Review of 2024! Plans for 2025!
It's been a handful of years since I've done one of these posts, so I figured, why not? It's always nice to take stock of what we've accomplished in the previous year (as well as make plans for the upcoming one)! 2024 was a year of diversity and exploration for me. In addition to writing books, I branched out into a couple new artistic endeavors that I'm hoping to fully unveil in 2025!
But first...a recap of 2024! One of my major goals this past year was to branch out into foreign translations. I'm proud to say I succeeded! With the help of an amazing translator, Bobby (Adair) and I released the entire LAST SURVIVORS series in German, and I also released the first book of THE RUINS (with THE RUINS 2 right behind it). All books feature brand new covers. It was awesome to see DIE LETZTEN ÜBERLEBENDEN and DIE RUINEN reach new readers!
In addition, I released a few new short stories (LAST RESPONDER - An OUTAGE story) in January and KILLING TIME (featuring Charlie from Better Guns & Garden's "The Pursuer") in December. I also completed the third and final book in the ALIVE AGAIN trilogy, and boxed up the whole ALIVE AGAIN COMPLETE SERIES, releasing it in e-book, paperback, and audio!
I completed a few unreleased short stories as well—one called "Firsts and Lasts" and another called "Don't Take Truck 465"—both of which will see the light of day in BETTER GUNS & GARDENS 2 once I have twelve stories finished.
Over the summer, I joined a shared world project along with 15 other post-apocalyptic authors called RAVAGED SKIES, a solar flare EMP series that will release throughout 2025. My entry, FEAR THE DARK, is currently on pre-order!
A RECAP OF MY 2024 RELEASES:
January: New Outage story LAST RESPONDER in e-book and paperback format & DIE LETZTEN ÜBERLEBENDEN (The Last Survivors Book 1) in GERMAN
February: DIE LETZTE FLUCHT (The Last Survivors Book 2) in GERMAN
March: DIE LETZTE MENSCHLICHKEIT (The Last Survivors Book 3) in GERMAN
May: DER LETZTE BEFEHL (The Last Survivors Book 4) in GERMAN
July: ALIVE AGAIN 3 (final book in the trilogy!) in e-book and paperback plus DIE LETZTE ZUFLUCHT (The Last Survivors Book 5) in GERMAN
September: The ALIVE AGAIN 3 Audiobook, as well as the ALIVE AGAIN COMPLETE SERIES in e-book, paperback, and audio.
October: DIE LETZTE EROBERUNG (The Last Survivors Book 6) in GERMAN
November: DIE RUINEN (The Ruins Book 1) in GERMAN
December: KILLING TIME (a new short story for sale in paperback format, or free e-book to my newsletter subscribers), featuring the character Charlie from "The Pursuer"
In addition to writing books, I've been branching out into comics. Ever since I was a kid, I've been a huge fan of the medium. Over the past year and a half, I've been working with a handful of talented artists, colorists, and letterers to adapt one of my book series, OUTAGE, into comic form, as well as create an all-new anthology horror series. More info to come!
I've also been hard at work on a screenplay for a short film that will hopefully shoot this year, in 2025! We've got a whole crew involved in this one—complete with a practical special effects wizard, actors, and visual effects/sound people, as well as an amazing director! I'm super excited to get this story out into the world and tell you more!
I also played several concerts and shows with my two bands, which included traveling to NYC, Alabama, Toronto, and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. On the writing front, I attended StokerCon 2024 in San Diego with my buddy L.C. Marino, as well as attended CT Horrorfest in September with my family. All in all, it was a crazy and diverse year, filled with sowing many seeds!
SO WHAT'S UP IN 2025?
On the book front, I'm hoping to get out at least one book in the FEAR THE DARK trilogy, which takes place in the RAVAGED SKIES universe.
I've also signed a contract with a publisher for another post-apocalyptic trilogy, so expect that to start appearing in 2025!
I'd also love to get BETTER GUNS & GARDENS 2 out (I've got more than half of the material ready). AND I'd really like to make some progress on a few horror standalone novels, plus release more foreign translations.
Lastly (but certainly not least), I'm hoping to announce the release of the aforementioned comic and movie projects in 2025! Both have been a blast, and I can't wait for you to check them out!
Wishing everyone an amazing (and productive) 2025! This year marks 12 years of writing for me. I really appreciate all your support!
-Tyler Piperbrook
January 2025
