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During the writing process for The Long and Dark, multiple endings were kicked around, including one that got about a step or two away from the final published copy of the book. Read it here, published for the first time.
This article contains MASSIVE SPOILERS for The Long and Dark.
It’s Random because I just wanted to put the book on sale. And it’s not really a sale because it’s FREE.
The eBook for The Long and Dark is available for free at Amazon.com between the dates of April 4, 2020, and April 8, 2020.
The final part of this series in which I cover chapters fourteen through seventeen of The Long and Dark.
Please note that there are series end-of-story SPOILERS below, so read at your own risk.
Part four, in which I go over chapters ten through thirteen. At this point, some of the imagery borders on spoiler territory, so view at your own risk.
Part three, in which I cover chapters six through nine. This includes two variants on the published artwork.
Unlike previous stories, the artwork for The Long and Dark focuses a lot more on scenery, architecture and physical objects found in the world. This makes sense considering the book’s focus on the city’s appearance and the mood of loneliness and horror it’s intended to facilitate.
When working on The Long and Dark, I wanted to create something different for the layout of the book’s interior. While the Realm of Tah’afajien series has always had a set layout design, I’ve had allowances to experiment with the presentation of my stand-alone works.
For those who've read The Long and Dark, you know that the story's themes run grim. Filled with desperation and an oppressing and smothering atmosphere, it's no surprise that the soundtrack compiled as a part of the writing process is littered with a variety of industrial, metal, dark ambient and dub acts.
As a part of the usual non-writing portion of pulling a book together, I went about painting the cover in early 2018, even before the manuscript had seen a proper editing. Much like the artwork for the Realm of Tah’afajien series, I stuck with completely hand-painted art instead of digitally-edited for The Long and Dark.
Author Joshua Banker announces the release of his fifth full-length work, The Long and Dark. Banker's second stand-alone novel is a dark fantasy adventure that blends in elements of science-fiction and horror to tell a story about a man so determined to save his family from an imminent death that he finds himself traveling to a strange land.
