The American release of NOS4A2 is on Tuesday, April 30th, in hardcover and in all the usual eBook formats. I hope you’ll take a chance on it.

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Here’s a book trailer:

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I’ll be at Water Street Books on Tuesday night to celebrate the release of the novel. The next morning I head out on a national book tour. All the tour dates are here.

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On the fence about picking up the book?

A few good reviews here to help you think it over. Nudge, nudge.

Update (April 28): Janet Maslin, in the New York Times. I’d need help from NASA to get any higher than I am right now.

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NOS4A2: the unofficial soundtrack, for your listening pleasure.

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NOS4A2 will also be out this Tuesday, in eBook format, for UK readers. The bad news is that the hardcover release won’t be until a few weeks later, at the end of May. The good news is that I’ll be there to support it, trotting around to sign and read and all that good stuff.

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Here is Gabe’s pencil sketch of Lou Carmody, who looks here like he might be calling his local bookstore to see if they have copies of NOS4A2 in stock. You don’t want Lou to get the last copy do you???!?

Thanks fer reading guys. I hope you have fun with it. See you out on the road.

This is out today from IDW: a treasury-size collection of four stories, “The Cape,” “Freddy Wertham Goes to Hell,” “Open the Moon,” and “Kodiak.” I scripted two, while the other two were based on my stories and scripted by Jason Ciaramella (Cape ’69, Godzilla). Art by Gabriel Rodriguez, Zach Howard, Seth Fisher, Langdon Foss, and Nat Jones.

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One week until NOS4A2 is available in stores. Sam Thomas, of Cleveland.com/Plain Dealer, said:

The question that matters most – or perhaps the only question – is this: Is “NOS4A2″ is any good?

Oh, my yes. “NOS4A2″ will pull you in from the first pages, and draw you away from your other responsibilities. If you are going to read it, make sure someone else is watching the kids. (And, for reasons that shall become clear, do make sure someone is watching them.)

So that’s pretty cool. I pull out on the road on the 30th of April, with an opening night event at Water Street Books, in Exeter, New Hampshire. My full tour schedule is here.

NOS4A2 is out, two weeks from today, and just caught a pair of great reviews, one from Pop Matters, the other from tor.com. Alex Brown at Tor says:

NOS4A2 is not only Hill’s best work thus far, but a serious contender for a slot in the top 5 books of the year.

While Popmatters thought it was a breakout like that big hit (I forget the title), by some other writer (I misremember who).

Over on Facehooked, we’re running a contest to give away a signed piece of art from the book; all you gotta do to enter is preorder the novel. Info here.

On April 30th, I’m turning the keys in my Triumph and taking off for the book tour. Here are the dates and the places:

THE COMPLETE TOUR (UPDATED MAY 13th, 2013, with UK dates, and to cross off everything finished so far)

Tuesday, April 30th, 7 PM • Water Street Books, Exeter, NH.

Wednesday, May 1st, 7 PM • Book Revue, Huntington, NY: with my bro Owen King, author of Double Feature.

Thursday, May 2nd, 7PM • Barnes & Noble, 82nd & Broadway, NY, NY.

Friday, May 3rd, 7PM • Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA.

Saturday, May 4th, 7PM • Joseph Beth Booksellers, Lexington, KY. Note: ticketed event. Also note: day of the derby. Everyone who rides a horse to the event gets a free mint julep. Not really.

Sunday, May 5th, 2PM • Books & Company, Dayton, OH (The Greene Shopping Center).

Monday, May 6th, Timeless Time, Books are Fun!, Christmasland, CO. Special invitation only. See Charlie Manx for ride to event.

Wednesday, May 8th, 7PM • Here Public Library, Here, Iowa

Wednesday, May 8th, 7PM •  Iowa Public Library, Iowa City, IA. Owing to flood damage at the Public Library in Here, event had to be moved to Iowa City. Hope everyone can still make it, and that the library in Here is back in business soon!

Thursday, May 9th, 7:30 PM • Tattered Cover, Denver, CO.

Friday, May 10th, 7 PM • Anderson’s Bookshop Naperville, Naperville, IL.

Saturday, May 11th, 2PM • Books-a-Million, Portland, ME.

Tuesday, May 14th, 7:00 PM • Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego, CA. Gorram, lookin’ forward to seein’ my IDW crew.

Wednesday, May 15th, 7:30 PM • Booksmith, San Francisco, CA.

Thursday, May 16th, 7:00 PM • Copperfield’s Books, Petaluma, CA.

Friday, May 17th, 7:30 PM • Powell’s Books, Portland, OR.

Saturday, May 18th, 4:00 PM • University Bookstore, Seattle, WA.

Tuesday, May 28th, 6:30 PM • The Gallery at Foyle’s, London, UK.

Wednesday, May 29th, 12:30 PM • Waterstones, The Oracle, Reading, UK. NOTE: Signing only.

Wednesday, May 29th, 7:00 PM • Waterstones, The Galleries, Bristol.

Thursday, May 30th, 1:00 PM • Waterstones, Deans Gate, Manchester. NOTE: Signing only.

Thursday, May 30th, 6:00 PM • Waterstones, Liverpool.

Friday, May 31st, 6:30 PM • The Pleasance Theater in association with Blackwell’s, Edinburgh.

Saturday, June 1st, 1:00 PM • Forbidden Planet, London. NOTE: Signing only.

Raise your lighter… or your road flare. The last big power ballad is playing and the concert is almost over. Locke & Key: Omega #4 is out Wednesday, April 3rd, at your local comic store, and on your favorite digital platforms.

Note: This is a lousy fuckin’ place to jump in if you’re new to the series. I recommend going back at least to the start of Omega, if not all the way to book one, Welcome to Lovecraft. Starting here is like walking into the movie a half an hour before the end.

