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2010-06-09 — Mister Slaughter for Kindle is now on Amazon
Robert McCammon's Mister Slaughter is now available as an eBook for the
Kindle from Amazon.com.
It can also
be purchased from WebScription.net (Palm/Mobi/Kindle)
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2010-03-30 — Photos of the Mister Slaughter Limited Edition
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2010-03-23 — Mister Slaughter Limited Edition Shipping Later This Week
Subterranean Press posted this
update today:
The time's come to unleash Robert McCammon's Mister
Slaughter on the world again—this time, the limited edition. Our
driver is picking up copies today, and we're bringing in extra help to
start sending copies out later this week.
We just did a tally, and we're down to the last 25 copies. The book and
slipcase are both leatherbound, with the case sporting foil stamping on both
the spine and one side, making it a nifty, if bloody, addition to anyone's
collection of limited editions.
Posted on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 at 8:22 am.
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2010-03-11 — Mister Slaughter update from Subterranean
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Subterranean Press posted this update regarding Mister Slaughter:
Robert McCammon MISTER SLAUGHTER Heads
to a Fourth Printing, Plus Award News
Much like its titular character, the juggernaut that
is Robert McCammon's Mister
Slaughter just keeps on going. One large online retailer recently ran
completely out of copies, as did several of our wholesalers. We went through
the entire third printing resupplying them, so have ordered a fourth printing
of McCammon's historical thriller.
If that's not enough good news, we received notice yesterday that the novel
is up for an American Library Association Reading Award in the Thriller
category. Why not pick up a copy and see what all the fuss is about?
Posted on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 9:44 am.
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2010-03-08 — Mister Slaughter Signed Limited Editions shipping soon
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Subterranean Press posted this update regarding the signed limited editions of
Mister Slaughter:
Slipcases for the Signed Limited Edition are due to ship to our offices on
3/12. We'll start shipping that version as soon as the cases arrive.
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2010-03-07 — Mister Slaughter in EW and an update from Subterranean
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Robert McCammon's Mister Slaughter is briefly mentioned in the March 12,
2010, issue of Entertainment Weekly. It appears at position 8 in
"The Chart" among the week's horror best-sellers at Dark Delicacies
bookstore. Click here to see
a scan of "The Chart."
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Subterranean Press posted this update on their
website this morning:
More MISTER SLAUGHTER News and a Creepy Video
We're about to start shipping the
third printing of Mister
Slaughter, Robert McCammon's historical thriller, out to our
large wholesale and retail accounts, so those should be able to advertise
"Ships within 24 hours" again shortly.
Please note that individual customers who order direct from SubPress will
still receive unsigned first printing copies.
In the meantime, in its "The Chart" section, Entertainment
Weekly has Mister Slaughter landing at number 8 among horror best sellers.
Finally, we haven't talked much about exactly what influenced the creation of
the characters Mister Slaughter and Matthew Corbett, so now's a fine time to
start.
Here's a short video of British character actor Tod Slaughter in all his
stropping glory.
You can read more about the real Slaughter over at his Wikipedia page, which
mentions his career making run as Sweeney Todd, appropriately enough.
Posted on Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at 10:50 am.
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2010-02-25 — Famous Monsters reviews Mister Slaughter
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Famous Monsters of Filmland, which currently exists as a website with
the magazine relaunching soon, recently
reviewed
Mister Slaughter:
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Fiction does not get any better than this my friends and I urge you to
start with Speaks The Nightbird and don't stop until you reach
the last page of Mister Slaughter. You are in for one hell of a
ride by one of the best there is."
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2010-02-19 — More Mister Slaughter reviews
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2010-02-07 — More Mister Slaughter News from Subterranean Press
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Subterranean Press posted this update on their site:
Robert McCammon — More MISTER SLAUGHTER NEWS
We have a few updates on Robert McCammon's Mister
Slaughter to share, in no particular order:
1. We have ordered the slipcases for the limited edition,
but are still a good 4-6 weeks away from being able to ship that version. We'll
post more info (and send it out in our newsletter) as soon as we have it.
2. The first edition copies, only available direct from
SubPress at this point, continue to dwindle.
3. Some online retailers have gone through their inventory
on the book and are waiting for more copies. Second printings are en route to
those who've ordered, so shipping status at Amazon, etc. should be back to
“Ships in 24 hours” very shortly.
4. Over at Matthew Corbett's World, the
site that Hunter Goatley runs for the series, he's recently posted a list of
characters from the Corbett novels—with descriptions to follow—along with a
copy of the actual
map that McCammon works from when writing the novels.
Finally, here's another fine review of the book, this time from
Sense of
Wonder: “Combining the best elements of detective, historical, horror and
conspiracy fiction, this is a book and a series that deserves a wide
readership.”
Posted on Sunday, February 7th, 2010 at 11:38 am.
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2010-02-06 — McCammon's map of 1702 New York City and The Earwig
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The map that Robert McCammon references when he's writing about Matthew
Corbett's adventures can be found on the new Maps page.
A map of New England from 1708 can also be found there.
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A larger version of the scan of a 1702 issue of The Earwig, recently
unearthed by Subterranean Press, can be found on the Multimedia page.
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Robert McCammon will be participating in this year's Read Alabama!
program at Bevill State Community College in Jasper, AL, along with other
Alabama authors.
Daily Mountain Eagle article about Read Alabama!
On Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at 4 PM, Robert McCammon will give a brief
talk and will sign copies of Mister Slaughter and his
previous novels. The event will take place at Bevill Auditorium on the
campus of Bevill State Community College. Admission is free to the
presentation and to the preceding reception at 3:30 PM.
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2010-01-28 — Subterranean Press update: signed books, The Earwig, Limited Edition news
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Subterranean Press posted this update on their website this morning:
Robert McCammon Signed Copies of the Trade
Hardcover Available
We recently hosted Robert McCammon at a local convention
(see his website for photos). While
he was here, Rick was gracious enough to sign a number of trade hardcovers for
us. These are all first edition copies, and only available directly from
SubPress. Mister
Slaughter is already in its second printing, which copies we're using to
fill a huge backlog of wholesale and large online retailer orders.
Quantities of the signed hardcover are quite limited, so please don't delay
if you're interested in picking up a copy.
As a little added bonus for McCammon fans, you can read the front page of The
Earwig, the newspaper mentioned in the novel. Our thanks to crack
researcher Gwenda Bond for unearthing this little tidbit for readers.
Finally, we approved the slipcase prototype for the limited edition earlier
this week, which means we should be shipping finished copies to customers in
eight weeks or so.
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2010-01-18 — Robert McCammon book signings this week!
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Don't forget that Robert McCammon will be signing books at the
Alabama Booksmith on Wednesday, January 20, at 6 PM CT, and at
Borders
in Ann Arbor, MI, on Friday, January 22, at 7 PM.
He will also be attending ConFusion in Troy, MI, this coming weekend.
For those of you who can't make it to a signing but would like a signed copy of
Mister Slaughter, you can order one by mail from the Alabama Booksmith.
They also have hardback copies of Speaks the Nightbird and the trade
paperback editions of Boy's Life, Gone South, Speaks the
Nightbird, The Queen of Bedlam, and Swan Song. All signed
books will ship on Thursday, January 21. To order any of those, just use the
Alabama
Booksmith page for Mister Slaughter and add the other titles under
"Special Requests."
If you attend the signings, we'd love to have photos for the site!
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2010-01-06 — Mister Slaughter update from Subterranean, new interview
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2010-01-04 — Mister Slaughter ships this week!
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Happy New Year!
Subterranean Press kicks off the new year with this exciting shipping update:
Mister Slaughter (Robert McCammon) — The trade hardcover of this much
lauded historical thriller should be in our offices on January 6. We'll
begin shipping all orders immediately. Please note: We've already
ordered a second printing of the trade hardcover, which means first
editions may be scarce on the ground before long. Also, the limited
edition will take roughly six to eight weeks longer to produce, as we
wait for the slipcases to be produced.
If you haven't ordered a copy yet, you can do so by clicking on the image to
the right or by clicking here.
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2009-12-22 — Robert McCammon book signing in Birmingham!
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The first launch event for Robert McCammon's Mister
Slaughter will occur at
The Alabama Booksmith in
Birmingham, AL, on Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at 6 PM Central.
Mr. McCammon will sign copies of Mister Slaughter, which will be
available for purchase at the event. You are welcome to bring other McCammon
books to get them signed, of course.
As they've done in the past, the Alabama Booksmith will also be offering signed
(and personalized, if desired) copies of Mister Slaughter by mail.
Please see the bottom of the Signings Schedule for
details.
For a complete list of signing events, please see the Signings Schedule. We hope to add more dates and
locations soon.
