Recent Publications

  • The Living Dead 2

    Two years ago, readers eagerly devoured The Living Dead. Publishers Weekly named it one of the Best Books of the Year, and Barnes & Noble.com called it “The best zombie fiction collection ever.” Now acclaimed editor John Joseph Adams is back for another bite at the apple — the Adam’s apple, that is — with 43 more of the best, most…

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  • The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    An anthology from Night Shade Books, September 2009

    Sherlock Holmes is back!

    Sherlock Holmes, the world’s first—and most famous—consulting detective, came to the world’s attention more than 120 years ago through Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels and stories. But Conan Doyle didn’t reveal all of the Great Detective’s adventures…

    Here are some of the best Holmes pastiches of the last 30 years, twenty-eight tales…

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  • By Blood We Live

    An anthology from Night Shade Books, August 2009

    Vampires. They are the most elegant of monsters—ancient, seductive, doomed, deadly. They lurk in the shadows, at your window, in your dreams. They are beautiful as anything you’ve ever seen, but their flesh is cold as the grave, and their lips taste of blood. From Dracula to Twilight, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to True…

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  • Federations

    An anthology from Prime Books, May 2009

    From Star Trek to Star Wars, and from Dune to Foundation, science fiction has a rich history of exploring the idea of vast interstellar societies, and the challenges facing those living in or trying to manage such societies.

    The stories in Federations continue that tradition, and herein you would find a mix of all-new, original fiction, alongside…

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  • The Living Dead

    An anthology from Night Shade Books, September 2008

    A World Fantasy Award finalist!

    From White Zombie to Dawn of the Dead, from Resident Evil to World War Z, zombies have invaded popular culture, becoming the monsters that best express the fears and anxieties of the modern west. The ultimate consumers, zombies rise from the dead and feed upon the living, their teeming masses ever…

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  • Seeds of Change

    An anthology from Prime Books, August 2008

    Imagine the moment when the present ends, and the future begins–when the world we knew is no more and a brave new world is thrust upon us. Gathering stories by nine of today’s most incisive minds, Seeds of Change confronts the pivotal issues facing our society today: racism, global warming, peak oil, technological advancement, and…

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  • Wastelands

    An anthology from Night Shade Books, January 2008

    Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of Armageddon — these are our guides through the Wastelands…

    From the Book of Revelation to The Road Warrior; from A Canticle for Leibowitz to The Road, storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving eschatological tales of catastrophe, chaos,…

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From the Blog

THE LIVING DEAD 2 Website Now Live!

The website for my new zombie anthology, The Living Dead 2, is now live. The url is http://www.johnjosephadams.com/the-living-dead-2.

On the site, you will find 8 stories in their entirety, available both as regular web pages and in a downloadable ebook sampler (currently available in epub and pdf format, with additional formats forthcoming from the Baen Webscriptions store). There will also be 36 different author interviews with the contributors. They’re scheduled to appear daily, starting today, with the final one scheduled to run…

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About JJA

John Joseph Adams (www.johnjosephadams.com) is the bestselling editor of many anthologies, such as Wastelands, The Living Dead (a World Fantasy Award finalist), By Blood We Live, Federations, and The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Barnes & Noble.com named him “the reigning king of the anthology world,” and his books have been named to numerous best of the year lists. He is also the fiction editor of the science fiction magazine Lightspeed and the co-host of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast. John lives in New Jersey.

Current Projects

  • Lightspeed Magazine

    An online science fiction magazine debuting in June 2010, featuring a mix of original and reprinted fiction, with non-fiction, podcasts, and art.

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  • The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination

    An all-original anthology of stories about mad scientists and evil geniuses, forthcoming from Tor Books in 2011.

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  • Brave New Worlds

    A reprint anthology of dystopian fiction, forthcoming from Night Shade Books in 2011.

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