Just three issues left to go after this one. Hope you enjoy it. Some sad things happen.

My bro’s first novel, DOUBLE FEATURE, rolls into stores this week. I think it’s the funniest goddamn thing since Garp. Folks will think I’m just gamin’ for him ’cause he’s my brother, but I’m not. Give it a read and see if you think I’m wrong. I predict you will be entertained.

Owen is on tour, too, so go’wan out and get your copy scribbled in if you can. Info here. There’s a good chance Owen and I will do a reading together, as well, after NOS4A2 comes out. Stay tuned, and will post info as soon as everything is finalized.

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A few years ago, Amanda Boyle directed a delightful short film based on my short story, “Pop Art.” After rambling around the festival circuit for a while, it has finally made its way to the iTunes store. Hope you like.

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The Katetastic Kate Mulgrew is the voice of the upcoming unabridged NOS4A2 audiobook. I recorded a thing as well, talking about the book, and also about audiobooks in general, and William Morrow decided to put it up on the internet and here it is.

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I’ve been thinking a lot about process and technique the last couple weeks… probably because I’m teaching at the Clarion West program this summer, and want to have something to say. So I’ve been answering writing questions over on the tumblr pretty frequently. The only problem with throwing this material on tumblr is how quickly it gets buried under other posts. With that in mind, here’s a set of links to those posts, for aspiring writer types:

What approach would I recommend to an amateur who wants to go pro?

When you’re working on a story, how do you choose between possible plot turns?

How many words do you write a day?

We shot a video to promote NOS4A2. Here it is:

You really can’t possibly imagine how fucking cold it was on the bike. The things I will do for my art.

Also: Always wear your helmet, kids. I do! Except when someone has a camera suction-cupped to the gas tank to film me for a book video. Then I can’t cos you wouldn’t know it was me.

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There’s also a new excerpt from the book out – it’s over on iO9 right now. If you wanna read it, go ahead. I’ll still be here when you get back.

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The eBook of Heart-Shaped Box is on-sale all month long for less than the price of a coffee at Starbucks and now includes a preview of NOS4A2 (different from the preview over on iO9 — look, it’s a big facking book, we can share a lot of bits and pieces without giving much away. Trust me.)

Go grab it for $1.99 at the e-tailer of your choice:

Kindle  •  Kobo  •  Google  •  Nook

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Guess what? I’ll be a Guest of (dis)Honour at the World Fantasy Convention this year, in sunny, scenic, schitzo Brighton:

The Con is from October 31st to Nov. 3rd, and I’m delighted (and a little awed) to be joining Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson, China Miéville and others for the festivities. Come and see us.

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That’s not the only travel I’m doing this year. I hit the road to support NOS4A2 on April 30th, and will be doing readings in bookshops across the country and in the UK. The full tour information is up on the Book of Faces now. I’ll make sure to publish the tour stops here as well, once we’re a little close to the release of the novel.

The first stop, of course, is Water Street Books in Exeter, New Hampshire. I hope you can make it… but if you can’t, did you know you can still get a signed copy of the book from Water Street, on day of release (or something close to it)? All the info is here.

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And in a last, not-so-humble-brag: NOS4A2 caught some good early reviews from Locus Magazine, HorrorWorld, and the Library Journal (it’s there, scroll down) in the last few weeks. Locus is available only in dead tree form, so I can’t link to that one, but they said “NOS4A2… features one of the strongest and best-drawn female characters in recent horror fiction” and that the book is an “impressive testament to my growth and maturity as a fantasist” and a lot of other nice things. No one has ever accused me of excessive maturity, but I’ll take it.

Locke & Key: Omega 3 is out today, in your local comic store, and on your eReader. Hope you have fun with it, folks.

The new novel, NOS4A2 – which is about a man with a car that runs on human souls instead of gasoline – is out on April 30th. For a limited time, you can preorder from Water Street Books, in Exeter, New Hampshire, and get your copy signed. If you pay for expedited shipping, you can even get your autographed book on the day of release (or close to it). Yes, they ship out of the country, as long as you’re happy to pay the cost. Obviously international shipping is a bit slower.

You can order up to three of my books, and I’ll sign ‘em all, as long as one of them is NOS4A2. I’ll personalize at least one book, if you ask. I can’t promise to doodle for everyone, because we’re expecting a lot of orders, but I’m sure I’ll put my squiggly little sketches in a few.

You can reach Water Street Books at: 603 778-9731. A full rundown on the preorder offer is here. My thanks to everyone who takes advantage of the deal, not just for supporting me, but also for supporting one of America’s great independent bookstores.

First up, this is out the week of January 21st:

It has my name on the cover but I’ll shoot you straight: everything that’s good about this book is the result of writer Jason Ciaramella’s sweat, and Nelson Daniel’s bloody tears. The Cape: 1969 is a story of two-fisted weird-war that also happens to answer the one question we never bothered to explain in the original Cape series… namely, why the hell could that guy fly, anyway???

Israel Skelton has been as busy as the devil at his forge the last few months, branching out from Locke & Key to release an outrageously beautiful Mouse Guard Black Ax replica. He’s also preparing a line of exclusive prop replicas torn from the burning heart of the Hellboy universe… so expect those in the near future. And in the meantime, he’s minted a mess of meticulous masterworks kloned from the Keyhouse Keys:

(What, too much alliteration? Fine. Be that way. Switching Stan Lee Mode: off)

You can get your Keys right here.

Hope you guys have fun with some of the above. Remember you can find me doing a lot less shilling and a lot more gabbing over on Twitter and Tumblr. For the time I’m using this space largely to keep folks up-to-date about whatever the new releases are; if you’re in the mood for summin more social, that’s where to find me.