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2009-12-16 — Library Journal Review of Mister Slaughter
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Press has posted an update on Mister Slaughter in which they mention the
Library Journal review (see below). They have also announced the
following fantastic news:
The second bit of good news is that we've received enough orders to put the
trade hardcover out of print on publication. We'll allow the first printing
copies to make their way into bookstores, libraries, and large online
retailers, but chances are very good that we'll be headed to a second printing
very shortly. So if it's important to you to be assured of getting a first
printing, the only way to be absolutely guaranteed of one is by ordering
direct. Whatever printing you end up with—or the limited edition for that
matter—we're sure you'll enjoy this thrill-a-minute historical excursion. Just
be sure to wear your bloody apron.
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Library
Journal has posted their review of Mister Slaughter:
McCammon, Robert. Mister Slaughter Subterranean. Jan. 2010. c.440p. ISBN 978-1-59606-276-4. $24.95.
In this third installment of his Matthew Corbett series (after Speaks
the Nightbird and The Queen of Bedlam), McCammon delivers a
twisted tale of pure evil. In 1702 New York City, Matthew and his colleague
Hudson Greathouse agree to take on the assignment of transporting evil mass
murderer Tyranthus Slaughter from an asylum near Philadelphia to a waiting ship
docked in New York. Along the way, Tyranthus strikes an unusual deal with the
two men, setting in motion horrific carnage that leads back to Philadelphia.
Matthew faces the misery of his mistakes and begins to figure out a battle plan
to face this devil. But by the time Matthew catches up to him, a dark plot that
reaches beyond the new colonies has been hatched. VERDICT Fans
of dark historicals will enjoy this thrill ride, but they should be ready for
some heavy-handed violence with a balance of historical context and
intrigue.Ron Samul, New London, CT
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2009-11-24 — Lengthy excerpt from Mister Slaughter on SubPress site
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Subterranean Press has posted a
171-page excerpt from Robert McCammon's upcoming novel, Mister
Slaughter. From the Subterranean Press website:
As we're within days of sending Robert McCammon's manhunt
masterpiece, Mister
Slaughter, to the printer for its January release, we figured now was a
good time to post a huge excerpt from the novel to the SubPress site. Head over
to the book's page and read the first 171 pages of this explosive thriller, but
be warned, the excerpt ends with a cliffhanger, so you'll need to order the
novel to see how the plot threads are resolved.
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2009-11-19 — Yet another great review of Mister Slaughter
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Reviewer Clayton Bye has posted his
review
of Robert McCammon's Mister Slaughter. The review contains plot
spoilers. The highlight from the review:
"Mister Slaughter is Robert McCammon doing what he does best. His
descriptive abilities take us back to a world that is a composite of 30 some
years of development in New York City (1700-1730). His characters, always
larger than life and ever so quirky, never cease to entertain. And his story is
complicated enough that Matthew Corbett can proudly stand shoulder to shoulder
with Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot."
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2009-11-16 — Another great review of Mister Slaughter
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2009-10-19 — Publishers Weekly reviews Mister Slaughter!
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Publishers
Weekly has posted their review of Mister Slaughter. Mild plot
spoilers....
Mr. Slaughter Robert McCammon. Subterranean
(www.subterraneanpress.com), $24.95 (440p) ISBN 978-1-59606-276-4
Murder and ghoulish mayhem are the order of the day in bestseller
McCammon's colorful third thriller featuring problem-solver Matthew
Corbett and his escapades in early 18th-century America. After
confronting a criminal mastermind in The Queen of Bedlam (2007),
Matthew finds himself a celebrity whose exploits have become
sensational fodder for colonial tabloids. This heady attention
contributes to a bad lapse of judgment when he and his senior
associate, Hudson Greathouse, accidentally allow a brutal murderer,
Tyranthus Slaughter, to give them the slip while they transport him to
prison in Philadelphia. The rousing narrative details Matthew's dogged
pursuit of the indestructible Tyranthus as the killer cuts a bloody
swath through the Pennsylvania wilderness. McCammon shows a sure hand
balancing scenes of Matthew's quiet contemplation with the
cold-blooded carnage that makes his quarry's name so appropriate.
(Jan.)
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2009-10-17 — ConFusion 2010 and another review
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Robert McCammon will be a Special Guest of ConFusion 2010 (and Subterranean
Press) in Troy, MI, January 22–24, 2010. Information about the convention can
be found on the ConFusion 2010
website.
