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I’m sorry that I didn’t get to answer everyone’s questions, but that just means we’ll need to do it again. - [BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR, VOLUME FOURTEEN](https://www.robinfurth.com/blog/best-horror-of-the-year-volume-fourteen%ef%bf%bc): Coming to a bookshop near you! Here’s a sneak-peak at the cover of Ellen Datlow’s anthology, BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR, VOLUME FOURTEEN, due to be released on October 4, 2022.  The art is by Samuel Araya. I’m very honored that my story, “Jack-in-the-Box” will appear alongside so many fantastic tales. More to come soon! - [MY TRAVELS WITH GWENDY](https://www.robinfurth.com/blog/my-travels-with-gwendy): I had the great honor of helping Steve King and Rich Chizmar with the research for their terrific book, Gwendy’s Final Task. If you haven’t read the Gwendy books yet, I highly recommend them. Thank you, Steve and Rich, for the kind acknowledgement at the back of the novel. Gwendy certainly has a special place in my heart. - [Fifteen Years on the Road to the Tower: Happy Anniversary to the Dark Tower Comics](https://www.robinfurth.com/blog/happy-anniversary-to-the-dark-tower-comics): Fifteen years ago this month, the first issue of THE GUNSLINGER BORN appeared in comic book shops. To celebrate, here are some of our beautiful covers from THE GUNSLINGER BORN and THE LONG ROAD HOME, including a number of rare variants. My deepest thanks to you, my fellow Constant Readers, for your enthusiasm and support. We couldn’t have done it without you. - [CLICK & LISTEN AUDIO STORY: “THE BOG KING’S DAUGHTER”](https://www.robinfurth.com/news/click-listen-audio-story-the-bog-kings-daughter): When an anthropology student seeks out her mentor’s disgraced rival in the remote boglands at the turning of the year, she gets more than she bargained for. - [LADY WONDER, THE PSYCHIC, CRIME-SOLVING MARE](https://www.robinfurth.com/blog/lady-wonder-the-psychic-crime-solving-mare): Do you believe people can be telepathic? What about animals?  In 1951, the police in Quincy, Massachusetts, were on the verge of abandoning their months-long search for four-year-old Danny Matson. In desperation, they turned to Mrs. Claudia Fonda and her twenty-seven-year-old psychic mare, Lady Wonder. - [The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction publishes “Jack-in-the-Box”](https://www.robinfurth.com/news/the-magazine-of-fantasy-science-fiction-publishes-jack-in-the-box): My novelette, "Jack-in-the-Box," has been published in the March/April 2021 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. If you enjoy disturbing and macabre tales, "Jack-in-the-Box" is calling you. Issues can be purchased at Barnes & Noble as well as your local independent bookstore. Ebooks can be purchased from Weightless Books: https://weightlessbooks.com/format/the-magazine-of-fantasy-and-science-fiction-march-april-2021/ - [INTERVIEW ON THE OVERLOOK PODCAST](https://www.robinfurth.com/news/interview-on-the-overlook-podcast): Need an escape from the chaos of our world? Join me, Dave Evans, and Tim Arnold on a trip to Mid-World via The Overlook: A Stephen King podcast. - [SIGNING AT ORBITAL COMICS: Saturday, October 26, 2019 6 p.m. until late](https://www.robinfurth.com/blog/signing-at-orbital-comics): Come to Orbital Comics in London on Saturday, 26 October 2019. I’ll be there with the fabulous folks from Black Crown and will be signing copies of FEMME MAGNIFIQUE. See you there! - [DARK TOWER COMICS AND THE POWER OF POPULAR MYTHOLOGIES](https://www.robinfurth.com/news/dark-tower-comics-and-the-power-of-popular-mythologies): Here's a fun wiki article. It lists their top nine graphic novels that expand on popular characters and mythologies. Guess what--they placed Dark Tower comics at #1! - [“BRIDE IN SEA-GREEN VELVET” CHOSEN FOR 2018 YEAR’S BEST ANTHOLOGY](https://www.robinfurth.com/news/bride-in-sea-green-velvet-chosen-for-2018-years-best-anthology): My novelette, "The Bride in Sea-Green Velvet," originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, has been included in Prime Books' anthology, The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2018. The anthology was edited by Paula Guran. I'm very proud that my tale has been included alongside so many fantastic stories. I hope you get the chance to read it! - [A WEEKEND AT BABE (BRISTOL ARTISTS BOOK EVENT)](https://www.robinfurth.com/blog/a-weekend-at-babe-bristol-artists-book-event): Me, answering questions at the Tatlin Books table, BABE 2019. Photo by Sophie Cunningham Dawe. - [Writing Comics: Part I](https://www.robinfurth.com/blog/writing-comics-part-i): A few months ago, I gave a talk to the University of Winchester’s Comic Book Society about the world of writing comics. Most of the people there were aspiring writers and several were both... - [The Little Stranger](https://www.robinfurth.com/blog/the-little-stranger): Back in 2011, I wrote a short ghost story for Womanthology. Since it takes place in Whitby (the subject of my previous blog), I thought it would be fun to reprint it here . . . - [Dark Tower Concordance: Spanish Edition](https://www.robinfurth.com/news/dark-tower-concordance-now-translated-into-spanish): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFR7gof881w - [Exclusive Offer: Dark Tower Portfolio](https://www.robinfurth.com/news/exclusive-offer-dark-tower-portfolio): Stephen King Catalog’s beautiful Dark Tower Portfolio is still available. 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