Brian Keene's Blog, page 5
June 28, 2022
Curse of the Bastards - On Sale Now
Rogan—the aging, jaded barbarian who gave up his throne—painfully realizes that his most storied childhood heroes are fading into antiquity, becoming mere ballads in the eyes of the younger warriors. And he might be next.
He stops at the hometown of his idol, but little remains to show of the man’s exploits … until he meets the hero’s daughter, Roan, riding her father’s infamous seven-hundred-year-old horse. Roan has a vendetta against General Tolin La Gaul, who harbors a dark secret. She tries to convince Rogan to join her in riding upon the Citadel of Nosmada in the land of Nod to confront Tolin, but Rogan has no interest in such a dicey plan. That is, until his nephew, Javan, goes missing, presumed captured. Now the Citadel has become a snare, and he has no choice but to spring the trap’s jaws.
Rogan’s path leads him into darker and more twisted schemes than even he could have imagined … gods, devils, and an undead dragon, forcing him to confront not only his own mortality and place in history—but even his god, Wodan.
Steven L. Shrewsbury and Brian Keene's award-winning Rogan trilogy comes to its exciting conclusion with CURSE OF THE BASTARDS!
Curse of the Bastards Livestream
Join myself, Steven L. Shrewsbury, and Apex Publications tonight (Tuesday, June 28) at 8:30pm Eastern Time for a Livestream to celebrate the release of CURSE OF THE BASTARDS. It will take place on my YouTube Channel.
June 23, 2022
Preliminary Author Schedule - Scares That Care VIII
What follows is the PRELIMINARY (first draft) schedule for the author programming track at Scares that Care Weekend VIII. With luck, I have included every guest author and vendor room authors in the programming track. If you fall into either of those categories, please check the schedule. If you are fine with your slot, you don;t need to do anything else. however, if you:
*Are attending as a celebrity or vendor and are not listed.
*Are listed for a time when you won’t be available.
*Are dissatisfied with your schedule for any other reason.
Then please contact me ASAP either via Twitter or (secondary) an email to briankeene@live.com.
Thank you. — Brian Keene
FRIDAY:
6:00pm to 7:00pm: Adam Cesare, Matt Serafini, Patrick Lestewka, and Scott Cole – Reading and Q&A
7:15pm to 8:15pm Times of Trouble: How do creatives stay productive in times of stress, grief, or trauma? Panelists Jessica McHugh (moderator), V. Castro, Stephen Graham Jones, Rio Youers, Briana Morgan and Dea Scholfield discuss.
8:30pm to 9:30pm: Ronald Kelly, Steven L. Shrewsbury, and Wile E. Young – Reading and Q&A
9:45pm to 10:45pm: Kristopher Triana, Thomas R. Clark, and Chase Will – Reading and Q&A
SATURDAY:
10:15am to 11:00am: Russel R. James and Tom Deady – Reading and Q&A
11:15am to 12:30pm: V Castro and John Edward Lawson – Reading and Q&A
12:45pm to 1:30pm: Cullen Bunn and Nicholas Kaufmann – Reading and Q&A
1:45pm to 2:30pm: Somer Canon and Laurel Hightower – Reading and Q&A
2:45pm to 3:30pm: Daniel Kraus and Stephen Kozeniewski – Reading and Q&A
3:45pm to 4:30pm: Stephen Graham Jones and Rio Youers – Reading and Q&A
4:45pm to 5:30pm: Wesley Southard and Tim Meyer – Reading and Q&A
5:45pm to 6:45pm: The World’s Greatest Horror Novel: Panelists Lucas Milliron (moderator), Daniel Kraus, Shawn Burgess, James D. Dean, Holly Jennings, Bryan Nowak, and Sheri White share their picks for the greatest horror novel of all time.
7:00pm to 7:45pm: John C. Foster and Dacia M. Arnold – Reading and Q&A
9:00pm to 10:00pm: The Economics of Publishing: Representatives from Apokrupha (Moderator), Raw Dog Screaming Press, Stygian Sky/Death’s Head Press, Scriptor Corruptus, Dark Recesses Press, Bleeding Edge Books and St Rooster Books discuss how they operate amidst today’s global financial uncertainty.
