First convention of 2023 is Boskone in Boston from February 17-19. Here's my schedule: Saturday, 10:00am Dialogue Matters: Like the unfurling of a sail that carries a ship forward through a storm, powerful speeches in literature can come in small impactful moments that reveal character motivations, backstory, and connections. How does dialogue create reader engagement? … Continue reading Boskone 60 – 2023
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New Horror Novel Coming 2024
It was inevitable, I suppose, that I'd end up veering toward full-blooded horror in my novels at some point. My flash fiction tends to lean toward the horrific and so now I get to do it in 90,000 words instead of 1,000. This will be my third novel published by the good folks at Angry … Continue reading New Horror Novel Coming 2024
STRINGERS on some Best of Lists
SciFiNow named STRINGERS it's 2022 Book of April! How's this for an endorsement: "When we asked author Chris Panatier about how he created Stringers, we were most assuredly not expecting him to start down a rabbit hole of bug penises. Yet, the world is strange and we were grateful to read Panatier’s sprawling buddy adventure complete … Continue reading STRINGERS on some Best of Lists
Cover art for Juliet McKenna’s THE CLEAVING
My publisher, Angry Robot, brought me in to do the cover artwork for Juliet McKenna's Arthurian tale THE CLEAVING. It's been fun collaborating with AR on my own book covers, but it was something special to have them ask me to do one for another author. The British Fantasy Society has a writeup on it, … Continue reading Cover art for Juliet McKenna’s THE CLEAVING
WorldCon in Chicago Sept 1-4
I will be at WorldCon/ChiCon and serving on some panels and table talks, etc. My schedule is below. Come say hi. I currently have a floppy mohawk.
ArmadilloCon 2022
Greetings from the coffee shop where I work from nearly every day at what is most definitely an over-the-limit bcc (blood caffeine content). If you're going or thinking of going (please do!), I am always happy to talk! The schedule for ArmadilloCon is out and I'm so glad to be on a mix of panels, … Continue reading ArmadilloCon 2022
London & Manchester Appearances
I will be at Ink84 Bookstore on May 26th, 2022, for a showcase of Angry Robot authors, and at Blackwell's in Manchester on May 31st, 2022 for another! Details below:
Internet Review from a Vampire
A short, humorous little piece out today in the Bureau Dispatch. It's about a vampire reviewing vampire books on Goodreads. There's also some fun, writing desk trivia. From The Bureau Dispatch
Stringers Book Release Event
Hi friends. Having two books released during a pandemic is not recommended. But this time around, we're doing a full on actual release event in an actual book store. Interabang Books in Dallas, Texas has been so kind to open their doors for me to do a reading/discussion/signing on the day that STRINGERS is released. … Continue reading Stringers Book Release Event
Publishers Weekly Gives STRINGERS a Starred Review
Apparently that's a thing. A good thing! Here's the text of the review: Where Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy recommended towels, this slapstick and semisweet space opera sends its Earthlings out among the aliens armed only with a jar of pickles. Ben Sullivan, expert fly-fishing lure tier, possesses uncanny knowledge of entomology and clocks—subjects he’s never … Continue reading Publishers Weekly Gives STRINGERS a Starred Review