Posts Tagged ‘deadliest of the species’

Can’t wait for a publisher to re-release Deadliest of the Species in English? Check out this eBay auction.
Good luck!

They’re Here!
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.
I love opening a box of my books from a publisher. It’s been a while since I’ve had the opportunity to do so, but it still feels as good as it did the very first time.
It doesn’t even matter that I can’t read these German translations of Deadliest of the Species, [...]

My Motorcycle Safety Foundation instructors hammered a phrase home: “You go where you look.”
It reminded me a bit of the old saying “keep your eyes on the prize,” but the difference is you can actually feel the motorcycle maxim at work every time you turn. If you’re not looking at where you want to be, [...]

Ready for a Michael Oliveri fix? Excellent. Here’s a couple easy ways to get your fix.
Jack Haringa Must Die!
Available here and on Amazon. Features a piece of flash fiction by yours truly. Plus it benefits the Shirley Jackson Awards.
Restore From Backup
Plenty of copies still available directly from Bad Moon Books. This collaborative novella with JF [...]

The German edition of Deadliest of the Species, Das Tödliche Geschlecht, is now available for preorder on Amazon.de! How cool is that?
Don’t worry, English readers. You won’t be neglected for much longer.

“How come you haven’t written any novels since Deadliest of the Species, Mike?”
I have, actually.
They just suck.
Okay, I’ll rephrase that: they’re far from ready for publication, because with both I decided their execution was off. Way off. So far off that they need to be rewritten from the ground up, and I don’t have time [...]

We’re getting closer and closer to the release of Das Tödliche Geschlecht, the German-language edition of Deadliest of the Species from Otherworld Verlag. I’m told the German title translates to “the deadly gender,” which I think is a fair approximation. The original title is derived from a Kipling quote:
“For the female of the species is [...]

I’ve just heard from the folks at Otherworld Verlag, and it would appear the German edition of Deadliest of the Species, Das todliche Geschlecht, will be appearing in June.
This is exciting stuff! I realize many of my English-speaking fans may not be able to get their hands on this book, but it will be fun [...]

It’s been an interesting start to the year already, but there’s a lot on the horizon.
For starters, Muy Mal is officially back, complete with a rockin’ new look provided by Russ Dickerson. John and Weston have already posted their first contributions and mine won’t be far behind. I’ll be wrapping up Down Vendetta Road and [...]

If someone were to ask me how this year went, my first reaction would be to call it a write-off. Then I got to thinking about it, and it actually hasn’t been so bad after all. Let’s look back, shall we?
I started the year by selling the German rights to Deadliest of the Species to [...]