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July 14, 2021
Island of the Dead
ISLAND OF THE DEAD is a brand-new prose series by me, available exclusively on Kindle Vella — Amazon’s new serialized fiction service. Available in the U.S. via the Kindle iOS app or via your web browser on Amazon.com, Kindle Vella stories are published one short episode at a time, each ranging from 600 to 5,000 words—and the first three episodes of every story are free.
ISLAND OF THE DEAD is a horror/sword and sorcery novel in which an enslaved barbarian plots his escape from a war galley transporting soldiers and a mysterious biological weapon. But when a storm at sea leaves them shipwrecked on a mysterious island, friend and foe alike must band together against a ravenous, steadily growing horde of the undead.
The first three episodes are available right now for free. Click here to read them.
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July 11, 2021
Christmas In July
For a limited time, you can purchase blu-Ray editions of I’M DREAMING OF A WHITE DOOMSDAY direct from the distributor for just $12.99! That’s a great deal, given that Amazon and other retailers are selling them for $21.99! Click here to get yours.
July 7, 2021
Defenders Dialogue 138
Spider-Man, The Thing and Thor are featured in this episode as Christopher Golden and Brian Keene discuss Marvel Team-Up issues 6 and 7. Available wherever you listen to podcasts, and also right here.
The Brilliant Terror - Official Trailer and Poster
THE BRILLIANT TERROR is Paul Hunt and Julie Kauffman’s forthcoming documentary about grassroots horror filmmaking. The main focus of the documentary is on my dear friend Mike Lombardo, back when he was filming both THE STALL and FAST ZOMBIES SUCK (based on my short story of the same name).
Rue Morgue has the exclusive details, including the movie poster and the official trailer. Yes, that’s me you see getting covered in blood in the trailer. Click here to watch it.
July 1, 2021
Ghoul and City of the Dead - Italian Editions
Defenders Dialogue 137
On this week’s DEFENDERS DIALOGUE, it’s Spider-Man and The Vision versus the Puppet Master, and Captain America, Sharon Carter, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Thing take on the entire Badoon empire as Christopher Golden and Brian Keene discuss the fifth issues of Marvel Team-Up and Marvel Two-In-One. Plus...what Defenders villain had a cameo on Loki? Special guest appearance by The Horror Show's DungeonMaster 77.1!
Available free on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and wherever else you listen to podcasts. You can also listen right here.
June 28, 2021
The Seven - Pre Orders End 7/5/21
Pre-orders for the autographed, collector’s edition of THE SEVEN: THE LABYRINTH Book 1 will end on July 5th, 2021. After that date, no further pre-orders will be accepted, the print run will be set, and the book will go to the printer. It is expected to ship to you in August. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR COPY.
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The Labyrinth — an interconnected mythos that binds all of Brian Keene’s works together.
The Labyrinth — an interdimensional construct that binds all of reality together.
Now, the Labyrinth is threatened. A group of malevolent cosmic entities known as The Thirteen have been loosed upon the universe. Ob, Leviathan, Behemoth, Nodens, Meeble, Shtar, Kandara and the rest of their kind have one goal — the complete destruction of all Creation. Seven unlikely warriors from across time and space have been called upon to stop them. If they fail, reality itself will crumble. And the collapse has already begun…
THE SEVEN: THE LABYRINTH Book One is the start of Brian Keene’s magnum opus, featuring characters and situations from THE RISING, EARTHWORM GODS, DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN, THE COMPLEX, CLICKERS, DARK HOLLOW, and many more in an epic, multi-volume final battle that spans Keene’s vast literary universe, and will thrill both new readers and long-time fans.
THE SEVEN: THE LABYRINTH Book One — Everything dies, but not everything has an ending…until now.
June 24, 2021
With Teeth - Now In Audiobook
WITH TEETH is now available in audio on Audible, narrated by Time Winters.
Click here to start listening.
For a group of middle-aged friends, the trip into the forest was supposed to be simple. All they had to do was find a place to set up their criminal enterprise, and all of their financial problems would be solved. But now, night is falling, and with the darkness comes something else. Something fast. Something ferocious. Something...with teeth.
From best-selling, award-winning horror writer Brian Keene comes a vicious new novella With Teeth.
June 22, 2021
Exploring the Labyrinth 15: Ghost Walk
Exploring the Labyrinth is a series by Kit Power in which he reads and chronicles every fiction book I have ever written, in chronological order. This month, he’s discussing GHOST WALK. Click here to read his thoughts.
June 20, 2021
Running With The Devil - Back In Print
Originally released in 2006, Brian Keene's second non-fiction collection is back in print for a new generation of readers! RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL chronicles the immediate pressure that followed the success of THE RISING, and the perils and pitfalls of sudden fame. This is a blunt, hilarious, heartbreaking, uncomfortable and unvarnished look at the highs and lows of hitting the bestseller list...and everything that happens after that, culminating in a search for the answers to life during the author's first cross-country promotional tour. Available now in paperback and for Kindle.
