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FANGORIA@fangoria.bsky.social · yesterday

Temple Hill Entertainment is officially producing a sequel to last year’s slasher CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD based on Adam Cesare’s novel and we’ve got the gory details right here.

How you all should be trying to be on August 18th. Preorder CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD 4 now to avoid disappointment. Signed copies available: linktr.ee/adamcesare

Not to shill for amerzon (you can order it signed and personalized from my local indie) but… If you want to save 4 bucks on the CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD 4 hardcover, they currently have the preorder cheap: amzn.to/4blHX1V

Not to shill for amerzon (you can order it signed and personalized from my local indie) but… If you want to save 4 bucks on the CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD 4 hardcover, they currently have the preorder cheap: amzn.to/4blHX1V

So much stock footage in this movie, but damn if the mantis isn’t cool (and scary!).

Look how happy my early hardcover copy of CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD 4 has made me. You can feel this joy too, but only if you preorder: linktr.ee/adamcesare

Look how happy my early hardcover copy of CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD 4 has made me. You can feel this joy too, but only if you preorder: linktr.ee/adamcesare

I’m not a SDCC… but Frendo is. CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD action figure, on display at the Syndicate Collectibles booth.

It’s really really hard to take a picture that reflects how *good* the new Union Square edition of ZERO LIVES REMAINING looks? Not only Marc Schoenbach’s beautiful cover illustration, but… It has flaps!?! That’s classy as shit!!!

True! We are spritely young men! Also: come see Gabino and I at Bookpeople in Austin TX on August 20th. Tix available now (space limited!). Also: this isn’t the final cover for ZLR. The final by Marc Schoenbach is here

Gabino Iglesias@gabino.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hey, @adamcesare.bsky.social in da house! Read, loved, and reviewed this back in 2016. Happy to see it back. Also, weird because Adam and I are both 25…

Yes. I’m doing the Frendos.

Adam Cesare@adamcesare.bsky.social · 4w ago

About to sign fat stacks of bookplates to get included with the books ordered through @talkshoplive.bsky.social Still time to get one: talkshop.live/watch/tiv9ef...

About to sign fat stacks of bookplates to get included with the books ordered through @talkshoplive.bsky.social Still time to get one: talkshop.live/watch/tiv9ef...

A decade and a half after its first publication, this September I am so incredibly excited to have VIDEO NIGHT back in the world: entirely revised, definitive text, with this amazing cover, and humbling foreword by @stephengrahamjones.com. Thank you for the review🙏🙏🙏🙏

Capes and Tights@capesandtights.com · 4w ago

Video Night, Adam Cesare's 1980s creature horror, is getting the re-release it deserves. Read our review: capestights.com/z8y @adamcesare.bsky.social

I remember, ~15 years ago, being so psyched and grateful when VIDEO NIGHT reached ten ratings on amerzon. Pretty wild that Clown in a Cornfield needs one more to hit *5,000*. Still psyched and grateful. Please pick up LIGHTS! CAMERA! FRENDO! to continue the journey.

Book tour baby! Come see me (and my very special guests) and get your copy of CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD 4 signed. Or do it through the mail (international shipping is now an option). RSVPs and info in my bio.

Celebrate CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD #4: LIGHTS! CAMERA! FRENDO! with author Adam Cesare in Austin, TX on August 20th. This time Frendo goes Hollywood – with all the blood, guts, and mayhem you’d expect... Tickets🎟️: www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople... @adamcesare.bsky.social @gabino.bsky.social

Austin: come see me and Gabino! We promise to be very entertaining. Tickets on sale now (and space limited so… lock em in)

BookPeople@bookpeople.com · last mo.

Celebrate CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD #4: LIGHTS! CAMERA! FRENDO! with author Adam Cesare in Austin, TX on August 20th. This time Frendo goes Hollywood – with all the blood, guts, and mayhem you’d expect... Tickets🎟️: www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople... @adamcesare.bsky.social @gabino.bsky.social

Book tour baby! Come see me (and my very special guests) and get your copy of CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD 4 signed. Or do it through the mail (international shipping is now an option). RSVPs and info in my bio.

It’s my birthday! Gift to myself was to come home and see my mom and the ocean. You didn’t get me anything? It’s cool! This is 56% off again (only $12 for the gorgeous hardcover). Pushing me closer to a new contract and reading about my home? Perfect gift. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

Sometimes I’ll get on a call with my manager or someone in the film industry and they’ll ask “see anything good lately?” and I’ll have to scramble to give a normal, digestible human answer as if I haven’t spent all week watching stuff like CONRAD BROOKS VS. THE WEREWOLF.

The CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD 4K steelbook (which is amazn exclusive) is at its lowest price ever for #Primeday Pick it up, hear me on the commentary, play with the included Frendo magnets, and then make sure you also own the books: amzn.to/44r89Ea

I have too many upcoming releases discounted during the B&N preorder sale to fit in one post. So wrote a quick blog about it: bit.ly/4eraIfB

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Matt Monagle@monagle.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New book from @adamcesare.bsky.social means a new preorder for Matthew Monagle.

It’s the Barnes & Noble preorder sale. Which is when book people observe their Criterion sale. www.instagram.com/reel/DZ7nedX...

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The books I’m working on with Ardyce… yes, these reprints are an incredible privilege, a second bite at the apple that few in publishing get. But the original books? You’re not ready. So grateful to her and the folks at Union Square & Co.

Ardyce Alspach@ardyce.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Incredibly proud to work with @adamcesare.bsky.social on getting this classic, along with Video Night, out into the wider world.

Incredibly proud to work with @adamcesare.bsky.social on getting this classic, along with Video Night, out into the wider world.

FANGORIA@fangoria.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Check out the cover for CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD author Adam Cesare's new novella ZERO LIVES REMAINING, hitting shelves this fall.

ZERO LIVES REMAINING is back in a newly revised, expanded edition. FANGORIA reveals the incredible new cover by Marc Schoenbach. And breaks the news that the amazing Chelsea Rebecca voices the audiobook. Preorder today!

FANGORIA@fangoria.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Check out the cover for CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD author Adam Cesare's new novella ZERO LIVES REMAINING, hitting shelves this fall.

Amerzern currently has the hardcovers for the first two CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD sequels super cheap in hardcover (<10 bucks). Please buy them and preorder book 4. Grateful for the first book and what it’s done for my career, but the sequels, to me, creatively, are where it’s at.

DEAL ALERT, share widely: Clown in a Cornfield hardcovers on deep discount for Prime Day. FRENDO LIVES: amzn.to/49ODGTR CHURCH OF FRENDO: amzn.to/43tjH9D LIGHTS! CAMERA! FRENDO!: amzn.to/4v9mMrM (full price but c’mon, pls preorder)