Here is the final list of all the stories which will be in the upcoming The Monster Hunter Files anthology (and a little description from me about them). I do not know the release date yet.
“Thistle” by Larry Correia (Owen and his team take on a new kind of monster in Arizona)
“Small Problems” by Jim Butcher (MHI’s new janitor has to deal with some small problems)
“Darkness Under The Mountain” by Mike Kupari (Cooper takes a freelance job in Afghanistan)
“A Knight Of The Enchanted Forest” by Jessica Day George (Trailer park elves versus gnomes TURF WAR!)
“The Manticore Sanction” by John C. Wright (Cold War era British espionage with monsters)
“The Dead Yard” by Maurice Broaddus (Trip goes to Jamaica on some family business)
“The Bride” by Brad R. Torgersen (Franks wasn’t the only thing Benjamin Franklin cut deals with)
“She Bitch, Killer of Kits” (a Skinwalker Crossover Tale) by Faith Hunter (Jane Yellowrock teams up with MHI)
“Mr. Natural” by Jody Lynn Nye (an STFU mission in the 70s has to deal with plant monsters and hippies!)
“Sons Of The Father” by Quincy J. Allen (Two young brothers discover monsters are real, and kill a mess of them)
“The Troll Factory” by Alex Shvartsman (Heather gets some help from MHI for an STFU mission into Russia)
“Keep Kaiju Weird” by Kim May (a Kitsune may have already earned her PUFF exemption, but she’s not going to let some monster squish Portland)
“The Gift” by Steve Diamond (Two of the Vatican’s Hunters from the Blessed Order of Saint Hubert the Protector on a mission in Mexico)
“The Case of the Ghastly Specter” by John Ringo (while studying at Oxford, Chad takes a case)
“Huffman Strikes Back” by Bryan Thomas Schmidt & Julie Frost (Owen’s vacation gets interrupted for some monster revenge)
“Hunter Born” by Sarah A. Hoyt (remember how I mentioned Julie didn’t get to go to her prom because of monster problems? Here you go)
“Hitler’s Dog” by Jonathan Maberry (It is WW2 and Agent Franks really hates Nazis)
I’m pretty excited about this. My story is about a veteran Hunter who quits MHI and goes freelance in Afghanistan, working for a Chinese mining company.
Mr. Kupari,
I am just dying to know which character you wrote in the “Dead Six” series.
Enjoyed your book “Her Brothers Keeper” as well.
Trade secret. ????
There’s a lot of crossover in any case.
Mike wrote Valentine. I wrote Lorenzo. But there was also a lot of cross back and forth writing in each other’s parts.
Stop giving away the blend of herbs and spices! You’re like that dog on the Bush’s Baked Beans commercials! 😀
So who came up with Jihan? I notice that he mostly interact with Lorenzo’s storyline.
I did.
So thrilled to be a part of this. It’s going to be epic.
I don’t know what’s better – the names or the descriptions.
Definitely looking forward to “A Knight of the Enchanted Forest”.
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!
Dang, I am so oooooooooo ready for this! Will it be recorded for Audible, too? And by Oliver Wyman?
Oh. My. God.
That is the most amazing lineup for an anthology I’ve seen. Really looking forward to this one.
Will we ever find out more about Julie’s baby?
Yes.
Looks like fun. Can’t wait to see it when it’s out.
A great way to build out the MHI universe by bringing in other authors to play in the MHI playground. Looking forward to it.
Dangit, Larry! First you jump the TBR queue and now you’re bringing friends.
Looking forward to seeing how MHI’s view of Vampires meshes with Jane Yellowrock’s.
What happens when the ammo fund is depleted by Correia novels? Gonna have to start hand loading.
Why wait? Get started now, then laugh at the folks lined up to buy their “limit 2 boxes per person” after the election.
Larry has skilled and accomplished authors literally writing fan fiction in his universe, but he’s still totally not a real author.
I was hoping Jessica Day George’s story would be about trailer park elves. 🙂
“Hitler’s Dog” by Jonathan Maberry (It is WW2 and Agent Franks really hates Nazis)”
God didn’t melt the faces of the Nazis for opening the Ark of the Covenant. That was Franks.
And if Dr. Jones knows what’s good for him, he’ll keep telling people his eyes were closed and he didn’t see nothin’.
Looking forward to this.
Oh, how much fun is *this* going to be?!????????????????
