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Another customary end of year post. Hard to keep track, but I’ll do my best!
Novels
Six Lives came out in hardback from Head of Zeus. It’s a historical literary novel tracing the six lives of an extended family from the mid-19th century to the present. Quite good, I think. Got picked up for LoveReading’s Best of the Year list, which was nice. Paperback out next year.
And… that was my only original novel out this year (though not the only book – see below). Slacking, I know, though it’s not me, it’s publishing. Plenty of books in the pipeline, I promise you. Anyway–
Adama came out in paperback from Head of Zeus. So did The Best of World SF: Volume 3, which was surprisingly nominated for a BSFA Award, as well as a Locus Award.
Maror came out in hardcover in Germany, where it garnered considerable coverage, including a full spread interview with me in Der Speigel, and a number 1 spot on the Krimibestenliste. The audio book is out just now, and the paperback is coming out next year.
Central Station came out in France, and Neom came out in Japan and Poland.
Children’s Books
The Children’s Book of the Future! My second foray into children’s books after 2018’s Candy, this is a collaboration with my futurist friend Richard Watson, accompanied by fantastic art by Cinthya Alvarez and published by DK. It came out in all English-language territories this year (UK, US, Australia, etc) and already had a Hong Kong edition out.
Animation
Mars Machines was released in its entirety on YouTube – it’s a 7-episodes absurdist SF comedy clocking it at a whopping 35min for the entire run.
The Radio completed a successful international festival run and was just released on YouTube.
Both were written by me and directed by Nir Yaniv under our Positronish label.
Film and TV
One novel still under option for TV, and I recently sold a horror film – details if and when, etc etc.
Short Stories
I only had 7 new stories published this year.
“Fairies”. Horror. In Off the Flesh. This is a sort of high-end anthology from HarperCollins.
Judge Dee and the Executioner of Epinal. At Reactor (formerly tordotcom). The last, for now, of the Judge Dee stories (but keep your eyes peeled and your fangs sharp for more Judge Dee stuff in the pipeline).
Still Listening. A short-short for Nature.
“Sunsets”. SF. In Asimov’s.
The Feast Night of Vengeful Ghosts. SF. In The Darklands.
“The Quietude”. SF. In Deep Dream: Science Fiction Exploring the Future of Art from MIT, edited by Indrapramit Das.
The Robot. SF. In Uncanny.
Next Year
Golgotha, the stand-alone yet concluding novel of the Maror Trilogy, will be out next year from Head of Zeus. It’s pretty good, if I say so myself.
No One Hears The Last Shot, a collection of my crime stories, will be out from PS Publishing.
Maror should be out in Japan; Neom and The Vanishing Kind in France; Adama in Germany; The Children’s Book of the Future in China, Spain and Germany; and I’m not sure which my next book in Poland is. The Best of World SF: Volume 1 should be out in China too at some point.
And, well, there are various other plans! As usual.