You can check out the first three chapters of my new novel, Butcher Bird, online for free. Keep checking back because, if I can work it out, I'll post the entire novel. After reading the opening, let me know what you think.
You can find the Butcher Bird excerpt here
Friday, October 5, 2007
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
The first review of Butcher Bird!
from Publishers Weekly
Butcher Bird
Richard Kadrey. Night Shade (www.nightshadebooks.com), $14.95 paper
(258p)
ISBN
*Buffy*and *Angel* fans are likely to enjoy Kadrey's offbeat supernatural romp, which blends demonic evil and quirky humor. The relatively normal life of San Francisco tattoo artist Spyder Lee goes thoroughly crazy when he's rescued from a mugger by Shrike, a mysterious blind woman who reveals that Lee's assailant was actually a demon. The wounds he suffered in the assault give him the ability to see the Dominions, other spheres of existence that regular mortals are unaware of. Soon Spyder finds himself hip-deep in demonic trouble, protecting his friend Lulu by offering his body to the organ-collecting Black Clerks and then dragging her off to join Shrike on a madcap journey to Hell, where they encounter monsters, Lucifer and even an alternate-time version of Lee himself. Kadrey (*Kamikaze L'Amour*) juxtaposes gore and brash insouciance in the face of apocalyptic evil, a blend that may not suit everyone's taste. *(July)*
Butcher Bird
Richard Kadrey. Night Shade (www.nightshadebooks.com), $14.95 paper
(258p)
ISBN
*Buffy*and *Angel* fans are likely to enjoy Kadrey's offbeat supernatural romp, which blends demonic evil and quirky humor. The relatively normal life of San Francisco tattoo artist Spyder Lee goes thoroughly crazy when he's rescued from a mugger by Shrike, a mysterious blind woman who reveals that Lee's assailant was actually a demon. The wounds he suffered in the assault give him the ability to see the Dominions, other spheres of existence that regular mortals are unaware of. Soon Spyder finds himself hip-deep in demonic trouble, protecting his friend Lulu by offering his body to the organ-collecting Black Clerks and then dragging her off to join Shrike on a madcap journey to Hell, where they encounter monsters, Lucifer and even an alternate-time version of Lee himself. Kadrey (*Kamikaze L'Amour*) juxtaposes gore and brash insouciance in the face of apocalyptic evil, a blend that may not suit everyone's taste. *(July)*
Thursday, May 31, 2007
New Novel Cover Art!
We just received the cover illustration for my new novel, Butcher Bird, due this July from Night Shade Books.
The illustration is by cover artist extraordinaire, Dan Dos Santos. You can see more of his work at his official site.
Some short fiction links
Links to ten stories that appeared originally on the excellent slipstream fiction site, InfiniteMatrix.net.
A few stories...
Dog Boys
Concrete Bouquet
Opener of the Ways
The Mad Hatter
Master of the Crossroads
The Silk Road
Black Neurology
My Exquisite Corpse
Mudrosti
Surfing The Khumbu
Chronalgia
Bad Blood
The Index of Refraction
Lotus Alley
Amnesia: Mist Memoir
Speaking Up
Interspecies Communication
Le Jardin des Os
Jubilee
Second-Floor Girls
Jump Start
Kabbalah Cowboys
Still Life with Apocalypse
Mementos
Horse Latitudes
A few stories...
Dog Boys
Concrete Bouquet
Opener of the Ways
The Mad Hatter
Master of the Crossroads
The Silk Road
Black Neurology
My Exquisite Corpse
Mudrosti
Surfing The Khumbu
Chronalgia
Bad Blood
The Index of Refraction
Lotus Alley
Amnesia: Mist Memoir
Speaking Up
Interspecies Communication
Le Jardin des Os
Jubilee
Second-Floor Girls
Jump Start
Kabbalah Cowboys
Still Life with Apocalypse
Mementos
Horse Latitudes
Metrophage online
This link takes you to the online text of my first novel, Metrophage.
Read it online or download it and fold it into origami cranes. It's been so long since I've looked at this thing that I don't really care.
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