Some brief thoughts on the cover launch for my novel, The Ballad of Perilous Graves (Red Hook, June, 2022)
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Most anyone who knows me knows that my life and career are undergoing a massive shift. Meeting Meg where/when/how I did reflects the nature and intensity of that change, how it’s ramped up over the past few years. We waited almost exactly for years to spend time this way. She’s dear to me.
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This week, Redhook, the sibling imprint to Orbit Books announced my novel, The Ballad of Perilous Graves for winter of 2022. I’ve been working toward publishing this novel for the better part of ten years now. It’s part of a three-book deal with the second and third titles TBD. Those other books might be related to Ballad, but then again, they might not.
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“The perceived transgression that created him was against white sexual purity,” I said, “so in order for the character to work, Candyman has to be sexually magnetic. I love Tony Todd, and I hope he shows up somehow, but he’s done his time playing the monster.” It would seem that the filmmakers agree with me: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II with his chiseled features and electric charisma is the perfect choice for the lead.
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I’ve got a friend who never believes that any crisis in the wider world will make its way to us. A few weeks ago, we talked about the Coronavirus, and he assured me that it would have no impact on our lives. This friend isn’t some rich white Republican.
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“The perceived transgression that created him was against white sexual purity,” I said, “so in order for the character to work, Candyman has to be sexually magnetic. I love Tony Todd, and I hope he shows up somehow, but he’s done his time playing the monster.”
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