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Another review of Mister Slaughter has been posted to Bev Vincent's
Onyx Reviews
website. The review contains many spoilers for the novel's plot, so be
careful about reading it. The review ends with this statement:
The book is a fine installment in a series whose charming protagonist
has a lot of life left in him.
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2009-10-01 — Early praise for Mister Slaughter
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The first full-blown review of Robert McCammon's Mister Slaughter has
been posted by Mark Seiber at The
Horror Drive-In. Mark loved it:
"But there's more. Far more. McCammon provides numerous subplots and the
criminal conspiracy Corbett encountered in The Queen of Bedlam is still
afoot. There's also a sinister bloody fingerprint on a playing card that still
holds a dire portent for the young detective. Matthew's relationship with young
Berry is further explored and numerous other colorful characters that readers
became acquainted with in The Queen of Bedlam are featured in Mister
Slaughter.
"To sum up this long, rambling piece short, Robert McCammon is back with a new
book, a new publisher and the future looks good for him. As well as his
readers. Don't pass up Mister Slaughter and if you haven't read
Speaks the Nightbird and The Queen of Bedlam, you'd better start
reading. Fiction doesn't get any better than these books."
Other comments include:
- Brian Keene via Twitter: "I finished Robert McCammon's forthcoming @subpress
book last night. Wonderful read! One of his 3 best novels."
- Wayne C. Rogers via the McCammon Facebook page:
I got lucky. I just finished reading an advanced copy of Mister
Slaughter and thought it was actually better than the first two
"Matthew Corbett" novels, and I loved them. I really didn't want this
novel to end, knowing that it might... be two or more years before the
fourth one in the series comes out.
All I'm going to say right now is that if you like the character of
Hannibal Lector in the Thomas Harris novels, then you're going to love
Mister Slaughter. Mister Slaughter is one of the most evil characters
I've come across in fiction. To deal with him, Matthew will have to
look deep within himself to find the strength to fight a battle that
he may end up losing, the prize being his life. This book is
definitely Robert McCammon at his best. This is also a novel that you
will want to keep in hardcover and as a collector's item.
- Mark Justice (Pod of Horror) via Twitter: "Currently reading Mister
Slaughter, and it's the best thing I've read in months."
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Mark Justice's full review of Mister Slaughter will soon be available
on HorrorWorld. Here's an
excerpt from his review:
"Once again, McCammon manages to organically insert period detail without
making the facts seem forced. And while delivering a thriller that could
stand alongside any contemporary bestseller, the author slyly addresses many
of the era's social concerns, including slavery, poverty and health care.
"For those readers who have yet to try one of the Corbett novels because
they're not exactly in the horror genre, I urge you to reconsider. Mister
Slaughter is one of the most satisfying nail-biters you'll read all year."
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Mister Slaughter is on schedule to be released in January 2010.
Order
it today from Subterranean Press!
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2009-09-15 — Mister Slaughter excerpt
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As a consolation prize to those of you who didn't win an Advance Reading Copy
of Mister Slaughter, an excerpt from the novel has been added to the
Mister Slaughter page.
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2009-09-14 — Mister Slaughter ARC winners!
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Congratulations to the following people who were randomly selected from the
entries in the Mister Slaughter ARC giveaway contest!
- Brad Saenz
- Debbie Katers
- Christian Bellino
- Jacob Masteller
- Dave Waffle
- Scott Evans
- Cari Small
Email has been sent to the winners to get mailing addresses. Keep an eye
on the site, as we'll be giving away more ARCs in the near future!
Thanks to Bill Schafer at Subterranean Press for providing the ARCs!
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2009-05-31 — Mister Slaughter update from Subterranean Press
Subterranean Press has posted the following Mister Slaughter update on
their site:
Robert McCammmon's latest historical thriller, Mister
Slaughter, is proceeding very smoothly toward publication. Vincent
Chong has turned in not only what may be the best cover of McCammon's
career, he's also contributed six interior illustrations to the novel—a pair of
which are posted to the book's page.
Robert McCammon is currently giving Mister Slaughter his final
proofing pass, and also has the two-color signature sheets for the limited
edition on hand. Meanwhile, back at the [SubPress] ranch, we have a long new
interview with McCammon about the Matthew Corbett novels, conducted by
long-time McCammon enthusiast Hunter Goatley, and will be
pairing it up with an exclusive excerpt from the novel, in a freebie chapbook
that we'll begin including with orders in a month or so.
Preorder
Mister Slaughter from Subterranean Press
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