Here's the cover for Evolve:



I signed 400+ signature sheets for the limited edition last weekend.

Author list and pre-order link here

Vampires "Evolve" in March anthology -- an interview with editor Nancy Kilpatrick.

Toronto Book Fans to get “First Bite” of All – Canadian Vampire Anthology – BYOG (Bring your own garlic!)
Kelley Armstrong, Tanya Huff, Claude Lalumière, Mary E. Choo, Sandra Kasturi, Bradley Media Release
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Toronto Book Fans to get "First Bite" of All - Canadian Vampire Anthology - BYOG (Bring your own garlic!)

(Calgary) Toronto book fans will meet some of Canada's top horror writers at the EVOLVE: Vampire Stories of the New Undead book launch event on April 9th, at the World's Biggest Bookstore.

EVOLVE editor Nancy Kilpatrick along with authors Kelley Armstrong, Rio Youers, Claude Lalumière, Kevin Nunn and others - including Natasha Beaulieu (Montreal), and Jerome Stueart (Whitehorse) - will join Toronto's Gemma Files and Sandra Kasturi for the event. Several authors will be flying in from their appearance at the World Horror Convention in Brighton UK to take part in the Toronto launch.

But what is EVOLVE?
Kelley Armstrong, Tanya Huff and twenty-two other Canadian dark fantasy and horror writers re-imagine the future in EVOLVE: Vampire Stories of the New Undead, the first all-Canadian vampire anthology of original fiction - one of the most unusual and compelling collections ever compiled. EVOLVE is published by EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, Canada's largest genre dedicated publisher, who is celebrating their 10th anniversary this year.

"We are really looking forward to this event", says EVOLVE publisher Brian Hades. "We have had some phenomenal coverage of this book, and there is a real buzz for its release right across the country! We are delighted that so many of the authors will be joining us for the party - and it is a great way, as well, to start off our anniversary celebrations!"

Who is in EVOLVE?
EVOLVE: Vampire Stories of the New Undead includes works by: Kelley Armstrong, Tanya Huff, Claude Lalumière, Mary E. Choo, Sandra Kasturi, Bradley Somer, Kevin Cockle, Rebecca Bradley, Heather Clitheroe, Colleen Anderson, Sandra Wickham, Rhea Rose, Ronald Hore, Bev Vincent, Jennifer Greylyn, Steve Vernon, Michael Skeet, Kevin Nunn, Victoria Fisher, Rio Youers, Gemma Files, Natasha Beaulieu, Claude Bolduc, and Jerome Stueart.

About Editor Nancy Kilpatrick
Editor and author Nancy Kilpatrick has penned 18 novels, more than 200 short stories, 5 collections of stories, and has been the editor for 9 other anthologies. Her body of work involves vampires and dark fantasy fiction. She won an Arthur Ellis Award for the best mystery story, is a three times Bram Stoker finalist and a five times finalist for the Aurora Award.

Launch information
EVOLVE: Vampire Stories of the New Undead
World's Biggest Bookstore
(7:00 PM)
20 Edward Street (just off Yonge St., North of Dundas),
Toronto,ON

Book Information
EVOLVE: Vampire Stories of the New Undead
edited by Nancy Kilpatrick
ISBN: 978-1-894063-33-3
$15.95 USA
$16.95 CDN
Pages: 304
Trade Paperback (5.5" x 8.5")

Websites:
http://www.edgewebsite.com/books/evolve/ev-catalog.html (Publisher’s site: sample pdf available)
http://vampires-evolve.com (special limited editions – including coffin edition...see under “Purchase” for details.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEKdqoj53fk&feature=player_embedded (book trailer)
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=237581542711&ref=ts (Evolve Facebook group page.)

For further information, or to set up interviews with Nancy Kilpatrick or any of the EVOLVE authors, please contact:

Janice Shoults
EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
403.254.0160
events@hadespublications.com

A complete media package is available upon request.

Innsmouth Free Press review.

SF Site review

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I know what you're thinking: "please, not another anthology of vampire stories!".

We have read so much vampire fiction in the past (and editor Nancy Kilpatrick provides an exhaustive overview of the literature devoted to the subject) that by now everything seems to have been already said about that topic. However, it appears that vampires are no more what they used to be: they're changing habits, adapting to the rules of modern life. In other words, they are evolving. Hence the title of the current volume, endeavouring to present the variegate profile of the new undead.

The anthology collects twenty-four original tales from a bunch of writers who have attempted to put new blood (pun intended) into the myth of the vampire. Not an easy task and, predictably, the results are not always convincing maybe because the search for originality often spoils the basic prerequisite to offer to the reader a well told, balanced narrative rather than a cold. exercise in creativity. Some stories,however, really stand out.

"Come to Me" by Heather Clitheroe is a compelling piece where a Canadian woman relocated in Japan becomes the victim of a terrifying demon fox with vampiresque habits.

Michael Skeet ("Red Blues") depicts a vampire disguised as a jazz guitar player seducing a girl in the audience in an excellent story where subtle eroticism and blood lust merge in a very captivating way.

I don't recall having ever read a story where a vampire has a family (wife and wayward teenagers) but "Chrysalis" by Ronald Hore develops very effectively this unusual idea shaping up an insightful portrait of a young girl who realizes her not quite human powers.

Ben (sic) Vincent's "A Murder of Vampires" is an offbeat detective story where a serial killer attacks only members of a vampire community. Extremely well written and entertaining.

Another superb tale, providing great reading stuff is "All You Can Eat, All the Time" by Claude Lalumière, describing how a lonely girl meets a vampire who will change her life forever.

Perfectly in keeping with the theme of the anthology Natasha Beaulieu contributes "Evolving," a delightful piece where a young man discovers at last that he is really a vampire (just as he wanted to be), although a bit different from the standard cliché.

So, editor Kilpatrick has certainly proved her point: vampires are really evolving and I suspect we'll hear more about them very, very soon.

A detailed review of Evolve

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