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February 19, 2015
THE HORROR SHOW Episode 004
RICHARD LAYMON – In this episode, Brian and special guest-host Geoff Cooper reminisce about their friendship with the legendary Richard Laymon, as well as discussing his body of work and the impact his legacy had on the horror genre. Also, Women In Horror Month continues, and a sexist troll gets served. Plus, Fifty Shades of Grey dominates the world, and the great Melanie Tem is remembered.
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DISSONANT HARMONIES
Bev Vincent and I have finished the first draft of something called DISSONANT HARMONIES. We’d been wanting to collaborate together for a while, but couldn’t find the right project. Then, around 2007, we had an idea, spawned by the fact that both of us write to, or get inspiration from, music. And while our musical tastes are wildly different, we share a common love of bands like The Alan Parsons Project, Supertramp, Styx, Kansas, ELO, Wang Chung, and Pink Floyd.
What would happen, we wondered, if we were to make each other a mix tape and we used those mix tapes as our sole inspiration? I would write a novella using only Bev’s mix-tape for inspiration, and he would write one using only mine. And then we’d publish the two novellas together as a book. Geoff Cooper suggested the title. Cemetery Dance said they’d publish it. And so, once we had freed up some time, we started writing while listening to each other’s tapes.
DISSONANT HARMONIES was the result (and I ended up with a 30,000 word novella about soul-mates, unrequited love, and how sometimes doing the right thing means doing the wrong, all seen through the prism of the Labyrinth’s multiple realities and alternate universes). Both novellas have passed the first draft stage, but it will be a while before you see the book. We still have to revise and re-write, and then send them off to pre-readers, and then revise and re-write again, before we even send the manuscript off to Cemetery Dance.
Why then, if it’s not yet ready for publication, am I talking about it today? Well, because we wanted to share the mix-tapes with you. Presenting ‘Bev Vincent and Brian Keene’s DISSONANT HARMONIES Soundtrack’, only on Spotify.
The first seventeen tracks (Ice-T to the second Faith No More) are my mix-tape for Bev, with one exception. My original mix included “Black Lodge” by Anthrax, but since that is unavailable on Spotify, it is replaced here with “Intro to Reality/Belly of the Beast”. The rest of the set-list (Supertramp to Styx) are Bev’s mix-tape for me, with three exceptions. Bev’s original mix had included Supertramp’s “Dead Man’s Blues”, “My Little Island” by Mike and the Mechanics, and Styx’s “Kiss Your Ass Goodbye”, but since they, too, aren’t available on Spotify, they’ve been replaced with equivalent songs by those three groups.
The soundtrack is free to listen to. Enjoy. Maybe it will inspire something in you, as well…
February 18, 2015
THE LOST LEVEL now on iBooks
My latest novel, THE LOST LEVEL, is now available on iBooks.
February 16, 2015
So this happened last night
Back in December, Stephen King Tweeted about my Deadite Press novel DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN, which meant a whole bunch of new people came here looking for the book.
Last night, my friend Bryan Johnson was reading a copy of my Deadite Press novel DEAD SEA on an episode of AMC’s Comic Book Men. Which means a whole bunch more new people are coming here looking for that book. Hello to them. DEAD SEA is available in the following formats:
Thanks for checking it out. if you enjoy it, a complete list of all my books and comics can be found here.
February 13, 2015
FOSSIL LAKE II
“To be a victim, one must be victimized. One must give in to terror, and bow to abuse. But despite the number of people who have indeed been terrorized and abused by this diseased munchkin, every one of them has triumphed and come out the other side better for it. Logically, he should be a reverse Midas. Everything he touches should turn to shit. That’s his intent and his hope. But instead, most of the people he’s touched have spun gold out of the slime he left behind.”
That’s from the Introduction I wrote for FOSSIL LAKE II, available now in paperback and e-book.
February 12, 2015
THE HORROR SHOW Episode 3
In this episode, author Kelli Owen joins Brian and Dave to discuss Women In Horror Month, her career, and whether or not the horror genre is more diverse than other genres. Plus: the Amish attack, book recommendations, Melanie Tem, Borderlands Books, The Walking Dead, Magic Vaginas, Fifty Shades of Grey, the Monroeville Mall shooting, and whether or not Brian is writing a vampire novel.
PLEASE NOTE: Some listeners may experience minor audio quality issues with this episode. We are aware and working on the problem. Our apologies in advance.
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February 9, 2015
SEIZE THE NIGHT
Yesterday, I announced a brand new “Exit” short story appearing in the new anthology GIALLO FANTASTIQUE.
Today, I’m happy to announce a brand-new vampire short story, which will be appearing later this year in Christopher Golden’s new anthology SEIZE THE NIGHT, alongside stories by Laird Barron, Gary Braunbeck, Kelley Armstrong, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Michael Koryta, John Langan, Tim Lebbon, Rio Youers and many more.
Brand-new short stories will also be appearing in the forthcoming X-Files anthology TRUST NO ONE and upcoming issues of Carpe Noctem and Storm Collectors.
February 8, 2015
BRAND NEW ‘EXIT’ STORY
“Exit Strategies” is a brand new short story, featuring the motives and origin of my most popular recurring character — the serial killer known as The Exit. The story appears in the new anthology GIALLO FANTASTIQUE, edited by Ross E. Lockhart, and featuring a number of horror, crime, and bizarro writers.
Click here to pre-order your copy of GIALLO FANTASTIQUE today!
February 5, 2015
THE HORROR SHOW Episode 002
ADVENTURES IN THE COMIC BOOK TRADE: In this episode, Brian and Dave discuss Brian’s various work for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Antarctic Press and others, as well as Brian’s missed opportunity to work with prog-metal band Queensryche. Plus, the Jurassic World trailer, the Superbowl, and author Tracie Orsi remembered.
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February 4, 2015
APEX #69
The latest issue of Apex Magazine (#69) includes a brand-new extensive interview with me, as well as a reprint of my story “A Revolution of One”, and a two chapter excerpt from my new novel THE LOST LEVEL.
This issue also contains stories by Damien Angelica Walters, Mary E. Lowd, and many more, including an interview with frequent cover artist to my books Russell Dickerson.