10:15pm to…: The Gross-Out Contest: Contestants who enter will have three minutes to tell their grossest, vilest, and maybe funniest stories to judges Kristopher Triana, Samantha Kolesnik, Candace Nola, Jay Wilburn, and John Wayne Comunale, emcee Brian Keene, and bouncer Steven L. Shrewsbury. Winners get prizes. Please Note: This is NC-17 content. Audience discretion is strongly advised.
SUNDAY:
11:15am to Noon: Amanda Headlee and Rachel Brune – Reading and Q&A
12:15pm to 1:15pm: Boom or Bust: Right now, horror is in a boom period. How will the looming global economic uncertainty impact the genre? Panelists John Quick (moderator), Cullen Bunn, Ronald Kelly, Somer Canon, Laurel Hightower, and Jeff Strand discuss what may happen.
1:30pm: to 2:30pm: Kenneth Cain, Nathan D. Ludwig, and JC Walsh – Reading and Q&A
2:45pm to 3:30pm: Brian Keene and Sonora Taylor – Reading and A Passing of the Torch.
June 14, 2022
Defenders Dialogue Finale
This is it, True Believers! The final episode of Defenders Dialogue! And in this grand finale, Christopher Golden and Brian Keene are joined by Cullen Bunn, J.M. DeMatteis, Scott Edelman, and Thomas Sniegoski for a discussion of the Marvel stories they never got to write. Plus -- Chris gets bloody and Brian gets maudlin. Available wherever you listen to podcasts or via this link.
June 3, 2022
The New Fear - On Sale Now
Out-of-print for over a decade, Brian Keene's third non-fiction collection is available once again for a new generation of readers.
THE NEW FEAR is an unvarnished, no-holds-barred story of a writer at the height of his fame, and the inevitable burn-out that soon follows. It is also a chronicle of a pre-social media internet, and what horror fiction, politics, entertainment, celebrity, and writing were like at that specific moment in time.
Featuring such classics as "Zombie Manilow", "Of Dragonflies and Other Spies" (originally censored by the U.S. government), and the epic "Five Hundred Words in Five Days" saga, as well as the origins of the novel Ghoul, a cross-country book tour gone terribly awry, writing advice, social commentary, and guest appearances by J.F. Gonzalez, Dave Thomas, and others, THE NEW FEAR is equally heartbreaking and hilarious.
THE NEW FEAR: THE BEST OF HAIL SATEN Vol. 3 — The only thing we have to fear is... everything.
June 2, 2022
Three Lifetime Subscriptions Available
The Lifetime Subscription Plan is something J.F. Gonzalez and I started many years ago. A select, limited number of readers could pay a one-time premium fee, and would then receive signed copies of all our works until either we died or the reader died.
Due to the pandemic, a death, and other factors, I’ve had three slots open over the last two years. I am now making those three slots available to the public on a first come, first serve basis. The subscription fee is $1,000. For that one-time price you will receive a SIGNED copy of paperback, trade paperback, trade hardcover, comic book, graphic novel, and chapbook that I write (including collaborations) until either my death or yours. It may also include other items such as DVDs, promotional materials, etc. Subscriptions are non-transferable. Subscriptions do not include signed limited edition hardcovers, lettered editions,foreign language translations, anthologies, or magazines (unless the magazine is all me). Lifetime Subscriptions are limited to United States customers ONLY. Yu are responsible for updating your mailing address with us should you move.
To qualify, please inform me via Twitter that you wish to subscribe. I will then DM you PayPal instructions and get your informations (mailing address, etc).
May 31, 2022
THE SEVEN and TERMINAL Now In All Formats
After a slight delay, both THE SEVEN: THE LABYRINTH Book 1 and the Author’s Preferred Edition of TERMINAL are now available on Nook and Kobo devices, joining the already available audiobooks, Kindle and paperback editions.
May 24, 2022
Defenders Dialogue 151
THE PENULTIMATE EPISODE: Brother Voodoo and Moon Knight are back in the spotlight for this penultimate episode as Christopher Golden and Brian Keene discuss issue 21 of Moon Knight, the character's recent television series, and the impact Brother Voodoo had on both authors creatively. Available wherever you listen to podcasts or this link.
May 22, 2022
Missouri Signing
I’ll be a guest at Tremendicon, taking place June 17th – 19th at 2456N Glenstone Ave, Springfield, MO 65803. I’ll be available to sign books all weekend long. You can bring books from home or buy them from me there (while supplies last). Full details can be found here.
