This Is How You Die is the follow up to the enormously successful, internationally famous Machine of Death. My story, Your Choice, made the cut despite going up against over 2,000 submissions! This is both amazing and very humbling, and I’m absolutely delighted to be a part of this ongoing phenomenon.
Mine is a choose-your-own-adventure style story, but more than that I can’t say. It was a blast to write, though it took a lot of effort to get all the various moving parts lined up. I’m delighted that editors Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo and David Malki really got it and liked it enough to include it in their exciting lineup.
The compelling cover is by Justin Van Genderen. The book will be published in July 2013 by Grand Central Publishing and debuts at San Diego Comic-Con!
Here’s the Table of Contents so far!
• “BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA DELIVERED BY SPOUSE,” by Liz Argall
• “LAZARUS REACTOR FISSION SEQUENCE,” by Tom Francis
• “YOUR CHOICE,” by Richard Salter
• “TOXOPLASMOSIS OF THE BRAIN; CANDIDIASIS OF THE ESOPHAGUS; CANDIDIASIS OF THE TRACHEA; CANDIDIASIS OF THE BRONCHI; CANDIDIASIS OF THE LUNGS; KAPOSI’S SARCOMA; PNEUMONIA; TUBERCULOSIS; STAB WOUND IN THE BELLY; AND BUS ACCIDENT,” by Gord Sellar
• “TWO ONE SIX,” by Marleigh Norton
• “APITOXIN,” by John Takis
• “CONFLAGRATION,” by D.L.E. Roger
• “DROWNING BURNING FALLING FLYING,” by Grace Seybold
• “EXECUTION BY BEHEADING,” by Chandler Kaiden
• “SCREAMING, CRYING, ALONE AND AFRAID,” by Daliso Chaponda
• “ROCK AND ROLL,” by Toby W. Rush
• “MACHINE OF DEATH,” by Karen Stay Ahlstrom
• “TETRAPOD,” by Rebecca Black
• “OLD AGE, SURROUNDED BY LOVED ONES,” by ‘Nathan Burgoine
• “IN SLEEP,” by Ren Warom
• “MADE INTO DELICIOUS CHEESEBURGER,” by Sarah Pavis
• “IN BATTLE, ALONE AND SOON FORGOTTEN,” by Ed Turner
• “FURNACE,” by Erika Hammerschmidt
• “SHIV SENA RIOT,” by Ryan Estrada
• “ZEPHYR,” by George Page III
• “LA MORT D’UN ROTURIER,” by Martin Livings
• “MEAT EATER,” by John* & Bill Chernega
• “NATURAL CAUSES,” by Rhiannon Kelly
• “OLD AGE,” by Brigita Orel
• “PEACEFULLY,” by M.J. Leitch
• “BLUE FEVER,” by Ada Hoffmann
• “NOT APPLICABLE,” by Kyle Schoenfeld
• “CECILE,” by Hollan Lane
• “LAKE TITICACA,” by M. Bennardo
• “MONSTERS FROM THE DEEP,” by David Malki
• “CANCER,” by Ryan North
Keep checking the Machine of Death site for more information!
Yeah! MoD writers represent!