That is, until a few issues later, when it was announced to great fanfare that "The Spook" would serialize one of those novels McCammon had written before his retirement, "Speaks the Nightbird." Of course, I looked forward to the serialization and printed them out as they were released. He had made a sort of comeback as an editor, yet his writing was not featured in the magazine.
I remember reading the first issue of the now defunct online magazine "The Spook" and noticing McCammon's name listed in the credits page. A fan of constant, painstaking research, he wrote two historical novels before his retirement: one a mystery, the other a war novel. You can read all about it in this interview.īut like any other writer who is compelled to do his bidding regardless of remuneration or recognition, McCammon could not stop writing. The New York publishers wanted him to churn out the same book year after year, crippling any chances of originality and growth. His publishers, reticent to give his work the respect he felt it deserved, were not open to the idea of books outside of the genre and McCammon retired. Brite would proclaim later on (as well as Clive Barker), McCammon was done with writing horror books and wanted to move on. Turns out McCammon was disillusioned with the publishing industry, a common feeling among writers.
After reading most of his novels and loving them, including the epic "Swan Song," and the suspenseful and tender "Boy's Life," I had welcomed McCammon into my list of favorite writers. McCammon had retired from writing after his last novel in 1992. A few years ago, in 1999 or thereabouts, I read on the internet that Robert R.
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