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May 19, 2020
Hollow Inside
HOLLOW INSIDE -- a five-part novella that serves as an epilogue to DARK HOLLOW and GHOST WALK -- is appearing in serial form this week exclusively via Patreon. New chapters will be posted today through Saturday.
Defenders Dialogue 101
AVENGERS ASSEMBLED!
Attuma launches his most insidious attack on the surface world yet. Can the combined might of the Avengers, Doctor Doom, the Sub-Mariner, the Shroud, and the agents of Hydrobase stop him? Find out, as Christopher Golden and Brian Keene discuss Marvel's The Avengers issue 154 and Super-Villain Team-Up issue 9.
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2020 Release Road Map
With the caveat that the pandemic has pushed everything off schedule for everyone (for example, the binder that Thunderstorm Books uses was shut down for seven weeks) here is the projected release road map for 2020 and early 2021.
NEW BOOKS
1. MAELSTROM 8 DELUXE EDITIONS: With the binder now allowed to go back to work, these should ship from Thunderstorm Books early next month.
2. END OF THE ROAD: Hardcover came out in February from Cemetery Dance. There are about two dozen copies left in stock. Trade paperback and e-book will be out late 2020.
3. THE TRIANGLE OF BELIEF: Hardcover came out in January. Trade paperback and ebook came out in March. Buy them here.
4. CURSE OF THE BASTARDS: Final novel in me and Steven L. Shrewsbury’s Bastards trilogy. Hardcover came out in January. Trade paperback and ebook will come out from Apex in late-2020/early-2021. Audiobook in 2021.
5. DISSONANT HARMONIES: A collaboration with Bev Vincent. Hardcover will come out from Another Ghost in August/September. Mass-market paperback and ebook will come out from Poltergeist Press in August, as well.
6. THE SEVEN: THE LABYRINTH, Book 1: Hardcover will come out from Thunderstorm Books second half of 2020. Trade paperback and ebook will come out in time for the 2020 holidays. You can read it in serialized form on Patreon right now.
7. SUBURBAN GOTHIC: A sequel to URBAN GOTHIC and a collaboration with Bryan Smith. Hardcover will come out from Thunderstorm Books second half of 2020. Paperback and ebook in early 2021.
8. NEMESAI: A collaboration between myself and John Urbancik. Hardcover from Thunderstorm Books second half of 2020. Trade paperback and ebook to follow in time for the 2020 holidays.
RE-RELEASES
9. THE DAMNED HIGHWAY: Collaboration with Nick Mamatas. New trade paperback, ebook and audiobook editions coming out from Crossroads Press second half of 2020.
10. EARTHWORM GODS II: DELUGE: New audiobook edition coming out from Crossroads Press second half of 2020.
11. THE GIRL ON THE GLIDER: New audiobook edition coming out from Crossroads Press second half of 2020.
12. URBAN GOTHIC: New audiobook edition coming out from Crossroads Press summer 2020.
13. SUNDANCING: New audiobook edition coming out from Crossroads Press late 2020.
14. TRIGGER WARNINGS: New trade paperback edition coming out summer 2020.
15. OTHER WORDS: New trade paperback and ebook editions coming out autumn 2020.
BECAUSE YOU’LL ASK:
16. INVISIBLE MONSTERS and THE VALLEY OF THE YUNWI TSUNSDI: The first is the next Levi novel. The latter is a Levi novella. Working on both simultaneously. Now that SUBURBAN GOTHIC and DISSONANT HARMONIES are finished, they are my main daily priority. No release dates or info (other than Bad Moon Books has the rights to the novel hardcover).
17. THE FALL: The final novel in THE RISING series. I wrote a bit more about it here recently. There’s a goal over on my Patreon that we are currently at 54% of. When we hit that goal, I’ll begin posting chapters as a serial over there. Since I’m already at 40,000 words, that won’t be a problem.
