Daniel Kraus
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This is *the* thread for WHALEFALL, out 8.8.23 from
@AtriaBooks
/
@MTVBooks
. 🐳
It's a survival thriller about a scuba diver who's been swallowed by a 60-ton sperm whale & has 1 hour to escape before his oxygen runs out.
Info:
Buy:
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My sister Jenny
1974-2023
The best person I’ve ever known.
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I don’t understand how, but George Romero’s MARTIN is on Tubi. This brilliant movie — Romero’s own favorite — is often hard to find. Get on it!
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THE OUTWATERS is the most frightening film in 30 years.
Go see it.
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oh my god
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🚨 Whale-sized news! 🚨
I'm cowriting the WHALEFALL film with director
@BrianDuffield
& producers
@RealImagine
, for 20th Century Fox.
Gonna be good. 🐳
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Just 3 days after release, WHALEFALL is in its 3rd printing. Thank you.
🐳💥❤️🔥
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I’m psyched to finally be able to talk about this.
WHALEFALL. The movie. It’s happening.
🐳❤️🔥
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Here’s what hitting me this morning about the
@nytimesbooks
cover.
THEY PUT A HORROR WRITER ON THE COVER.
We’re doing it, horror folks. 🐳👹
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Of all the things that have happened with WHALEFALL, getting the cover of the New York Times Book Review is the one that still floors me. I might be a total cheeseball and frame it.
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I tweeted,
@StephenKing
replied, someone wrote an article about it, and now I’m tweeting the story, thus completing the sacred circle. ⭕️
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I won't use AI for anything. ANYTHING. I won't use it for research or to build a character's house plan for me or anything.
It's a slippery slope. Soon you start depending on it more or more. Take a stand for humanity.
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Randomly watched a film & it reset my brain: Akira Kurosawa’s HIGH AND LOW (1963), a kidnapping investigation procedural with Hitchcock set pieces, Spielberg blocking and character & Scorsese wherewithal. A sheer joy to behold.
Currently on
@criterionchannl
.
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I am absolutely thrilled to announce ANGEL DOWN, a project I have been working on for years. It is the tale of an angel shot down during WWI -- and the hell that results. 🪽🪖
It is the first of two novels I will be doing with the wonderful
@loanloan
at
@AtriaBooks
.
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4th printing. In 4 days. This is incredible. Keep it going, readers.
🐳💜💚
Just 3 days after release, WHALEFALL is in its 3rd printing. Thank you.
🐳💥❤️🔥
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WHALEFALL is a USA Today bestseller.
Thank you, sleepers, for arising. 🐳💗
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My sister has gone into surgery to remove a brain tumor. I’m not one for prayers but I do believe in finding solace in the parts of our world that are unfathomable & enduring.
I��ve struggled to express this in interviews but it’s clear to me now: This is why the whale. ❤️
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Horror/sf folks: I'm looking for examples of indie films that only ever show you a *glimpse* of the larger-scale horror. Think PONTYPOOL, or the TV-news segments of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Or 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (not really indie, I realize).
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WHALEFALL has risen. 🐳💥
Out today. Available everywhere.
Sleepers, arise!!!!
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WHALEFALL is my 21st book, but seeing it hit so hard with people (as it hit so hard with me!) makes it feel like my first.
I can't wait for all of you to read it...
...and arise. 🐳
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New picture of WHALEFALL in Times Square. The whale is finally life-sized!
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Quite simply the best book on George Romero I’ve ever read. Even Romero scholars will have their skulls blown apart by all the new info & analysis.
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WHALEFALL is a Publishers Weekly bestseller! How about that? 🐳💥
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I’m sick in a hotel room… and worried about a dying sister… and then the world sends this balance.
A rave full review of WHALEFALL in the New York Times.
“Kraus brings the rigor of a scientist and the sensibility of a poet.” 🐳💔
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Dream-come-true day:
I’m interviewed about WHALEFALL by
@ayesharascoe
for
@NPRWeekend
. Unbelievable.
🎧:
📸:
@gdeo
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It's kind of nakedly pitiful to redo Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Twilight.
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Saying goodbye to a personally rough year by toasting to WHALEFALL, one of the only bright spots. 🐳🥂
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I put WHALEFALL on my arm.
Sleeper, arise! 🐳🔆
(Art by Mike Sledz)
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You’ll never guess where I am tonight.
Monastery Beach — where Jay is swallowed by the whale in WHALEFALL. A magical place!
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My weirdest (and practically my favorite) book, BLOOD SUGAR, is *this close* to earning out. Can we push this thing over the edge???
The book is set on Halloween, so it's also the perfect season for it. 🍬🔪🍭☠️
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WHALEFALL is a Chicago Tribune Top 10 Book of 2023! 🐳💥💗
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No one’s prepared for the level of WHALEFALL merch coming. The coolest people are reaching out for collaborations.
Stay tuned….
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Holy cow,
@PasteMagazine
&
@awalrusdarkly
.
“An absolute triumph, a masterpiece of suspense, emotion, and flat-out terror. A terrifying, invigorating, addictive thrill ride — and a reminder that Kraus is one of genre fiction’s best practitioners.” 🐳🥲
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Folks, could you preorder WHALEFALL? I'm putting my entire mind & body into making this thing a success... but it won't work without you.
Sleepers, arise!
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WHALEFALL has taken over the
@MTV
offices!
That's not something that was on my life's bingo card.
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Thrilled to announce WHALEFALL is on the August 2023 Indie Next List. Thanks, booksellers!🐳
“This masterfully researched thriller weaves the story of a diver’s tumultuous relationship w/ his father w/ the primal terrors of the deep sea. Heart-pounding."
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How beautiful is this
@SSTPublications
deluxe illustrated edition of THE LIVING DEAD?
With a stunning introduction by
@Vincenzo_Natali
!
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Gigantic WHALEFALL news emerging from the ocean soon. 🐳🌈
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Something beyond belief is rising from the swamp…
PAY THE PIPER: 9/3/24
🐙🏴☠️
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You just don’t get responses like this all that often. 🐳💜
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If you read an ARC of WHALEFALL and enjoyed it…consider owning a beautiful finished copy?
Sales in this first week are crucial for me to continue writing bonkers books like this. 🐳💚
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Get yourself a publicist who needle-felts you a man-eating whale!! 🐳💜
(Please note squid arm & diver foot.)
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En route to final destination of this leg of tour & hit a wall. I know it’s not all pointless. But it feels pointless. Will be driving from final Pittsburgh event to see my sister in her final days. Will try to manifest the idea of whale fall in her death. But it’s difficult.
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Thank you NPR for putting WHALEFALL on the 2023 Best Books list. 🐳💥
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Touched & excited to have inherited my friend Bill Ott’s
@HardCaseCrime
library. The last time I spoke to Bill, he talked about how much he loved my entry into the series.
These will get good use, I promise!
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🚨 COMING SEPT 3, 2024 🚨
🐍 The final Romero/Kraus novel 🐍
☠️🐙 PAY THE PIPER 🐙☠️
"A captivating triumph for horror fans!"
--
@TananariveDue
(placeholder cover)
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First leg of tour ended at the White Whale bookstore in Pittsburgh. Of course! And somehow I’m still kicking. 🐳💜
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Report for the haters: every Swiftie I met in Pittsburgh was gracious & polite & as a bonus coated in glitter.
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Don’t ask me how but I’m signing books right now at Midway Airport AND THEY HAVE WHALEFALL.
🚨🐳
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The narrator of the WHALEFALL audio had to be my beloved
@KirbyHeyborne
. Kirby has voiced
Rotters
Scowler
Trollhunters
Zebulon Finch
Blood Sugar
The Teddies Saga
The Ghost That Ate Us
...and along the way we've won 2 Odyssey Awards. He's the best.
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If I were to collate my “major” works, they would be:
Rotters
Zebulon Finch
The Living Dead
Whalefall
…and this one, ANGEL DOWN. Coming fall 2025.
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Behold Malfi’s masterpiece!
In a world of drilled-down niche sub-sub-genre work (which I love!), here is a horror epic that can be embraced by nearly EVERYONE, from the horror diehards to that person who read one King book 15 years ago.
A rare accomplishment. Out 6/4.
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At last night’s event at the Novel Neighbor in St Louis, I finally had a chance to try the WHALEFALL beer.
And lo, it was delicious. 🐳🍻
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I proudly announce...
THE WHALEFALL BOOK TOUR 🐳💥
Go here for all the info:
I'll see you on the road with special guests
@TheGillianFlynn
@Danchaon
@Massawyrm
@actordougjones
@mary_roach
@SGJ72
@Adam_Cesare
@GwendolynKiste
@StaceyKade
& more!
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I’m not a big a Star Wars follower in adulthood but this moment still meant a ton.
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COUP DE GRÂCE by
@SofiaAjram
is relentless, terrifying, gorgeous, fierce, and perfect.
It is a book I will never fully exit. Absolutely unforgettable.
I'm reading an upcoming debut novella that is simply one of the best things I have ever read. Holy shit. Blown away.
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Couldn’t be happier that WHALEFALL is nominated for the LA Times Book Prize along with my friends
@TananariveDue
@victorlavalle
@veschwab
& E. Lily Yu.
See you at the
@latimesfob
!
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I sat in this little chair right here for the biggest interview of my life. 🐳🆒
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Props to my Uber driver who learned I was on book tour & told me about the bestselling memoir she wanted to write called “What’s Your Flavor of Crazy?” and asked if I knew how she could get into ghostwriting porn. Mad respect. ✊
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FINISHED COPY OF WHALEFALL.
🐳❤️🔥🐳
This thing’s a beauty.
Preorder yours now!
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Preorder people — I’m home & signing these for you now. Thanks for your patience.
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All I can say is that there is real reason to be excited about this.
SESSION 9 director Brad Anderson will resurrect the seventh and final chapter in the late, great George A. Romero's legendary zombie series.
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Quick emoji lesson before WHALEFALL's release week begins:
🐋 - not the correct whale.
🐳 - the correct whale!
Thank you.
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This Kirkus review of Peter Straub's GHOST STORY is one of the most bewildering things I've ever read.
"Largely cloned from the classic Night of the Living Dead, this is an overlong, lukewarm chiller with some superb moments..." Uh, what?
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I almost can’t believe this exists. Romero’s favorite of his films!
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The number of people buying ALL FOUR of these books on pub date is really inspiring.
@SadieHartmann
@Catrionaward
@kierstenwhite
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Tonight! Me + Stephen Graham Jones in Denver!
@SGJ72
was one of the first people ever to read WHALEFALL — let’s see if he can remember any of it! 🐳❓
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🐳🎬
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Went to DAWN OF THE DEAD today. I’ve seen this movie…a lot.
But this was my 1st time seeing it in a theater & I noticed so many details. The name of the store pregnant Frannie sits in front of. How the video game Peter plays echoes the ghetto raid. Big screens are important!
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I'm reading an upcoming debut novella that is simply one of the best things I have ever read. Holy shit. Blown away.
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WHALEFALL is
@BDisgusting
's
#1
Horror Book of 2023 (thx
@HauntedMeg
).
Even better, it's a reminder of how fortunate I feel to be colleagues with
@grady_hendrix
@kierstenwhite
@Catrionaward
@silviamg
@TananariveDue
@PhilipFracassi
@SGJ72
& more...
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NPR has added a new intro to my WHALEFALL interview that says farewell to my sister, who died back in August. Thank you to
@NPRWeekend
,
@nprbooks
, and
@ayesharascoe
.
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Nice shot from
@RDSPress
of me accepting the Stoker. I'm pointing off toward the direction of all the stores where I could have purchased nicer clothing.
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“STUNNING. A sensory epic. Kraus turns the literal guts of this novel into a haunted house, a torture chamber, a church, and a uterus for belated rebirth. There is nothing else quite like Whalefall.” 🐳💥
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Should I walk around at ALA in one of these to hand out WHALEFALL merch?
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I worked in a movie theater at the time. I timed it so I *always* went in to watch the brontosaurus scene and feel that wonder. Never got old.
Damn, can you imagine how amazing it must have been seeing the T-Rex scene from Jurassic Park for the first time in theaters?
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Another great thing about NOWSY: it functions equally as a popcorn fright flick and something way more sinister. If you watch closely, the full ramifications of the very end of the film are so complex and unsettling.
NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU is fun, fun, FUN. It is also smart and with great moments, staged in a classic, solid way. It avoids the pitfalls and maximizes its resources. I couldn't think of a more perfect movie for your weekend. Fulfills all the promise of SPONTANEOUS.
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Got some whale-sized WHALEFALL news today. Stay tuned.
In the meantime, a starred
@ALA_Booklist
review.
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100 copies of WHALEFALL being given away
now
now
now
🐳🤞🐳🤞🐳
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UK readers, your long national nightmare is over!
WHALEFALL will rise November 23.
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The Best Horror Books of 2023
"WHALEFALL is a towering, muscular, undeniably effective piece of survival horror that doubles as a kind of treatise on life itself, and marks what might be the crowning achievement in Kraus’ long, illustrious genre career."
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It really was great!
@MiaAW90
@BeMomentus
@GenPadalecki
@jarpad
@DanielDKraus
Intelligent people having an enthusiastic, intellectual discussion while also geeking out cannot be overrated. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I could have listened for twice as long.
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Sold out of books at Scarelastic so working on ANGEL DOWN in the bar, not too shabby.
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Man, this is a day for trusting the vibes you get off someone. If he feels off, he’s OFF. Trust & believe not only others but yourself.
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Nah, right on time.
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