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\"Kolchak<\/p>\n

Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and writer James Aquilone and Monstrous Books have acquired the print rights to Jeff Rice’s novel Kolchack: The Night Stalker<\/em>. Rice’s book was the basis for the cult TV favorite television series, which was released in 1972 — a year before the novel became available.<\/p>\n

Now, Monstrous Books is planning a deluxe hardcover edition of Kolchack: The Night Stalker<\/em>. The book will have a print run limited to 1,973 copies, and will feature essays and illustrations created specifically for this edition. You can help fund the book through its Kickstarter campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Recently, Aquilone took time to discuss his love of all thing Kolchak, and the plans for this special new edition.<\/p>\n

(Interview conducted by\u00a0Danica Davidson)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CEMETERY DANCE: When did you first read the Kolchak: The Night Stalker<\/em> novel, and what did you think of it?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

JAMES AQUILONE: I first read the novel a couple of years ago when I was putting together the Kolchak 50th anniversary graphic novel<\/a>. I loved Jeff Rice\u2019s novel and was very happy that it felt like the Kolchak TV movies and series, which I of course was already familiar with. It\u2019s a great book on its own and you can see why they wanted to turn it into a TV movie, which eventually broke ratings records.<\/p>\n

How similar is it to the TV movie?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"coverThe plot is the same, and many of the scenes and famous lines from the TV movie were already in the novel. The book expands on the characters and is a terrific procedural that gives readers a look into being a reporter back in the 1970s. The author, Jeff Rice, was himself a Vegas reporter, so the story feels authentic and very real.<\/p>\n

How did you get\u00a0 David Dastmalchian, Rodney Barnes, Mark Dawidziak, and Russ Braun involved? What do they each contribute?<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Dastmalchian, Rodney Barnes and Russ Braun are all huge Kolchak fans as well as amazing talents. I\u2019m a big fan of all of them, so when I acquired the Kolchak license, they were atop my list.<\/p>\n

David wrote the foreword, Rodney wrote the afterword, and Russ Braun did the cover art and interior illustrations.<\/p>\n

Mark Dawidziak has a long history with Kolchak and Jeff. He wrote\u00a0The Night Stalker Companion\u00a0<\/i>and was friends with Jeff. I wanted a piece in the reprint that focused on Jeff, and there\u2019s no one better in the world to write that profile than Mark.<\/p>\n

What do you think Kolchak\u2019s legacy is?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kolchak is a huge influence in the horror genre, especially in television. There had been nothing like it on TV before, and its huge ratings — the highest ever for a TV movie at the time — showed that viewers wanted horror shows. It of course directly inspired The X-Files<\/i>, which itself inspired a ton of writers and artists over the last three decades. Without Kolchak, you probably also wouldn\u2019t have had\u00a0Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Supernatural<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Is there anything else going on at Monstrous Books that would interest Cemetery Dance readers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m already prepping the next Kolchak project. Look for that in the fall. And I\u2019m happy to say that Monstrous Books\u2019 first project,\u00a0Shakespeare Unleashed<\/i>, is up for two Shirley Jackson Awards next month, one for best anthology and the other for short fiction (Jo Kaplan’s story “Something Is Rotten”).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and writer James Aquilone and Monstrous Books have acquired the print rights to Jeff Rice’s novel Kolchack: The Night Stalker. Rice’s book was the basis for the cult TV favorite television series, which was released in 1972 — a year before the novel became available. 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