The Electric Mayhem: Imaginary Man
My latest column covers some fantasies that I’ve read recently: Escape From Hell! by Hal Duncan, The Knights of the Cornerstone by James P. Blaylock and Valley of Day-Glo by Nick DiChario.
Contest – Escape From Hell! by Hal Duncan (5 copies!)
After reading the Hell-log at the BookSpot Beat with Hal Duncan – how can you not want to get in on this contest? Today the BSC has 5 copies of Escape From Hell! up for grabs! This was published by MonkeyBrain Books this month! Remember, we have the prologue for you to read! Synopsis: A [...]
The BSC Beat – Hell Cant with Hal Duncan
Back with another edition of the BookSpot Beat, the BookSpot Central 10-question, topic specific interview! Today we join forces with Hal Duncan to give you Hell! Duncan is the author of two novels: Vellum and Ink. Vellum was nominated for the World Fantasy Award and BFS Award for Best Novel honors as well as getting [...]
Exclusive – Escape From Hell! by Hal Duncan (prologue)
Back with more exclusive content to give readers a sneak peek at some work by some of the best and/or newest talents! Today, BookSpot Central exclusively brings you the prologue from the latest coming from Hal Duncan. Duncan is the author of the Vellum and and Ink. Vellum was nominated for the World Fantasy Award and BFS Award for Best Novel honors as well as getting nominated for the Locus and and Crawford awards for Best Debut Novel/Author.
What I have for you is the prologue from Duncan’s Escape From Hell! being published by MonkeyBrain Books and hitting shelves next month!
Synopsis:
A hitman, a hooker, a homosexual kid, and a hobo suicide make the ultimate prison break…escape from Hell itself! But when news of their attempted escape gets out, the souls of the damned are transformed into a rioting mob, and all Hell truly does break loose. It’s Escape from New York meets Jacob’s Ladder, by one of fantasy’s rising stars.
Escape from Hell! is the second in their series of tradepaperback original novellas, following last year’s Cenotaxis by Sean Williams. Next up is 2009′s Death of a Starship by Jay Lake. You can stay up to date on Hal Duncan’s work at Notes From the Geek Show.
BookSpot Central would like to thank MonkeyBrain Books and Hal Duncan for allowing us to host the following excerpt to our readers!
Please check out all of our other exclusives for more chapters/excerpts from novels and complete short stories from collections and anthologies to sample! BookSpot Central is the choice for several publishers to bring you the goods!
I hope you enjoy!
