Halo Evolutions

The table of contents and cover for Halo Evolutions is floating around the internet (I saw it listed at Kotaku this morning). It’s a collection of short stories all set in the Halo universe by a bunch of different authors.  

The novella I wrote, Dirt, was something I threw myself into earlier this summer, and I hope everyone enjoys it. It was one of three ideas I gave to my higher ups on the project, and the one they were most psyched about.

You can read Jeff VanderMeer talking about the collaboration he did wtih Tessa Kum here.

The contributors:

B.K. EVENSON, the Edgar and Horror Guild International nominated author of Last Days and The Open Curtain.

JONATHAN GOFF, writer and artist with 343 Industries.

KEVIN GRACE, writer and Managing Editor of 343 Industries.

TESSA KUM & JEFF VANDERMEER: Kum is the author of 7wishes and an assistant editor for Weird Tales and the Best American Fantasy series. Vandermeer is the World Fantasy award-winning writer of City of Saints and Madman as well as Shriek: An Afterword and Finch.

ROBT McLEES, Bungie game developer and writer on Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 and Halo 3, as well as the upcoming Halo: Reach.

ERIC NYLUND, the New York Times bestselling author of Halo: The Fall of Reach and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, and most recently a new non-Halo series that begins with Mortal Coils.

FRANK O’CONNOR, the Franchise Director for Halo at 343 Industries.

ERIC RAAB, writer, and Tor editor of the Halo novels since 2004.

KAREN TRAVISS, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of her own Wess’har series as well as Star Wars and Gears of War novels.

FRED VAN LENTE, the New York Times bestselling author of Incredible Hercules (with Greg Pak) and Marvel Zombies 3, as well as Cowboys and Aliens and the upcoming Marvel comic series Halo: Blood Line.

The collection also features original art by Gabriel “Robogabo” Garza and Nicolas “Sparth” Bouvier of 343 Industries.

It launches November 24th.

On Macmillan’s site there is this backcopy:

When humanity expanded beyond the safety of Earth to new stars and horizons, they never dreamed what dangers they would encounter there. When the alien juggernaut known as the Covenant declared holy war upon the fragile human empire, millions of lives were lost—but, millions of heroes rose to the challenge. In such a far-reaching conflict, not many of the stories of these heroes, both human and alien, have a chance to become legend. This collection holds eleven stories that dive into the depths of the vast Halo universe, not only from the perspective of those who fought and died to save humanity, but also those who vowed to wipe humanity out of existence.

This is, incidentally, the first time my name’s been on the cover of an anthology or magazine, I think, so I’m pretty chuffed!

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