Upcoming book release: BEDFELLOW

It broke into their home and set up residence in their minds…

Check out the disturbing cover for Jeremy C. Shipp’s Bedfellow, a bold and original tale of horror that will stick with you long after it’s over.

Bedfellow is available November 13th from Tor.com Publishing. From the catalog copy:

When the… thing first insinuated itself into the Lund family household, they were bemused. Vaguely human-shaped, its constantly-changing cravings seemed disturbing, at first, but time and pressure have a way of normalizing the extreme. Wasn’t it always part of their lives?

As the family make more and greater sacrifices in service to the beast, the thrall that binds them begins to break down. Choices must be made. Prices must be paid. And the Lunds must pit their wits against a creature determined to never let them go.

It’s psychological warfare. Sanity is optional.

Buy Bedfellow from:

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks

Flash Horror Contest, Deadline July 31

I’m judging NOTLP’s Flash Horror Contest this year, and tomorrow’s the deadline. So get those stories in, my dear gnomies.

Here are the details:

Bram Stoker award-nominated author Jeremy C. Shipp will guest judge NOTLP’s first Flash Horror Contest. The winner will be paid a professional rate of 5 cents per word for First Worldwide Electronic rights. The winning story will be published on the NOTLP blog. All entries will be considered for publication.

Submission guidelines:

Word Count: 1000 words or less.

Submission deadline: July 31, 2013

Genre: Horror. The guest judge particularly enjoys character-based tales, vivid imagery, dark humor, unique monsters.

Reprints: No

Multiple Submissions: No

Simultaneous Submissions: No

Payment: 5 cents per word for the winning story.

Please include your contact information (name, address, email) and approximate word count on the title page.

Send submissions to chrismatrix@yahoo.com. Please write “NOTLP FLASH CONTEST: Title of Story” in the subject line of the email.

We look forward to reading your stories.

Judging process: After reading through all the submissions, Jeremy will choose the top 5 flash stories. These 5 stories will be voted on by Jeremy as well as the NOTLP staff. The winning story will be decided based on these votes.

About the guest judge: Jeremy C. Shipp is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Cursed, Vacation, and Attic Clowns. His shorter tales have appeared or are forthcoming in over 60 publications, the likes of Cemetery Dance, ChiZine, Apex Magazine, Withersin, and Shroud Magazine. His online home at jeremycshipp.com.

Flash Horror Contest

I’m judging NOTLP’s Flash Horror Contest this year.

Here are the details:

Bram Stoker award-nominated author Jeremy C. Shipp will guest judge NOTLP’s first Flash Horror Contest. The winner will be paid a professional rate of 5 cents per word for First Worldwide Electronic rights. The winning story will be published on the NOTLP blog. All entries will be considered for publication.

Submission guidelines:

Word Count: 1000 words or less.

Submission deadline: July 31, 2013

Genre: Horror. The guest judge particularly enjoys character-based tales, vivid imagery, dark humor, unique monsters.

Reprints: No

Multiple Submissions: No

Simultaneous Submissions: No

Payment: 5 cents per word for the winning story.

Please include your contact information (name, address, email) and approximate word count on the title page.

Send submissions to chrismatrix@yahoo.com. Please write “NOTLP FLASH CONTEST: Title of Story” in the subject line of the email.

We look forward to reading your stories.

Judging process: After reading through all the submissions, Jeremy will choose the top 5 flash stories. These 5 stories will be voted on by Jeremy as well as the NOTLP staff. The winning story will be decided based on these votes.

About the guest judge: Jeremy C. Shipp is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Cursed, Vacation, and Attic Clowns. His shorter tales have appeared or are forthcoming in over 60 publications, the likes of Cemetery Dance, ChiZine, Apex Magazine, Withersin, and Shroud Magazine. His online home at jeremycshipp.com.

Pet Turtle’s Name

A big THANK YOU to everyone who posted name suggestions for my new turtle.

And his name is..

(drumroll)

Squirtle Pawchester!

