Christopher Golden
@cgolden
NYT bestselling author of Road of Bones, The House of Last Resort, Ararat, and many others. Writes a lot of comics with Mike Mignola. Screenwriter. Anti-fascist. New novel CARRY ME TO MY GRAVE out 7/21/26.
AUGUST 27th, the tour ends at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, MA. I'll be in conversation with the master, @paultremblay.bsky.social! Come join us! Don't miss it!
AN UNLIKELY STORY... August 14th at 7pm, I'll be grilling the fantastic @claymcleod.bsky.social about his new novel DEVIL INSIDE. Put it on your calendar!!! Register now! @anunlikelystory.bsky.social
NEW ENGLAND...join us for the last *big* bash of summer... AUGUST 8th! Paul Tremblay, Kylie Lee Baker, Michael Koryta, Aaron Mahnke, Eric LaRocca, Nicky Gonzalez, Bracken MacLeod, Lindy Ryan, Errick Nunnally, John McIlveen, Tony Tremblay, Jeannine Acheson, Thomas Sniegoski! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW.
SAN DIEGO! August 3rd, come join me and the excellent @pfracassi.bsky.social at one of the greatest bookshops on the planet, @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social! I hope to see you there!
LOS ANGELES! 8/1/26 I can't wait to gather with this incredible lineup to celebrate the dark imagination, and my new novel, CARRY ME TO MY GRAVE. What an honor to do this event with this group! Holy crap! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
COLORADO! I've never been in the state, never been to Boulder, and never met @stephengrahamjones.com in person. On July 30th, that all changes! Come out to the Boulder Bookstore and join us!! Get your tickets now! I hope to see you there!
CHICAGO! My first ever book signing there is ten days away! July 25th at Bucket O Blood! I'll be celebrating with panels and signings with fellow authors Jonathan Janz, Daniel Kraus, SA Barnes, Gus Moreno, Maurice Broaddus, Christina Henry, Nick Medina, and Theodore Van Alst Jr.! Come join us!
Philadelphia area folks! A week from tomorrow, come and hang out with me and the great @chuckwendig.bsky.social at Thrillerdelphia! I hope to see you there!!
Next Tuesday 7/21 Register now at Twisted Spine in Brooklyn, NY! The official launch! Hang out with me, Nat Cassidy, Clay McLeod Chapman, Nicky Gonzalez, Nicholas Kaufmann, Brian Keene, John Langan, Victor LaValle, CJ Leede, Tanya Pell, Mary SanGiovanni, and Tony Tremblay! Get your tickets now!
Booksellers are my favorite people. :) On July 21st, here are some of the wonderful stores where you're guaranteed to be able to find your copy of CARRY ME TO MY GRAVE! Thank you all!
What's the one book Variety picked for their Best Horror of July 2026? CARRY ME TO MY GRAVE! Out July 21st, but pre-order yours NOW!
My favorite thing about reading Chuck Wendig is never knowing which Wendig we're going to get. If you've followed Chuck's work for a while, you know what I mean. There's terrifying-tech Wendig and urban fantasy Wendig, there's fantasy Wendig, folk horror Wendig, epic horror Wendig...
Thrilled to say PARADE has decided CARRY ME TO MY GRAVE is one of 11 "perfect books" you need this month!!
In 15 days, find out what the terror's all about. Pre-order your copy now!
Excited for us all to read the new Ellen Datlow anthology, ALL HALLOWS EVE. Such a great lineup, and tucked within, you'll find my new story "Or So the Story Goes." Available on NetGalley now!
Rewatched STELLA DALLAS with the incomparable Barbara Stanwyck last night. Both Stanwyck and Anne Shirley were nominated for Academy Awards, and it's easy to see why. I haven't been posting updates about my Golden Age Hollywood watches lately, and I want to get back to it...
SAN DIEGO! Come hang with me and @pfracassi.bsky.social on August 3rd. We'll talk horror, writing, and the dark imagination! Join us!
Los Angeles, August 1st. Are you kidding me?? Look at that lineup! Come join me, Caroline Kepnes, Monika Kim, Kasey Lansdale, Rachel Howzell Hall, Philip Fracassi, Liz Kerin, Catriona Ward, Keith Rosson, Chuck Tingle, and Lisa Morton at Village Well!! (**Reserve your spot now!)
Thrilled and grateful to see CARRY ME TO MY GRAVE on Cinemachord's list of most anticipated titles for the second half of the year! "Captures that rare sweet spot in horror..."
COLORADO! Head over to the Boulder Bookstore site and get your tickets for this event--I'll be in conversation with the amazing Stephen Graham Jones on July 30th! Be there!
THE NIGHT BIRDS comes out in paperback TODAY, June 23rd! Starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal. One of NPR’s Best Books of 2025. The New York Times gave it a rave. Time for you to read the witchcraft horror-thriller other horror writers are raving about.
CHICAGO! July 25th at Bucket O' Blood Books! Join me, SA Barnes, Maurice Broaddus, Christina Henry, Jonathan Janz, Pulitizer Prize winner Daniel Kraus, Nick Medina, Gus Moreno, and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr! We're gonna talk horror, sign books, and just generally misbehave! JOIN US!!
Philadelphia folks! Come hang with me and the great Chuck Wendig to talk horror, mayhem, movies, and Carry Me to My Grave! July 23rd at Thrillerdelphia!
Can we reboot this? In the aftermath of climate apocalypse, a racially-diverse group of scientist-adventurers travel the ruined world in search of hope, along with their chimpanzee sidekick. (If you know me, you know I'm a sucker for anything with a chimpanzee sidekick.)
The UK ARC of CARRY ME TO MY GRAVE has arrived! On UK shelves September 22nd.
SUMMER OF HORRORS indeed! July 21st in Brooklyn, NY! **Get Your Tickets Now!!** Featuring Christopher Golden, Nat Cassidy, Clay McLeod Chapman, Nicky Gonzalez, Nicholas Kaufmann, Brian Keene, John Langan, Victor LaValle, CJ Leede, Tanya Pell, Mary SanGiovanni, and Tony Tremblay!
One of my favorite novels by James A. Moore is available again in this new edition from Crossroad Press! DEEPER is Jim's horror-thriller homage to "The Shadow Over Innsmouth." Go! Buy! Read!