Christopher Barzak

Tag: paranormal

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Reviewing Reviews

    I’ve been remiss in blogging all of the reviews that Before and Afterlives has brought in. And while reviews don’t always interest everyone, they usually interest the writer of a book. So either indulge me or flee as fast as you can! One only has a book come out every so often (at least if…

  • 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…

  • Sneak Peeks of Before and Afterlives (A Resurrection Artist)

    Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll occasionally be posting previews from the 17 stories in my new short story collection, Before and Afterlives. If you like what you read, take a hop over to your favorite online bookseller and purchase either the print book or the e-book, and leave a review when you’re finished reading.…