William Jones: Official Site

William will be at Penguicon 6.0 in Troy, Michigan. It is an Science Fiction and Open Source Software convention (a one of a kind combination). On all three days of the convention, William will be on panels and writing workshops. Make sure to drop by on Friday at 9:00 p.m., for the “A Murder of Crows” panel, where he, Catherynne Valente, and Cherie Priest will be discussing dark fiction and their latest writing projects, and perhaps doing brief readings. Make sure to pick up one of the limited edition The Strange Cases of Rudolph Pearson book cards and bookmarks.For a full detail of events, visit the Penguicon schedule.

The Strange Cases of Rudolph Pearson

Coming this April are the mysterious cases of Rudolph Pearson. The book is a bit of urban fantasy mixed with Cthulhu Mythos, mystery, and thriller. It follows Professor Pearson through his supernatural adventures in 1920s New York City, Morocco, and beyond.

STEP INTO THE PAST…

WHERE TIMELESS HORRORS EXIST…

After the Great War, a terrifying threat is discovered in New York City. For countless years it lurked unseen. But when a professor from Columbia University unravels a dark secret, a centuries’ old mystery awakens…

Also, join William at the Borders Books signing, April 26th, 2:00 p.m. in Flint, Michigan. He’ll be signing The Strange Cases of Rudolph Pearson and giving away some free “stuff.”

William will be attending ConFusion 2008, in Troy, Michigan. He will be speaking on the following panels:

Panel: Creating Settings
When: Jan 19, 11am – 12pm
Where: Salon G
Description: How are they created? How can they be used to fill out the background of the story giving texture and detail without overwhelming the plot? The writers will talk about where the settings came from and how they were developed. At the end of the discussion the audience can choose a picture, list words describing a setting based on it and write a paragraph putting the words together and voila: a setting is created. At 5:00 PM we will have a follow up where people will then read their paragraphs. (Catherynne Valente, Karl Schroeder, William Jones, Violette Malan (M), Marcy Italiano)

Saturday, 12:00pm
Panel: Plots
When: Jan 19, 12pm – 1pm
Where: Salon G
Description: Should the story be driven by the characters or should the plot be laid out and the characters made to follow it? (Jim Hines, Mathew Jarpe, William Jones, Violette Malan (M))

Saturday, 1:00pm
Panel: Interstellar Empires
When: Jan 19, 1pm – 2pm
Where: Salon H
Description: Interstellar empires are a recurring theme in science fiction, how possible are they, what historical models have been used to portray them? (Tobias Buckell (M), Mathew Jarpe, Paul Melo, William Jones, Mike Resnick)

Saturday, 8:00pm
Panel: Horror: What scares us and why do we like it so much?
When: Jan 19, 8pm – 9pm
Where: Dennison I/II
Description: Horror: What scares us and why do we like it so much? (Marcy and Giasone Italiano, Steve Climer (M), William Jones and Suzanne Church)

William will also be autographing in the Dealer’s Room on each day of the convention, and running a couple RPGs (particularly one session of Pulp Cthulhu).

Horrors Beyond 2: Stories of Strange Creations

Now shipping, with some early arrivals at book stores, Horrors Beyond 2 is released.

Uncanny contraptions, weird devices, technologies beyond the control of humanity abound in the universe. Sometimes there are things that resist discovery. When science pushes the boundaries of understanding, terrible things push back. Often knowledge comes at a great cost. 21 unsettling tales of dark fiction are gathered in this anthology, exploring horrors beyond our reality.

Table of Contents

“Isolation Point, California” — John Shirley
“Serenade” — Lucien Soulban
“Wyshes.com” Richard A. Lupoff
“5150″ — Gene O’Neill
“The Signal” — Paul Kemp
“Fractal Freaks” — A.A. Attanasio
“Ghost Lens” — Stephen Mark Rainey
“Dead Air” — David Niall Wilson
“The Bigger They Are . . .” — C.J. Henderson
“The Margins” — Robert Weinberg
“Wormwood” — Tim Curran
“When the Ship Came” — John Sunseri
“The Manuscript in the Drawer” — Greg Beaty
“Spheres of Influence” — Ron Shiflet
“A Monster in the Lake” — Michail Velichansky
“The Clockmaker’s Daughter” — E. Sedia
“Magic Fingers” — Jay Caselberg
“A Family Affair” — William C. Dietz
“The Mortification of the Flesh” — Alexis Glynn Latner
“Predicting Perdition” — Paul Melniczek
“When the Stars Fell” — William Jones

The paperback edition is available everywhere books are sold. However, the limited, signed & numbered hardcover edition can be found at the Elder Signs Press shop (200 copies). Also, a limited, signed paperback edition is available there as well.

William’s Rudolph Pearson short story “Through the Eye of a Needle” included Thou Shalt Not… (ed. Lee Allen Howard) received an honorable mention The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horrors 2007. Other authors in the anthology with honorable mentions are Jennifer Busick, Christopher Fisher, and Michelle Mellon.

Thou Shalt Not… is a dark crime/horror anthology with 37 tales of sin, murder, intrigue and things dark.

Also, Arkham Tales: Legends of the Haunted City, edited by William, garnered three author’s honorable mentions:

C. J. Henderson, Brian M. Sammons, and John Goodrich.

Different eras . . . myriad settings . . . countless tales . . . one unique universe. Journey to the haunted city of Arkham to explore its streets and meet its characters. The tales of Arkham lurk in the shadows, crawl beneath the earth, soar through the night sky, and are locked away in ancient tomes. Visit it today!

Available this Winter from Chaosium is William’s book, The Strange Cases of Rudolph Pearson.

(Cover art by Steven Gilberts)

STEP INTO THE PAST…

WHERE TIMELESS HORRORS EXISTS

After the Great War, a terrifying threat is discovered in New York City. For countless centuries centuries it lurked unseen. But when a professor from Columbia University discovers the darkest of secrets, a centuries’ old mystery awakens…

For additional information, visit Chaosium.com or William’s blog.