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Brian Kirk

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Brian Kirk is a Bram Stoker Award®-nominated author of dark thrillers and psychological suspense. His debut novel, WE ARE MONSTERS, was released in July 2015. In addition to being nominated for a Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a First Novel, WE ARE MONSTERS was optioned for film development by Executive Producer, Jason Shuman.

His short fiction has been published in many notable magazines and anthologies, most recently Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories alongside multiple New York Times bestselling authors.

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	Will Haunt You 3.17 avg rating — 431 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Are Monsters 3.46 avg rating — 367 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Taunton Dissenting Academy 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stop drinking alcohol: Stop drinking alcohol by becoming fat adapted quit/stop alcohol cravings by changing the food you eat, upgrade your metabolism for ... drinking alcohol quit alcohol cravings) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It’s Not Me, It’s You 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories by Doug Murano (Goodreads Author) (Editor), D. Alexander Ward (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Stephanie M. Wytovich (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.61 avg rating — 758 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders by Doug Murano (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Clive Barker (Goodreads Author) , Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life (The Dream Weaver series Book 2) by F. Paul Wilson (Goodreads Author), Clive Barker (Goodreads Author) , Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Harvest by Mark Parker (Editor), E.G. Smith , Benjamin Kane Ethridge (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seven Deadliest by Patrick Beltran (Goodreads Author) (Editor), D. Alexander Ward (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , John C. Foster 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I have twin sons who are in elementary school, and one of my greatest joys is writing original fiction for their classes in which I incorporate their classmates as characters. Watching the students reactions as they hear their name assigned to characters within a fictional story is priceless. And, I believe, it awakens young minds to the power of the written word, and the realm of the imaginati...

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“Every beautiful creature," she says. "Lives inside a cage.”
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