Crossed Genres has purchased the rights to serialize RJ Astruc’s novel A Festival of Skeletons. Astruc, an author from New Zealand, has crafted a remarkable tale of zombies, necromancers, merkind, serial killers and cross-dressing.

The 78,000-word A Festival of Skeletons will begin its serial run in January 2010. It will be on http://crossedgenres.com, exclusively for subscribers. The serialization will be completed in October 2010.

After the serialization is complete, Crossed Genres will publish A Festival of Skeletons in its entirety in print and digital formats. The publication date is December 1, 2010 (subject to change).

A Festival of Skeletons will be edited by K.T. Holt and published under the Crossed Genres label.