Christopher Barzak

Category: Publishing

  • A Voice Calling released

    A Voice Calling released

    Yesterday was the official release date for my novella, A Voice Calling. It’s a story about a haunted house that does very terrible things to its inhabitants over the decades, and the town that has never quite known what to do about it. It moves back and forth through time, depicting the various families that…

  • Kirkus Review of Monstrous Alterations

    Kirkus Review of Monstrous Alterations

    Another review of Monstrous Alterations has come in, this time from Kirkus Reviews, which had this to say about the book: Barzak’s lyrical short story collection reimagines fairy tales and other classic stories. The adaptations draw on children’s classics such as Brothers Grimm fairy tales, J.M. Barrie’s stories of Peter Pan, and L. Frank Baum’s The…

  • The Gone Away Place

    The Gone Away Place

    It’s been forever and a few days since I last posted anything on my website, but I wanted to make sure to note that today my new novel, The Gone Away Place, releases from Knopf Books for Young Readers. I’m excited as always to have a new book go out into the world, where it will…

  • Signed Copies of Wonders of the Invisible World

    Signed Copies of Wonders of the Invisible World

    In just less than two weeks, my new novel, Wonders of the Invisible World, will be released. I’m incredibly excited for this book to find its way to readers. The local book launch event for the book will be held at Barnes and Nobles in Boardman, Ohio on September 11th, at 7 PM, where I’ll give…

  • Wonders of the Invisible World goes to Knopf!

    I have good news (following on the heels of a rough past two months). Today it was announced that my next novel, Wonders of the Invisible World has been acquired by Knopf Books for Young Readers! Here’s the announcement in Publishers Weekly: Melanie Cecka at Knopf has acquired a debut YA novel from adult novelist Christopher…

  • Where Thy Dark Eye Glances

    This month brings out an interesting anthology from Lethe Press, edited by Steve Berman. Entitled Where Thy Dark Eye Glances, the anthology collects stories from writers who are engaging with the work of Edgar Allan Poe in a queer manner. The anthology is divided into sections that categorize the type of interplay you’ll see from…

  • Kirkus reviews Before and Afterlives

    A late but  better than never review from Kirkus Reviews came for Before and Afterlives at the tail end of last week. It’s a goodie. I’m happy. I can only post a couple of lines from the review without infringing on copyright stuff, lalala, so I’ll post two of my favorite lines here, and then link…

  • Sneak Peeks of Before and Afterlives (The Ghost Hunter’s Beautiful Daughter)

    Today’s preview from Before and Afterlives is the opening of my story, “The Ghost Hunter’s Beautiful Daughter,” which originally appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction. It’s a story about a young girl named Sylvie, who has a talent for manifesting ghosts around her, making them visible to others. And it’s about how her father, an out-of-work laborer, recently widowed,…

  • Sneak Peeks of Before and Afterlives (The Drowned Mermaid)

    There’s been a break in the sneak peeks of Before and Afterlives, but I’m back with the next one, the opening scene to my story, “The Drowned Mermaid”, which originally appeared in the magazine, Realms of Fantasy. This story is one of my few that take place in southern California, where I lived for a short…

  • Sneak Peeks of Before and Afterlives (Vanishing Point)

    Today’s preview from Before and Afterlives is the opening of my story, “Vanishing Point”, which first appeared in the Canadian literary journal, Descant. It’s a story about a mother whose son has been afflicted with a mysterious disease that is plaguing her community. People begin to vanish slowly, to become invisible and to lose their solidity…