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Glimpses: The Best Short Stories of Rick Hautala will be free for Kindle over Christmas

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glimpses-ebookDark Regions Press has announced that Rick Hautala’s short story collection Glimpses: The Best Short Stories of Rick Hautala will be available for free for Amazon Kindle from December 22 through December 26, 2013! From their announcement:

Glimpses: The Best Short Stories of Rick Hautala illustrated edition Free on the Amazon Kindle from December 22nd to December 26th!
This Xmas we’re giving the gift of Rick Hautala’s timeless fiction. Glimpses: The Best Short Stories is one of Rick’s last published books while he was still with us, and it brings together many of his greatest short works accompanied by 8 striking interior illustrations by artist Glenn Chadbourne.

The illustrated Amazon Kindle edition of Glimpses: The Best Short Stories of Rick Hautala will be offered free from Sunday, December 22nd to Thursday, December 26th at the following page: https://www.amazon.com/Glimpses-Best-Short-Stories-Hautala-ebook/dp/B00AEGD5EI

Rick Hautala’s The Cove to be published by Crossroad Press

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Holly Newstein Hautala sent me this great news!

Crossroad Press will publish Rick’s The Cove next month.  It’s Rick’s only “mainstream”, i.e. nothing supernatural in it, novel.  It’s a story of life in a Maine coastal fishing town, and what happens when an Iraq vet returns home and meets a beautiful young woman “from away.”  Vivid characters and a fast-paced plot makes this one of Rick’s best.

She also added, “It is one of my favorite books ever, not just of Rick’s.”

The books was once briefly available as an ebook from NECon books. I’ll post more information as soon as it’s available!

Reviews of Mister October from around the ‘net

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Front_Cover_Image_Mister_October_Volume_IIReviews of Mister October: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala are popping up around the ‘net. Here are links to some of them:

You can purchase Mister October from JournalStone, as well from Amazon.

Rick Hautala short story appears in a new anthology

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fear-the-reaperCrystal Lake Publishing has just released Fear the Reaper, a new anthology of tales that includes “Non-Returnable,” a story by Rick Hautala! The book is edited by Joe Mynhardt and also includes stories by Jeff Strand, Joe McKinney, Gary Braunbeck, and others. You can buy Fear the Reaper in paperback and Kindle formats from Amazon.

“Non-Returnable” was previously published in the 2002 anthology Shelf Life, published by Dream Haven Books.

Editor Joe Mynhardt recently blogged about Fear the Reaper.

Cover art for The Dead Lands revealed

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JournalStone Publishing has revealed the cover art for Mockingbird Bay: The Dead Lands, Rick’s last-written novel. The artwork is by Glenn Chadbourne. Here’s the synopsis of the story:

In a place Abby calls the Dead Lands, she aids individuals trapped by unfinished Earthly business and helps them move on.

Abby meets Megan McGowan there, a sixteen-year-old girl who fell to her death on the rocky shores of Mockingbird Bay.  Megan can’t remember if it was an accident…or something worse.  With the help of Jim Burke, a young man who becomes a close friend, Abbey works to discover how Megan became trapped in this empty place.

But Abby has other troubles — her uncle, the Reverend George Standley, evil and vengeful, pursues her with his Hell Hounds through the twilight realms of the Dead Lands, waiting for her at every turn. Fortunately a mysterious protector helps her evade her uncle’s terrible revenge.

Who is this spirit protector? And will Abby ever gain release from this unchained prison?

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The book is not yet orderable, but you can visit the book page at JournalStone Publishing.

Mister October limited edition is now available!

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From JournalStone Publishing:

Greetings!

As you may know, Rick Hautala passed away unexpectedly last spring. JournalStone Publishing is releasing a tribute to this great author, and 100% of the profits will be going to the Hautala family. There are some huge names in the world of horror that contributed to this effort, and you can buy a limited edition release of the book signed by ALL of the contributors. You’ll never again see an opportunity like this. To get your copy, simply click here.

 

Featuring over 45 individual contributors, almost 800 pages, over 240k words, original Clive Barker artwork, over 30 illustrations and so much content we had to put it into two volumes.

 

Christopher Golden – “On March 21st, 2013, I received a phone call from Holly Newstein telling me that her husband, Rick Hautala, had suffered a massive heart attack.  That piece of information shocked me into a surreal sort of panic, so much so that at first I could not make the leap to the next thing she said…that he had died.  It seemed impossible.  Rick had been such a good friend, such a consistent and stable force in my life, that the idea of him being so suddenly removed from this world…I just couldn’t make sense of it.

This isn’t the place for me to put my grief on display.  Suffice it to say that Rick’s passing hit me hard.  Not a day goes by that I do not feel the pain of his absence.

I have no doubt that readers will treasure this two-volume set.  It is my hope that as you read, you will ruminate a little bit about the man for whom we all have come together within these pages.  And I hope you’ll urge others to pick up their own copies of Mister October as well.”

 

Volume I Contributors:

 

Neil Gaiman, Graham Joyce, Matthew Costello, Michael Marshall Smith, Chet Williamson, Elizabeth Massie, Peter Crowther, Matti Hautala, Mark Morris, Richard Chizmar, Stephen R. Bissette, Joe R. Lansdale, Yvonne Navarro, José R. Nieto, Duane Swierczynski, Gary A. Braunbeck, Craig Shaw Gardner, Jack M. Haringa, Tom Piccirilli, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Maberry, John M. McIlveen, Weston Ochse, Glenn Chadbourne, and Morbideus W. Goodell

 

Volume II Contributors:

 

Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Jeff Strand, Thomas F. Monteleone, J. F. Gonzalez, Stephen R. Bissette, Christopher Golden, Lucy A. Snyder, Sarah Pinborough, Brian Keene, Kevin J. Anderson, Tim Lebbon, Nancy A. Collins, Kim Newman, Sarah Langan, Rio Youers, Jack Ketchum, John Skipp, James A. Moore, Amber Benson, Nate Kenyon, Holly Newstein, Rick Hautala, Cortney Skinner, and Glenn Chadbourne