The closest thing I'll do to a book tour: 'Spinal Tap,' Orycon and Comics Underground.

So I guess I'm sort of accidentally embarking on a week-long "Sabertooth Vampire" book tour, all in Portland:

• On Friday, Nov. 11, I'll be selling "Sabertooth Vampire Unleashed" and my other books in the lobby of the Bagdad Theatre before the "Cort and Fatboy" 11:11 p.m. screening of "Spinal Tap."

• On Sunday, Nov. 13, I'll be signing books from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at the PDX Browncoats table at Orycon, held in the Lloyd Doubletree Hotel. The Browncoats will have both "Sabertooth Vampire" books for sale during the rest of the conference (Nov. 11-13).

• And finally, on Thursday, Nov. 17, I'm part of the lineup at "Comics Underground" -- alongside Dylan Meconis, Ron Chan, Sean Kelley, and Ryan Alexander-Tanner. Marvel as I attempt to set "Sabertooth Vampire" comics to music onstage in the Jack London Bar! (I'll also share some other short comics stories. A surprising number of them contain head trauma.)