Grimoire: A Grim Oak Press Anthology For ECCC 2025

SELECT ECCC PICK UP ABOVE IF YOU WILL BE ATTENDING THE CON Author: Multiple Artist: Todd Lockwood Hardcover: TBD pages Dust Jacket: Full-color and embossed Endpapers: Black Paper: 55# Natural Ribbon: No Housing: No slipcase or clamshell available Pick Up Note: Cannot order other Grim Oak Press titles for pick up Signing Note: Can be signed by all contributors at ECCC 2025 Book Description: A wonderful collection of ten short stories by an amazing list of contributors—all of whom will be in attendance at Emerald City Comic Con 2025! In 2024 Grim Oak Press exhibited at Dragonsteel Nexus, Brandon Sanderson's convention in Salt Lake City, UT, where the award-winning publisher released Grimoire, an anthology containing short stories by attending authors. Robin Hobb, Fonda Lee, Michael J. Sullivan, Jason Denzel and others shared tales of magic, dragons, and superheroes. Due to reader demand, the second Grimoire will publish at Emerald City Comic Con 2025 in Seattle, WA, creating a new anthology of stories sure to delight. Read a deadly chess game between a demon and a mage observed by Terry Brooks. Fall in love with a lovelorn girl and her automaton dolls with Cassandra Clare. Discover how a mother keeps safe her son and those around her through the eyes of Robin Hobb. Learn how a war hammer-wielding woman, a stuffed rabbit, and a bipedal hog save a village from itself in a graphic short story by Nate Taylor. Leave Earth for the strangest of intergalactic swap-meets alongside Matt Dinniman. Travel with Merlin and an unruly fairy through Seattle as they hunt a wayward witch witnessed by Shawn Speakman. And more stories. Here is the line-up of contributing authors, which may increase over the next two weeks: Terry Brooks Cassandra Clare* Matt Dinniman* Robin Hobb Seanan McGuire Annalee Newitz* Kat Ogden Shawn Speakman Nate Taylor Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle The * denotes stories previously published but not in print elsewhere. The second Grimoire is sure to enthrall readers just as the first did, with exciting stories of mayhem and magic, boldness and bravery. All told by masters of their craft enabling us the opportunity to be enchanted by opening its cover. For those of you attending the convention, you'll be able to buy the second Grimoire and have it multi-signed by the ten contributors as well as cover artist Todd Lockwood. In that way, it will become a beautiful memory of meeting these fine individuals as well as assembling a multi-signed keepsake. GRIMOIRE FAQ Question: What about other authors attending? Why aren't they included? Answer: At the time of delivering Grimoire 2 to the printer to ensure copies arrive in time for the March 2025 convention, ECCC had not posted the names of authors attending. It is difficult to invite people to an anthology if we don't know they will be there. Question: I'm not able to attend Emerald City Comic Con 2025 but I want Grimoire. How can I get a copy? Answer: The Grim Oak Press warehouse will be shipped copies for exactly this reason. Pre-order your copy now from this page by selecting SHIP TO ME and have it mailed after Emerald City Comic Con 2025. These will only be signed by Terry Brooks, Matt Dinniman, Shawn Speakman, Robin Hobb, and Kat Ogden. Question: I'm attending Emerald City Comic Con 2025. Can I pre-order Grimoire from you now to guarantee my copy and then pick the book up from the Grim Oak booth at the con? Answer: Yes, you can do it right from this product page and save on shipping! Be sure to select ECCC PICK UP. Question: I'm attending Emerald City Comic Con 2025. What happens if I miss out on the convention for some reason and I can't pick up my book? Answer: After the convention is over, we will ship your book back to our Seattle-area warehouse and, if you want the book, we will invoice you for shipping. Question: Are you planning on doing other Grimoire anthologies at future conventions that Grim Oak Press will exhibit at, like Seattle Worldcon 2025? Answer: Yes. There's just something special about a multi-signed book and these sorts of anthologies will help pay for Grim Oak Press to exhibit at other conventions. We will be at Seattle Worldcon 2025 for sure. Question: Is the short story by Matt Dinniman set in his Dungeon Crawler Carl series? Answer: Here is what Matt had to say when he delivered the short story: "Here is a story that I wrote a very, very long time ago, but I just gave it a once-over and a small facelift. It's not not in the Dungeon Crawler Carl universe, but it's not explicitly in the Dungeon Crawler Carl universe, either. It is titled "Bad Karma at the Interstellar Swap Meet." I will leave it up to the readers to decide.