Brian Keene's Blog, page 197

NOW ON NOOK!

Nook users! Your demands have been answered. The following titles are now available for the Nook:

Jack's Magic Beans

Urban Gothic

Take The Long Way Home

A Gathering of Crows

Clickers

Clickers II

Tequila's Sunrise

Kindle editions and old-fashioned paperbacks can be found HERE. Go forth and spend your digital money!

The Devil's Rock trailer

The Devil's Rock is a new movie written by my friend Paul Finch and directed by my friend Paul Campion (who are involved in the forthcoming adaptation of my novel Dark Hollow). You should support the movie for that reason alone, but if you need a second reason, I'm told that Ob (from The Rising and City of the Dead) gets a shout out in the film. And if that still hasn't convinced you, then watch the trailer, which has just gone live and is full of awesome.

This Is My Life

My name is Brian Keene. I write books and comics. You can buy them here. Lately, most of my writing is done on airplanes and in hotel rooms. I'm 16 days behind on email and 5 days behind on phone calls. I owe several publishers manuscripts. Patience. Soon, I will finish everything. I'm home this weekend. Spending time with my sons. Back on an airplane Monday morning. I live on Twitter so you don't have to.

You Can't Keep the Lord of the Siqqusim Down

So, imagine my surprise when Jim and Danny and Ob (from The Rising and City of the Dead) showed up this morning as main characters in the manuscript for Clickers vs. Zombies (which J.F. Gonzalez and I are currently working on). Yes. You read that right. They're back. Despite the ending to City of the Dead. So if you haven't read Clickers, Clickers II, or Clickers III, now would be a good time to do so.

Coincidence?

Omar bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, who was involved in the murder of thousands.

Nickolaus Pacione, who has stalked/harrassed dozens of authors, editors, artists, publishers, and fans.

Footage of what Osama bin Laden was watching at home.

And before anyone says how mean I am, it should be noted that Mr. Pacione has repeatedly threatened many authors and their families over the years. Therefore, the occasional public service message is in order.

For those asking

Here is the IMDB page for Ghoul.

Meanwhile, on set…

Ghoul star Nolan Gould (Modern Family) on the set of the film. Nolan writes "This makes it official. Now they can't fire me!"

Helping Our Friend and Peer

At WHC, bookseller Bill "Alienmotives" Lindblad had 135 authors, artists, and others in the genre sign a hat. Signatures include myself, Joe R. Lansdale, Joe Hill, Peter Straub, F. Paul Wilson, Steve Niles, William F. Nolan, Jack Ketchum, Simon Clark, Sarah Langan, Mary SanGiovanni, Carlton Mellick, Wrath James White, Gene O'Neill, Joe Wight, Nick Mamatas, Nate Southard, Kelli Owen, Weston Ochse, Yvonne Navarro and more. Bill, in conjunction with Deadite Press, is selling the hat on eBay. All money raised from the auction will go directly to Bryan Smith, whose wife recently passed away. Please consider bidding.

Catching Up

How to summarize the last two weeks? Well, the annual World Horror Convention in Austin, Texas was one of the best conventions I've ever attended in my life. I posted my thoughts on it (during an unscheduled stay in Memphis) , and also posted a whole bunch of pics from the four-day event.

Meanwhile, Entombed sold out (as predicted) and is shipping now. The Last Zombie trade paperback arrived in stores (snag one tomorrow during Free Comic Book Day). Take The Long Way Home and A Gathering of Crows were released on Kindle (Nook and Sony editions forthcoming later this month). Issue #11 of Shroud Magazine is also available, and contains the latest installment of my Seminal Screams column.

Filming began in Baton Rouge for Ghoul, and Nolan Gould and Barry Corbin joined the cast! I made a new free book soundtrack to accompany Jack's Magic Beans. Dorchester Publishing continued to be douche-bags, but that's okay, because now we are armed with attorneys!

Over at The Keenedom, Livia Llewellyn and William Ollie were the latest authors to get forums. Please take a moment to welcome them. Other topics of interest include: "What F.U.K.U. means to you", the latest nonsense from Borders' CEO, and the proper use of Brodart book covers.

Mary's visiting this weekend, and I'm spending time with my boys for a few days next week before heading to the set of Ghoul, so updates will continue to be sporadic. Go read a book!

SHROUD #11

My column Seminal Screams (with the stated mission of picking up where Stephen King's DANSE MACABRE left off) appears in every issue of Shroud Magazine. In issue 11, I look at a novel that is credited with influencing myself, Joe Hill, J.F. Gonzalez and dozens of others, as well as being bizarro long before there was a Bizarro genre — Joe R. Lansdale's classic THE DRIVE-IN. Click here to order an issue.