When I read the caption, 'THREE GRIPPING NEW STORIES.' When I read the caption, 'ONE AMAZING NEW NOVELLA.' : It's been exactly one day since I saw the cover for Armageddon Outta Here, and I still have these reactions when I see it.

: Review edited to suit the new information provided (the official blurb, full wraparound, etc.). Note that it will take me a while to find gifs that properly suit my emotions for each story, so this review is still a 'work in progress'. Occasionally he talks to real people, but only when he absolutely has to.Ģ6.7.14: Review edited to suit my thoughts after reading the novella. He is also far too modest to mention things like the first book being a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of the Year, but would like to extend an invitation to Oprah to pop around one day for tea, in thanks for selecting his book for the Oprah’s Book Club Kids Reading List.ĭerek plays too many video games, reads too many comics, and watches too many movies.

He doesn’t like to brag about all the awards he’s won, such as the Irish Book of the Decade, or the Red House in the UK, or all the other awards that he humbly displays on his mantelpiece. Landy himself was nominated for an IFTA for Best Script. In addition to the bestselling children's/YA series of Skulduggery Pleasant books, a supernatural mystery series starring Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton detective, and Valkyrie Cain, a young female magician, he has written two screenplays that have been made into films: the IFTA award winning 'Dead Bodies' and the IFTA nominated 'Boy Eats Girl'. Introduced by Derek, these are the hidden stories of the skeleton who saves the world… and the girl who's destined to destroy it.Derek Landy is an Irish writer and screenwriter. Two of them delve into the things that our old friend Billy-Ray Sanguine gets up to between books, while the third pits Skulduggery and Valkyrie against a serial killer, a desperate ghost, and a swarm of very nasty insects. This collection includes fourteen short stories – three of which are AWESOME NEW stories written exclusively for this edition.

We all know that doors are for people with no imagination so smash the glass, climb through the window and enter the awesome world of Skulduggery Pleasant with this ultimate story collection.įor the first time, every Skulduggery Pleasant short story, plus two novellas – Get Thee Behind me, Bubba Moon and The End of the World – is collected into one magnificent volume. Featuring two AMAZING novellas and fourteen GRIPPING short stories – including three new stories written exclusively for this edition. The ULTIMATE story collection for Skulduggery Pleasant fans.

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