Get Ready to Scream
Everybody Scream! by Jeffrey Thomas Raw Dog Screaming Press, 5103 72nd Place, Landover Hills, MD 20784, 301-577-3840 290 pages, hardcover, $30 ISBN: 0-9745031-4-2 / LCCN: 2004094657 Release date: November, 2004
Everybody Scream! by Jeffrey Thomas is being released in November by Raw Dog Screaming Press. This hardcover is the first novel to be published by RDSP who, until now, has exclusively published fiction collections. Everybody Scream! is distributed through Ingram. The book will officially debut at the World Fantasy Convention (October 28th-31st, Tempe, AZ). Also author Jeffrey Thomas will be appearing over Labor Day weekend at the Spencer County Fair, in Massachusetts, from which he drew the inspiration for the story. Everybody Scream! is Thomas' second novel and, like the first, it is set in the world of Punktown. Thomas initially enthralled readers with his unique world through the critically acclaimed collection Punktown which has since been translated into German and will soon be reissued with added stories. The world of Punktown has also been explored by other authors in a recent collection edited by Thomas titled Punktown: The Third Eye. This novel, which chronicles just one day at the fair, delves even deeper into that world. A special edition of the book will be released this autumn, followed in January by a trade paperback edition. The special edition of Everybody Scream!, limited to one hundred copies, sold out in the first forty-eight hours it was available for preorder. It is the first in Raw Dog Screaming’s Grim Grimoire Bloodline, a series of special editions featuring 3-D covers. The artisans of Z. Malice & Co. carefully sculpted a screaming face with glass eyes, which will emerge from the molded resin cover. Each one is individually airbrushed, making no two exactly alike. Hailed by some as the next Clive Barker, Jeffrey Thomas has crafted an intricate tale weaving elements of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Those with a taste for dark fiction or an interest in animal rights will be interested in what Everybody Scream! has to offer. About the Author
“…you have to write because if you don't you'll go mad, because you'll shrivel up and die, because your soul will starve to death.”—Jeffrey Thomas
Jeffrey Thomas is the author of the collections Terror Incognita (Delirium Books), AAAIIIEEE!!!, and Punktown, from which a story was reprinted in St. Martin’s The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror #14. Other books include the novels Letters From Hades and Monstrocity, the novella Godhead Dying Downwards, and a German edition of Punktown with cover by HR Giger. Anthologies featuring his work include Sick, Of Flesh and Hunger and The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide To Eccentric and Discredited Diseases. Everybody Scream! is his ninth book. He lives in Massachusetts.
From the back cover
Jeffrey Thomas first seduced readers to the world of Punktown through a short story collection of the same name, bending time and technology to create a futuristic world which felt more real than our own. Everybody Scream! continues the seduction with characters every bit as vibrant only this time each person's story collides with the others in a dizzying thrill-ride of a novel. It's the final day of the season for Punktown’s annual fair and excitement is high. For the couple in charge, Del and Sophi Kahn, it's a bittersweet day of transition. Little do they realize the trials they will face and how severely this one day will test their relationship. In fact, closing day seems to be a catalyst for many Punktown residents; drawing them in, stirring them up and letting them loose on each other. This roller coaster tale builds to a peak of expectation then plummets, twisting and turning, a breathtaking juggernaut, to the final chapters with plenty of screams and giggles along the way. Critical Commentary
“Jeffrey Thomas is a writer to watch. I just can't put down his books once I start them.” —Douglas Clegg, author of Nightmare House
Everybody Scream!:
“Jeffrey Thomas has created an intricate and thoroughly engrossing world here, one that digs deep and lingers. Whether you're a stranger to Punktown or a long time resident, this book will peel the lead paint off the inside of your skull.” —Carlton Mellick III, author of Satan Burger
Letters from Hades:
“Jeffrey Thomas's imagination is as twisted as it is relentless.” —F. Paul Wilson
“Jeffrey Thomas' visions of Hell in LETTERS FROM HADES are as compelling and as beautifully horrific as any ever put down on paper.” —Jeff VanderMeer, author of City of Saints and Madmen
This tour de force is mesmerizing in its revelation of pain and compassion, punishment and the possibility of redemption. Jeffrey Thomas' odyssey through hell is an imaginative and compelling journey every reader should take.” —Gerard Houarner, author of The Beast That Was Max
AAAIIIEEE!!!:
“With brutal elegance and chilling subtlety, Thomas pulls his readers into his dark visions immediately from every opening line.” — Asimov’s
“From the atmospheric Holocaust tale "Rat King," to the disturbingly erotic "Dust," Thomas provides a tale for every taste.” —Cemetery Dance
“Thomas is capable of literally throwing the reader into a panic, carefully constructing heartless scenarios rife with things-that-should-not-be and plunging right into them, like naked flesh into icy waters.” —Weekly Dig
Punktown:
“Thomas is a very good wordsmith with a fecund and detailed imagination.” —Publishers Weekly
“A dazzlingly complex and detailed future vision as poetic as it is horrifying, full of insights and images that cling to the mind.” —Ramsey Campbell
“A brilliant collection...whether science fiction, fantasy or horror the mix works and makes this one of the best collections of the year.” —The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror