I’m at AwesomeCon DC! And, the cover is again fixed for Bones of Starlight 2: Abyss Surrounding, so the trilogy set is again sleek & en flique featuring the art of calligraffiti artist Leo Shallat @leo.shallat . So ended the temporary pixelated rasterized Book 2: Kao-Sidhe technoglitch edition.
Order the new & sparkling 2, plus 1 & 3, at your pleasure via your favorite bookseller.
I’m at table I-26, holding down a central corner of Pride Alley this year. Hello again, nation’s capital!
But, you might ask, isn’t the trilogy done?
Besides the Appendix, yes, but the middle is still somehow having a crisis.
Bones of Starlight 2: Abyss Surrounding is currently only available new from Barnes & Noble, or bn.com. If they say they can get it to you, they can get it to you. Amazon & Powells.com do not currently have a listing, but that doesn’t mean the book does not exist. Used copies may be available over the secondhand market through a used bookseller.
The explanation is too convoluted for eyes seeking enjoyment. Suffice it to say, you can only get it there right now. Or, as usual, it’s still serialized here on this website in the popdown menu if you’re scrolled to the very top.
Here’s the quick list of things that have happened that I haven’t posted about here!
Paneling at MisCon Missoula
Book 3: Greater Beyond published in hardcover 7/14 (What! Really?! Yes!)
Paneling at ArmadilloCon Austin
Book 2: Abyss Surrounding 2nd Printing available 8/10
Wow! Lots has still been happening on the Bones of Starlight front! Even though I happily stopped adhering to a twice-weekly posting schedule when the serialization concluded (after 9 years), I am still making things for you.
Such as: The Appendix! Oh, yes. Bones of Starlight will have an Appendix. It deserves an Appendix. There’s certainly enough material. So that’s what I’m doing, as promised. Things like People, Places, Glossary, (I know this is incredibly exciting) And More.
Am I really mostly posting to Facebook right now? Kinda, yeah. I know that there are better ways, but I’m currently reinventing my authorial process, and sometimes the least I can do is all I will do for the thanks I get. Hey though, life is rewarding. It has in fact all been worth it. That’s why I’m still doing this.
In this video I posted onto my Readings YouTube playlist, I picked a poem to read from inside Book 2: Abyss Surrounding. “Star Matter Scarabs” is the title of the poem that was being discussed by the Vedani interested in Human poetry. This was read to an audience at Everelse wine bar’s literary & musical open mic in Friday Harbor, WA.
Also: Happy 100th Chapter to Greater Beyond, Book 3.
Clothbound Hardcover 1st Printings – Ending Imminently
Here’s a kicker – as the service that prints my books has become more popular, they’re updating their equipment, and the hardcovers will no longer come in clothbound. That’s happening this week, as of October 22nd.
Between this printing and the next, the hardcover under the jacket will come with a cloth texture image printed on it. In any subsequent edition, that inside cover may have its own under-jacket design, but until then, cloth will turn to pseudo-cloth. I will miss that touch of quality, but may be able to introduce a different element given the new parameters.
I know and love all my editions. Each printing is a memento of a time that will not come again. Thank you to everyone that’s supported this great and wonderful endeavor. If you’d ever like to bring one of my editions to see me in the future, we can remember when it was that you became a special kind of friend to me: a reader.
You can still get a clothbound (Book 2 1st ed.) hardcover by snapping up one of the used copies floating around out there now – for a short time, that’s all that will be on the used market. Yes, obviously I don’t receive a cut from used sales, but I’m thinking about you right now. I don’t currently possess a surplus that you can order directly from me. This is it!
Bones of Starlight 1: Fire Within (HC)
Bones of Starlight 2: Abyss Surrounding (HC)
If you quickly order a fresh copy from a bookstore, you’re gambling on a chance of getting cloth or pseudo-cloth. The bookstore won’t be able to specify for you. There’ll be a limited amount of copies sitting in various warehouses.
Otherwise, forward with time and progress into the future. Right now, I’m not making promises other than a third book to end the trilogy, which is to be released hardcover first. I enjoyed offering a paperback for the first, before its new printing. Such a thing may happen again, or it may not. Same with ebook formats. The third book of this trilogy feels like how I imagine the latter part of a running marathon would feel – additional trappings fade away, and the main thing is just to continue, if I am to finish. Making the story visible on this website helps, where people can enjoy it before anything else terrible happens. Receiving people’s interest and encouragement at in-person events helps – readings, conventions, pop-ups, and run-ins. These things don’t just appear, you know? But, you do know, if you happen to be reading this. Thanks again.
Bones of Starlight 3 : Greater Beyond 