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WHITE DOOMSDAY / NAUGHTY LIST Double Feature

I’M DREAMING OF A WHITE DOOMSDAY, a feature length film by Mike Lombardo, on which I served as Executive Producer, will have its World Premiere at 2pm on Friday, October 20th, at Nightmares Film Festival 17 in Columbus, OH. It will debut as a double feature with THE NAUGHTY LIST, a short film by Paul Campion, based on my short story “The Siqqusim Who Stole Christmas”, has been taking the film festival circuit by storm this past year.

If you are anywhere near Columbus, please consider attending.

CLICKERS FOREVER – Cover Reveal

CLICKERS FOREVER: A Tribute to J.F. Gonzalez

Edited by Brian Keene

Illustrated by Hannah Gonzalez

Cover by Dave Kendall

Featuring:

Captivity – J.F. Gonzalez

That Goddamn Grin – Robert Ford

Vanilla Sunshine – Jonathan Janz

Books with Bite – Jonathan Maberry

Back from the Dead – Mike Lombardo

Bangers and Mash – Matt Hayward

Garage Clicker – John Urbancik

On the Contributions of J.F. Gonzalez to Horror Literature – Mary SanGiovanni

My Own Personal Jesus – Wayne Allen Sallee

Algorithms of the Heart – Mike Oliveri

Moist Air – Adam Cesare

On Clickers II – J.F. Gonzalez

Clickers vs. Mandibles: The Tale of an Unwritten Saga – Jeff Strand

Ten Secrets to Survival Clickers Don’t Want You to Know (They Really Hate Number Six) – Jeff Burk

A Birthday Party for Jenny Too Good – Gord Rollo

Belief – Lesley Conner

Shooting Schedule – J.F. Gonzalez

WWJD: Collaborating with J.F. Gonzalez – Wrath James White

Only One Way to Write the End of the Individual: J. F. Gonzalez’s The Corporation – Nick Mamatas

Gracias, hermano: a letter to a man I never met – Gabino Iglesias

Deep into That Dark One Peering – Stephen Kozeniewski

At the Corner of Flanders and Phillipsport – Michael T. Huyck Jr.

Surfing Is My Life: Fear and Loathing on the Northern California Coast – Gene O’Neill

The Folly of the Dead, or, I’m Pretty Sure My Buddy Is A Serial Killer – Geoff Cooper

The Survival of Horror: A Tribute to J.F. Gonzalez’s Survivor – Matt Serafini

For You, Anything – Wesley Southard

WonderClaws™ – Monica J. O’Rourke

Throwing Books – Dave Thomas

Clickbusters – Amber Fallon

Night Run – Kristopher Rufty

A Bad Influence – Robert Swartwood

Grab – Jay Wilburn

Ku Klux Clickers – Wile E. Young

My Own Private L.A. Gangsta – Weston Ochse

Jesus and the Splatterpunks: An Oral History – David J. Schow, John Skipp, and Brian Keene

Bleeding Through – Charles Rutledge

Mabel’s Recipes – J.F. Gonzalez

To the Bitter End – Kyle Lybeck

Complications Of – Kelli Owen

COMING SOON FROM THUNDERSTORM BOOKS…

Last Chance To Pre-Order DC HOUSE OF HORROR

This Monday, September 25, is the final order cutoff for DC HOUSE OF HORROR #1. That’s the day comic book stores must place their order for the books. They will place those orders based on how many customers pre-ordered the comic.

DC HOUSE OF HORROR #1 features myself (Justice League, John Constantine and Harley Quinn), Edward Lee (Superman), Mary SanGiovanni (Wonder Woman), Bryan Smith (Harley Quinn), Nick Cutter (Batman), Wrath James White (Two-Face), Weston Ochse (Shazam), and Ronald Malfi (Green Arrow), paired with artists Rags Morales, Bilquis Evely, Howard Porter, Scott Kolins, and Dale Eaglesham. It also features the maniacal Keith Giffen riding herd over us all.

I cannot stress enough how important it is that you pre-order this comic from your local comic book store. Due to the distribution system in place, there is a 50/50 chance comic book stores will actually have a copy on the shelf release day UNLESS YOU PRE-ORDER IT FROM THEM. To do so, simply walk into your local comic book store and say, “Hello. I would like to pre-order DC HOUSE OF HORROR, and the order code is AUG170272.”

It’s that easy. And if you don’t have a local comic book store in your vicinity, you can order online from TFAW and have it shipped directly to you.

DC editorial have told us that if the book sells well enough, this will become a regular, monthly thing. That means you’ll see HORROR return to DC Comics. If you want to make that happen, then please, please, please pre-order.

NEW FEARS

NEW FEARS, which features a brand-new short story by me called “Sheltered In Place”, is on sale now in paperback and Kindle. Click here to purchase.

The horror genre’s greatest living practitioners drag our darkest fears kicking and screaming into the light in this collection of nineteen brand-new stories, edited by Mark Morris, and featuring new stories by Ramsey Campbell, Brian Keene, Christopher Golden, Alison Littlewood, Josh Malerman, Sarah Motz, Conrad Williams, Stephen Laws, