Bram Stoker Award nominee Ronald Malfi’s Little Girls, about a woman who, in the wake of her father’s death, moves with her husband and daughter back to her childhood home, and is haunted by a childhood tragedy that seems to be replaying itself with her daughter, as she becomes increasingly obsessed with investigating her father’s death, to Peter Senftleben at Kensington, by Cameron McClure.
Jay Lake’s short story collection Last Plane to Heaven, with an introduction by Gene Wolfe, to Beth Meacham at Tor by Jennifer Jackson.
Kathryn Craft’s While the Leaves Stood Still, based on the author’s personal story, about a tense ten-hour standoff between one desperate man ready to take his life and the police, while his family and the community grapple with how best to respond, to Shana Drehs at Sourcebooks, for publication Spring 2015, by Katie Shea Boutillier.
Jo Ann Brown’s inspirational trilogy “Precious Cargo” beginning with A Make-Believe Family, set in Porthlowen, a cove along the northern shore of Cornwall, to Tina James at Harlequin Love Inspired by Jennifer Jackson.
Randy Henderson’s urban fantasy Finn Fancy Necromancy and two sequels in a three book deal to Beth Meacham at Tor Books by Cameron McClure.
Mary Robinette Kowal’s Of Noble Family (book 5 in the Glamourist Histories) along with Stagecraft and Ghost Talkers in a three book deal to Liz Gorinsky at Tor Books by Jennifer Jackson.
Cherie Priest’s Godbothering and an untitled contemporary fantasy to Liz Gorinsky at Tor Books by Jennifer Jackson.
Jacey Bedford’s two science fiction novels and one fantasy novel to Sheila Gilbert at DAW by Amy Boggs.
Adam Christopher’s The Burning Dark, The Jovian Conspiracy, The Stars Below (Books 1-3 in the Spider Wars series) to Natalie Laverick at Titan Books by Stacia Decker.
Steve Bein’s Book 3 in the Fated Blades trilogy (to follow Daughter of the Sword and Year of the Demon) to Anne Sowards at Penguin (Ace/Roc) by Cameron McClure.