Short Story Anthology and Changes Wallpaper

We are delighted to announce a project fans have long been clamoring for: Side Jobs, a compilation of Dresden Files short stories. Slated for November 11th, this anthology brings together the following stories:

  • Restoration of Faith
  • Vignette
  • “Something Borrowed” — from My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding
  • “It’s My Birthday Too” — from Many Bloody Returns
  • “Heorot” — from My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon
  • “Day Off” — from Blood Lite
  • Backup — novelette from Thomas’ POV, originally published by Subterranean Press
  • The Warrior — novelette from Mean Streets
  • “Last Call” — from Strange Brew
  • “Love Hurts” — from Songs of Love and Death
  • And exclusive, all-new material!

We’ll post pre-order info as soon as it’s available.
In the meantime, only one week remains until we start posting sample chapters for Changes, twelfth book in the Dresden Files, and a mere month and a half stands between now and the book’s release! Help stave off the wait (or whip your anticipation into a frenzy) with Changes desktop wallpaper, featuring cover art by Chris McGrath.
Download it as desktop wallpaper in about every desktop size imaginable:

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Pre-order Changes (or catch up on the previous novels in the series) through the Jim-Butcher.com store!

Jim’s 2010 Tour/Con Shedule

Jim’s appearance schedule for 2010 has been announced!
March 4, 2010, 7pm
Fayette First Christian Church
307 N. Church Street
Fayette, MO
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April 6, 2010, 6:30PM
MURDER BY THE BOOK
2342 Bissonnet St
Houston, TX
http://www.murderbooks.com/
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April 7, 2010, 8:00PM
UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE
4326 University Way NE
Seattle, WA
Seattle/Tacoma, WA
www.bookstore.washington.edu
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April 8, 2010, 7:00PM
POWELL’S BOOKS/Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd
Beaverton, OR
Portland, OR
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April 9, 2010, 7:00PM
MYSTERIOUS GALAXY
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Ste 302
San Diego, CA
www.mystgalaxy.com
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April 10, 2010, 3:00PM
BARNES AND NOBLE #2743
7881 Edinger Ave.
Huntington Beach, CA
Los Angeles, CA
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April 12, 2010, 7:00PM
BORDERS #464/Lee’s Summit
1664 N.W. Chipman Road
Lee’s Summit, MO
Kansas City, MO
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April 28-May 2, 2010
Romantic Times Booklovers’ Convention
Columbus, OH
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September 3-6, 2010
Dragon*Con
Atlanta, GA
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September 9-12, 2010
Lora Leigh’s Reader Appreciation Weekend
Huntington, WV
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October 8-10, 2010
New York Comic Con
New York, NY
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November 12-14, 2010
TusCon
Tucson, AZ
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Dresden Files RPG Press Release

Evil Hat Productions Brings The World of Harry Dresden To Life With The Dresden Files Role Playing Game

Silver Spring, Maryland (January 26, 2010) – After 4 years in the making, Evil Hat Productions is not only pleased but proud to officially announce The Dresden Files Role Playing Game (RPG) will release at the Origins Game Fair, June 23, 2010. Fred Hicks, one of the founding partners of Evil Hat, said, “Stars and stones! This project has been a labor of love for a great many people for a few years now. The thought of sharing these books with people, getting them in their hands, and having people role playing in the Dresden-verse is making me all misty.”

The Dresden Files RPG is based upon the wildly popular series of books by New York Times best selling author Jim Butcher. With eleven books published in the series, and Changes, the 12th book set to release on April 6, 2010, the Evil Hat crew had a wealth of characters and plot to draw from. “When Jim came to us a few years back, and asked us if we wanted to work on a role playing game based on his books, it took us about a millisecond to say ‘yes!’ He has been one of our biggest supporters on the project, and is just wonderful to work with” said Hicks.