 

New Baby Turtle

A few nights ago, I had a dream that a little baby turtle was biting my fingers, again and again and again. Of course, I thought, “Aww, I would love to adopt this fellow as my pet.”

Then, a couple days later, my brother found a little baby turtle wandering outside the house, near the garbage cans. No one in the neighborhood has claimed him as their pet, so I’m adopting him.

Here he is:

This little guy doesn’t have a name yet, so I’ve decided to choose a name from the suggestions in the comments section.

I’ll make my decision on May 26, so be sure to post your name suggestions before then.

Attic Toys Out Now

The Kindle version of ATTIC TOYS is out now!

19 amazing tales by the masters and rising stars of speculative fiction.

Includes all new stories by Piers Anthony, Jeff Strand, Joe McKinney, Lisa Morton, Jeremy C. Shipp, Gary McMahon, Aric Sundquist, and many more!

You don’t want to miss this staggering collection of horror and dark fantasy!

Complete TOC:

INSIDE THE BOXES by Jeff Strand
DOWN IN THE WOODS TODAY by Emily C. Skaftun
DOLLHOUSE by Craig Wallwork
POOR ME AND TED by Kate Jonez
A LITTLE CRIMSON STAIN by Joe McKinney
I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE by S.S. Michaels
DREAMS OF A RAGGED DOLL by Cate Gardner
ATTIC DOG by David Raffin
WHEN HARRY KILLED SALLY by Lisa Morton
LIVING DOLL by Piers Anthony
THE WHITE KNIGHT by Aric Sundquist
THE DOLL TREE by Amelia Mangan
A LITTLE TERROR by Phil Hickes
GIVE IT A NAME by Gary McMahon
DISCARDED by Nancy Rosenberg England
GOOGLY by Jeremy C. Shipp
RUBIK’S CUBE by Melanie Mascio
A BRIGHTLY-COLORED BOX FILLED WITH STARS by Dorian Dawes
THE TEA-SERVING DOLL by Mae Empson

Amazon Link

Amazon UK Link

Book Gorilla

The monster book I edited, ABERRATIONS, is the featured ebook today at Book Gorilla.

Check it out!

Attic Clowns Out Now

I’m excited to announce that my new horror book ATTIC CLOWNS is out now. You can get it on Kindle and Nook.

Description:

Bram Stoker Award nominee Jeremy C. Shipp spins 13 tales of horror and dark humor in this highly conceptual collection. Angels and demons, husbands and wives, tormented ghosts and an army of men made of soap–all of them trapped in attics of the mind, attics of heaven or hell, the attics we make for ourselves or with which we ensnare others.

Meet a paranoid astronaut whose jealousy drives him to extremes beyond murder…a miniature circus spawned from the mind of a woman with too much control…the underling demon Globcow who desires redemption even more than the taste of human feet…

Men, women, children, and things beyond imagination all interconnect in ATTIC CLOWNS, where laughter is only the prelude to the bizarre and terrible.

“Jeremy C. Shipp’s boldness, daring, originality, and sheer smarts make him one of the most vital younger writers who have colonized horror literature in the past decade. Shipp’s modernist clarity, plus his willingness to risk damn near everything, put him up at the head of the pack with the very best.”
–Peter Straub, author of Ghost Story

“Shipp’s clear, insistent voice pulls you down into the rabbit hole and doesn’t let go.”
–Jack Ketchum, author of The Girl Next Door

ATTIC CLOWNS is available on Kindle and Nook.

New Book Deal

Exciting news: Redrum Horror will be releasing a trade paperback edition of my new horror collection ATTIC CLOWNS in early 2012.

Also, ATTIC CLOWNS will be released on Kindle and Nook in December, 2011.

Der Trip

In the mail, I received copies of the German-language version of my novel Vacation.

Here’s a photo of Der Trip resting on a large inflatable badger.

I have a couple extra copies of Der Trip, so I thought I’d give them to you, my lovely readers.

Want a chance to win a free signed copy? Just leave a comment on this blog post, answering this question:

If you were a badger with superpowers, what would your superhero name be?