Do you remember that ketchup commercial with Carly Simon singing “Anticipation” in the background? Just totally not fair.
Mr. Wright pens a MHI story, this does not get better.
And Sarah Hoyt, and Jim Butcher, and Jessica Day George, and…. points happily at the TOC.
Mr. Correia has raised the bar again.
I hope this does well enough that there’s a second one.
Seconded. And a third one. And a fourth one. And a….
Larry, you have GOT to stop doing this. Even at Kindle prices I am not made of money! Can’t you take some work-ethic tips from GRRM or something?
I can see it now: “George R.R. Martin mysteriously rediscovers muse…”
……. after a visit by Franks.
Five or six years per book? I think I’d get terribly bored (though I would also get a whole lot of minis painted).
Man. I sure hope that I can get my wife into your books like I did with John Ringo’s books. Or I will be dead from blowing our book budget.
I went back to college to get my PhD in accounting so maybe I can claim them as school work?
“Oh, Zavier Desine, no!” 😉
“It is WW2 and Agent Franks really hates Nazis”
Oh man, I am so there! I read that and started laughing. ~:D
Humm, I wonder if some folks from Franks old home were working with the Nazis. 👿
Its tempting to think so, but I saw a non-staged colour pic of the High Command a few years ago. They were standing around waiting for something to happen before an event, all in their snazzy uniforms. It was before the war, so they were pretty happy and riding high.
What a bunch of hicks! These guys were not Werner Von Braun, nuh uh. They were in the right place at the right time, riding the right coloured horse, by -accident-.
Sigh. If you were a real writer, you’d have Scalzi and Jemisin contributing to your anthologies. Oh well, I guess you’ll have to make do.*
*note: sarcasm
If history is any guide, Scalzi might be able to pull out a readable story. If he had a decent editor, anyway.
Nora would have the world eaten by the sky squids. That’s how she rolls.
Actually, I quite enjoyed his short Story in tge Ringo Black Tide Rising anthology.
True story. During the Baen Road Show at DragonCon a couple of years ago, Ringo was talking about the Black Tide Rising anthology to a room full of enthusiastic fans (the Road Show gets a big room at DC). He’s going down the list. We’ve got so and so! Audience freaks out YAAAAAY! And we’ve got a story by this guy! HOOOORAY! And a story by this person too! WOOOOOOOOOT! And we’ve even got a story by John Scalzi! … … … (awkward silence).
Oh man, that’s funny right there.
The height of joy and victory and the agony of waiting…
I read the first paragraph to fast, I did not see the “I do not know the release date yet.”
Wander through the many descriptions… and wonder when is it due out.
“I do not know the release date yet.”
Dang it.
We hates waiting precious… we hates it.
Why are all my Wish List’s authors on your post?
Looking forward to this. I don’t think there’s a single entry here I’m not interested in.
Well Larry, this will be the first anthology I’ve ever bought, the first book I’ve ever preordered, and the first book made of paper I’ve bought in several years. You’re a champion. I’m trying to get a friend to read these, but he decided to reread the Wheel of Time instead. It’ll be a while.
Sweet baby Jesus they all sound amazing. It’s painful waiting for a release date.
Shut up and take my money!!!!!
Love the teasers – keep the good stuff coming!
Whoa
Re: Release Date. Yesterday would be nice. 🙂
This is so neat. What an amazing mix of authors! I can’t wait to read the stories.
Thanks.
Reading the list of contributors…. Can’t wait! 🙂
Instant purchase…
Larry, you might mention to your editor that since your eARCs sell so well, it might be worth looking into offering pre-pre-orders.
Really, Larry. Why don’t you just write everything in Google Docs and share it with us as you finish each page?
‘Cause Google Docs ain’t got a coin slot.
Guess I needed a /sarc or /jk tag on this one. Thought it was obvious….
I. Can’t. Wait.
That is an amazing lineup of authors and characters. I love you guys!
*furiously poking Kindle*
“Why can’t I pre-order this right NOW? Arrrrgh!”
*poke**poke**poke**pokittypoke*
On a side note…
April 2017: Monster Hunter Vendetta … Leatherbound 🙂
Another reason to live.
The author of the Dresden Files wrote a story in the Monster Hunter universe?
That settles it. There IS a God.
I need this. I wish I was a writer yet so I could contribute, even. So many ideas. Oh well, I’ll save them for the MHI pen & paper!