18. BENEATH THE LOST LEVEL: I expect to finish this one by December, which means a summer 2021 release.
19. A LITTLE HELL FROM MY FRIENDS: THE COMPLETE SHORT FICTION OF BRIAN KEENE Vol. 4: I’m sitting on this one because I want to wait and see how the pandemic impacts the releases of everything above. If I need to fill a hole, I’ll release it. If not, then look for it in early 2021.
May 16, 2020
2019 This Is Horror Award Nomination
I am very pleased to announce that two shows from the Brian Keene Radio Network are nominated for a 2019 This Is Horror Award. The Horror Show with Brian Keene is a nominee in the Non-Fiction Podcast of the Year category (a category for which it has won before), and Cosmic Shenanigans is also a first-time nominee in the same category.
If you are so inclined to vote for either show, we’ll be grateful, of course. Click here for the ballot and how to vote.
For more information on The Horror Show with Brian Keene and Cosmic Shenanigans, click here.
May 15, 2020
Erin Louis - The Horror Show with Brian Keene - Ep 264-2
Erin Louis joins the show to discuss her new book taking risks, questioning everything, and her new book EXPOSE YOURSELF. Plus -- the horror section may be returning to Barnes and Noble, good news for CV Hunt, and Marty Pasko in remembrance..
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May 13, 2020
Major Patreon Changes
If you are a subscriber to my weekly newsletter, then you saw my debate last week regarding Patreon. To summarize, I have a love/hate relationship with Patreon. I like that it provides me a platform to create for you folks, and I like the revenue it generates for me. Indeed, Patreon has accounted for the second highest source of my annual income the last two years. But it's also not the easiest thing to use, and it's interface isn't always user-friendly for readers. I don't like that subscribers who want to read the serialized novels basically have to scroll all the way back to the beginning or use the hashtags just to read the chapters in order.
In the newsletter, I mentioned that what I've been considering is doing away with the different donation tiers and just charging one flat monthly fee of $5 or $10, and then in exchange for that monthly fee, I'd offer content DAILY. Yes, that would be a big change for the folks now paying $1 or $2 per month, but it would also be a big change in that instead of having one or two things to read each month, they'd have something new to read DAILY.
I asked Patreon subscribers for their feedback via email and Twitter, and the response was overwhelmingly in favor of this. So, beginning June 1, I'll be changing the structure of my Patreon, and charging a flat monthly fee of $5. In exchange for that monthly $5, I'll be posting DAILY content. Some days it will be a short story. Some days it will be a serial chapter. Some days it will be an essay. Some days it will be a behind the scenes. But, in a nutshell, you'll be paying $5 a month for an average of 30 new pieces of content each month.
I'll also be posting a menu on my website that will make it a lot easier to read the serial novels in order.
And look, I know that a lot of folks are strapped financially right now. I totally understand that, and I get that the upgraded tier won't suit everyone. If you need to cancel, I understand. If you'd like to continue to support with $1 or $2 per month, I appreciate that, as well. Same for you folks currently at the $10 tier.
So, again, to clarify, beginning June 1, I'll be doing away with tiers and begin charging a flat $5 monthly fee, in exchange for which I will post content DAILY. Thanks!
May 8, 2020
Three Guys with Beards 100 - The Horror Show with Brian Keene - Ep 264
May 5, 2020
Defenders Dialogue - Ep 100
Cullen Bunn, J.M. DeMatteis, Scott Edelman, and Thomas Sniegoski join Christopher Golden and Brian Keene for this 100th-episode special, discussing the most ridiculous characters of Marvel Comic's Bronze Age.
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April 30, 2020
Joseph S. Pulver Remembrance - The Horror Show WITHOUT Brian Keene - Ep 263
This Month on Patreon
This month’s offerings for Patreon subscribers:
1. A new chapter of SUBMERGED: THE LABYRINTH Book 2, in which Frankie and Nelson LeHorn face off against man-sharks and vampiric mermaids.
2. A writing advice essay on ‘Writing and Relationships’.
3. A sneak peek at NEMESAI by myself and John Urbancik.
4. An ultra-rare short story reprint — “History of the World, Part 1” which previously only appeared in the out-of-print APOCRYPHA.
