number), copies are shared between Paul M and Paul G (i.e. I have only 30-some for sale).
- $99
- If I am sold out, then please check at Earthling via email at earthlingpub@yahoo.com
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2024 Newsletter #5: Kill the Hunter by Bryan Smith
KILL THE HUNTER
by Bryan Smith
All families have secrets, but some secrets are bigger, darker, and bloodier than others.
Zach and Chelsea grew up in idyllic suburbia. Then one day their father vanished without explanation, ripping their world apart. A year later, a dangerous man shows up looking for him, a man who claims to hunt monsters and things that go bump in the night.
Soon the siblings are swept up in a whirlwind of violence and chaos, locked in a desperate attempt to elude the police as well as the mysterious organization of monster hunters. In the process of fighting to stay free and alive, they unearth all the secret things kept hidden from them their entire lives.
Scary, shocking things.
And nothing will ever be the same again.
Signed by Bryan Smith
Limited to 44 copies
Bonus novella: Bloodrush
Cover art by Vincent Sammy
Expected Ship Date: April 2024
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Important Thunderstorm News.
Hello all,
This newsletter is a bit different than my typical book announcements that come out on Sunday mornings. Although I cannot go into any details, there is something going on in my personal life that is a bit unexpected, and to be frank, a bit disruptive. Please do not worry to much, as it is neither health related nor financial in a nature. However, it possibly could impact Thunderstorm in two ways. First, it may take me longer than normal to reply to email communication. And second, it may take me longer than normal to ship out books. I am going to do my best to keep up on both. I will be bringing on extra shipping help when possible. (I guess there could be a third impact, a decline in social media usage, but I count that as a positive).
Even before I heard this news, I was already working on creating a pre-order status page so that you can check the status of preorders with a click of a button. I am determined to keep timelines accurately updated twice per month.
This is on the menu bar across the top of the Thunderstorm Books home page as “Pre-orders”.
Pre Order Status Page
I am only going to include preorders that are over 60 days old on the page. I expect the majority preorders will ship before they hit that mark. For example, The Television by Edward Lee that was announced on 1/14 is shipping now.
Currently, there are two previously announced books that are past this 60 day mark and thus listed on the page. The first is The Drive-In Multiplex. I know that people have been waiting for this one for a long time. I know I have changed the expected ship date multiple times for this one. I do apologize. Unfortunately, these are not ready to go like I initially thought they would be and I am diligently working on getting these out as soon as possible. My best estimate is another 6 weeks or so, so early April.
The other book is Splintered: The Labyrinth Book 3. I actually just got this one in-stock and it will be the next one to ship as soon as I wrap up shipping the Television (which is about 70% done). It will probably take me a couple of weeks to ship out all copies of Splintered.
Another thing to note is that I will but the expected ship date on all preorder titles right in the listing themselves when announcements are done on Sunday mornings. For example when The Bedmakers was announced on 1/28, I included an expected shipping timeframe of March 2024 in the book details.
I think these additions, although not perfect, will go a long way in keeping information as accurate as possible and will lessen relying on individual email communication for status updates.
One last note, this personal news is only a temporary impact (freaking until June, but temporary, nonetheless). I know I am being vague, but at this point, I have to be. Buy me a beer at a convention after June and I will tell you the details.
Thank you for your understanding and support. Thunderstorm forever.
Paul
