Today popular website io9 announced that PHICTION: TALES FROM THE WORLD OF PHANTASM is now on Amazon Kindle and Paperback here!

In an exclusive interview with io9 PHANTASM creator Don Coscarelli shared the good news.

io9 talked to cult filmmaker Don Coscarelli when he released his memoir in 2018. Now, the director of Phantasm I-IV, as well as Bubba Ho-Tep, The Beastmaster, and John Dies at the End, is trying something new: fiction. Or rather, Phiction—a book of short stories that explores “tales from the world of Phantasm.”

We caught up with Coscarelli over video chat to learn more about the book— which features a cover and illustrations created by Coscarelli’s longtime collaborator Aaron Lea—as well as what he’s been working on lately. What follows is a condensed and edited version of our conversation.

You can read the full interview here.

For those unfamiliar PHICTION was released in a limited edition hardcover version that quickly sold out.

In 1979, filmmaker Don Coscarelli (Bubba Ho-tep, The Beastmaster) wrote and directed what became one of the seminal sci-fi/horror films of that era, Phantasm. The film was a worldwide theatrical success and spawned four acclaimed sequels.

For the first time in the history of horror cinema, a celebrated filmmaker of a cult-classic horror film series has continued the adventure by swapping mediums and personally authoring a series of fictional works exploring in detail the characters he originally created. Coscarelli has now returned to the world of Phantasm to tell more tales of these inspiring phantasmic heroes.

In association with gifted artist Aaron Lea (GHOST, Rob Zombie), Molotov Press now presents a rare and limited edition of this new book, fittingly entitled PHICTION.

Edgar Award Winner and bestselling author Joe R. Lansdale writes about Phiction in his introduction:

“I already knew Don had writing chops, primarily from his adaptation of my story, Bubba Ho-Tep, into an outstanding film, and from having read his memoir (True Indie), but now I can confirm he can not only write screenplays, he can write fiction. These stories are all tight and as unique as his films. It would be nice if Don wrote more fiction.”

To read PHICTION visit Amazon here.