Coming in 2024: Spanish translation of ‘What the Daemon Said’

  • Post category:Book News
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I recently signed a contract with Dilatando Mentes Editorial, the Spanish publisher of beautifully designed and illustrated books of weird and cosmic horror fiction, for a Spanish translation of What the Daemon Said. In 2021 they published a translation of my To Rouse Leviathan under the title Hizo de las tinieblas su escondite (“He Made Darkness His Hiding Place”), which proved to be a stunningly gorgeous piece of work. I look forward to seeing what they’ll do with Daemon.

Here’s their social media announcement:

Translation: “It makes us very happy to inform you that @_MattCardin will once again be part of Dilatando Mentes Editorial. Next year we will publish his essay collection ‘What the Daemon Said: Essays on Horror Fiction, Film, and Philosophy,’ a work that we consider essential.”

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Website relaunch

  • Post category:Website
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Welcome to the new MattCardin.com! Today marks the relaunch of this site with a fresh design and a completely reconceived approach and page structure. It’s a transition that kicks me down 14 years of memory lane.

I originally launched a static HTML website at this address in 2009. It had a format that I kept unchanged for the next eight years:

Image of original 2009-2017 mattcardin.com website

By 2017 that was feeling kind of stale, so I redesigned and relaunched it looking like this:

Image of 2017-2023 MattCardin.com website

That one lasted six years, until once again, very recently, I started feeling the need for an overhaul. After some research and soul searching, what finally emerged was the site you’re reading right now, with a blog in the middle and a sleeker overall appearance and approach to content organization, making it easier for me to keep you updated on my books and other projects.

I’ll use this blog to share publishing news, career updates, information about my interviews and media appearances, advice on writing and creativity, and other thoughts and insights along the way

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