Interesting to know, thanks.  Which still sucks for us.  Darn publishers.

There's a collection of Jim's DF short stories coming out later this year.

Barnes & Noble has it for pre-order (hardback rel Oct 26, 2010). It's supposed to have all (or most) of the DF shorts published seperately in other anthologies & the two on his website.

At the signing I went to he also said it would also include a 'novella' from Murphys POV that picks up about 30-45 minutes after the last scene in 'Changes'.

In all honesty TDF the TV series was not a *great* show but it was good & had the promise of getting better if it had been allowed to continue.

Part of the problem, besides the current business model of cancelling shows almost as soon as they begin if they don't have 'blockbuster' ratings straight away is that doing a genre show like the TDF files is limited budgets (especially in the first year).

The books are heavy with spells & magical creatures but if you don't have a theatrical level budget TV FX tend to look cheesy, which will kill a show with today's audiences that are used to seeing Matrix & Star Wars level FX.

So they have to try rely on plots & characters to get the 'feel' of the books & save the FX for *big* moments.

TDF the series was starting to find that balance by the end of it's initial (& sadly limited) run of episodes.