CRAWLERS - sneak peek part 1 CRAWLERS
by
Sam Enthoven
A preview extract, with exclusive art by Malcolm Harrison
words (c) Sam Enthoven / visuals (c) Malcolm Harrison 2010. All rights reserved.
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Followers of TBM might remember Jethro’s Ace of Hearts, the story I posted here episodically together with some glorious artwork by our own David Melling.
Well: during the next week (starting Mon 8th March) I am going to serialize the opening scene of my new book, Crawlers.
The official launch date for the book isn’t until April. But right here, for free, every day for (as I’m currently planning-!) five days straight, you can get a special, early taste of what the book is like.
As an online-only bonus my words will be accompanied by some extraordinary images graciously provided for the purpose by digital artist Malcolm Harrison. Here’s an extra piece he sent me to give you an idea of what he can do.
As the dread day dawns of the first anniversary of our incarceration in these caves, here’s a lovely thing I’ve just heard about that’s cheered me up a bit.
Commissioned by the UK government’s Department for Children, Schools and Families, The School Library Association has just produced Everyone’s Reading – a list of books the SLA reckons might inspire more 11 to 18 year olds to read for pleasure.
Every state secondary school in England has the chance to choose fifteen books from the Everyone’s Reading list for their school libraries for free. But as if all of that wasn’t awesome enough, to my great glee and delight I notice that the list contains books by no less than four of the Trapped By Monsters posse! Joe’s Jimmy Coates: Power, Andy’s Hero.com: Virus Attack and Ali’s The Shapeshifter: Stirring the Storm are all there, together with my own The Black Tattoo. Go us!
As you’ll see if you click here to take a look, there are some truly wonderful books on this list. I’m hugely thrilled and honoured that one of mine has been included. HEE HEE HEE HEE!
…and a gleefully monstrous Thursday to everyone else
This post is a warning. Prepare yourself for a final, climactic, gut-busting double helping of JETHRO’S ACE OF HEARTS, to be served right here at TBM slightly earlier than previously advertised – tomorrow, Friday 27th Nov 2009, at 0900 GMT.
Ah, now then. I knew there was something. I’ll be in Sheffield on Tuesday 24th. Why? Well, Tree Goblins has been shortlisted in the Shorter Novels Category. Probably should have mentioned this earlier.
Well, I left it a few days to see if Ali was going to mention it herself – but she hasn’t, so I will…
The utterly brilliant Frozen in Time by TBM’s own Ali Sparkes has been shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards! Nominated in the category of Book I Couldn’t Put Down, Frozen in Time will be competing against Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce and The Boy Who Fell Down Exit 43 by Harriet Goodwin.
Here at Trapped By Monsters, we’ve all got our fingers (and tentacles) crossed that Ali’s exciting tale of culture clash will be the winner!
Here’s a short, instructional video explaining how to enter this month’s Quest, and win the chance to become a character in a future Scream Street book:
Have you ever wanted to appear as a character in a book? Well here’s your chance!
Renaissance Learning are running a Quest with each challenge set by a children’s author – and this month, it’s me! All you have to do is imagine that you wake up one day to discover you’ve turned into a vampire. How would you react? What would you do? And how far would you stay from the garlic in the supermarket?
I want you to write a story of at least 150 words telling me what you would do (you can of course write more than that – and include pictures, too). When all the entries are in, I’ll choose a winner and make that person a character in a future Scream Street book.
Mark Robson and myself have been allowed out this Saturday, 31st October, to sign books and draw ghouly ‘things’ like this fella. In fact, with a bit of luck you can win this very drawing as part of a prize, together with a signed set of books from one of Mark’s fantastic series. This chap is a Windy Nibbler and swoops in for an appearance in my new book Ghost Goblins.
To find out more why not pop along to The Bookstore, 15 Bury Street, Abingdon, from 10.00am. We should be there for most of the day, or until “they” drag us back down to the dark Pit of Despair.