Hicks went on to say, “We based The Dresden Files RPG on the ’Fate’ game system we used on the award-winning Spirit of the Century. We took everything we learned from Spirit, and then updated, revised, play-tested, and fine-tuned it to produce an experience that closely matches the novels themselves. That experience is also defined by the wealth of background we were able to add to the game from Jim’s amazing stories, including a comprehensive look at all the characters and creatures from the first ten books. We are sure that along with being a phenomenal game, it will also be a fantastic resource for fans of the books.”

“Originally, we were planning to do this game in a single volume. As time went on and word count grew…so did the amount of flat-out awesome we knew we had on our hands. And so our game grew out of the confines of one book, into two gorgeous volumes,” Hicks added.

The Dresden Files RPG: Volume 1 – Your Story and The Dresden Files RPG: Volume 2 – Our World will make their first appearance at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio June 23, 2010.

“We wanted to release these books in a bit more of an intimate setting, so we chose to make our big ‘coming out’ at Origins. It’s a small enough show that we feel like we will be able to spend more time with the fans, and thank the community that has been so supportive as we have been working on this. All plans point to physical copies of the books being available for the release event. But if Fate (ahem) intervenes and they do not arrive for the show floor, we will offer an ‘instant content pre-order.’ This will allow folks to walk away with full PDFs of the books right there, and have the books shipped directly to them,” Hicks said.

Preorders may begin prior to Origins, depending on how the production timeline works out. Shortly after Origins, The Dresden Files RPG Volumes 1 & 2 will then go on sale both to Retailers and Consumers through the Evil Hat online store, as well as through Indie Press Revolution.

  • The Dresden Files RPG: Volume 1 – Your Story ISBN 978-0-9771534-7-3. Price $TBD.
  • The Dresden Files RPG: Volume 2 – Our World ISBN 978-0-9771534-8-0. Price $TBD.
  • Retailers, for more information on how to order Evil Hat’s full line-up of titles, please visit http://www.evilhat.com/home/retailer-information/
  • For more information on Evil Hat Productions, visit: http://www.evilhat.com
  • For More information on The Dresden Files and Jim Butcher, visit: https://www.jim-butcher.com
  • Follow The Dresden Files RPG on Twitter @Dresdenfiles
  • Press contacts, please email feedback@evilhat.com

Jim participates in Worldbuilders Fundraiser

Pat Rothfuss, author of the extraordinary The Name of the Wind, is orchestrating a massive fundraiser for Heifer International, a global charity that helps people raise themselves up out of poverty and starvation. All over the world, Heifer promotes education, sustainable agriculture, and local industry.
Pat has accumulated a truly staggering number of contributions from writers, publishers, and other creatives that are being raffled or auctioned off to fans. Among hundreds of ridiculously cool autographed books, special edition works from Subterranean Press, and ARCs from your favorite writers, you could win an autographed hardcover of Jim Butcher’s Small Favor.
So do the world a “small favor” and check out the Worldbuilders Blog! If you have any questions, be sure to check out the FAQ first, then ask them in Pat’s blog comments rather than here.
The fundraiser ends January 15th! Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to contribute to a worthy cause, and perhaps win some cool stuff in the process.
Discuss this on the forum here!

FLF a bestseller, plus the skinny on Changes!

First Lord’s Fury is #7 on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list! Congratulations, Jim!
If you haven’t bought your copy yet, you can order one through the Jim-Butcher.com Store.
Jim is currently working on Changes, book 12 in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series, which promises to be a game changer:


Long ago, Susan Rodriguez was Harry Dresden’s lover-until she was attacked by his enemies, leaving her torn between her own humanity and the bloodlust of the vampiric Red Court. Susan then disappeared to South America, where she could fight both her savage gift and those who cursed her with it.
Now Arianna Ortega, Duchess of the Red Court, has discovered a secret Susan has long kept, and she plans to use it-against Harry. To prevail this time, he may have no choice but to embrace the raging fury of his own untapped dark power. Because Harry’s not fighting to save the world…
He’s fighting to save his child.

Changes is due out April 6th, 2010. You can preorder it in hardback and audio formats (read by James Marsters) at the Jim-Butcher.com store.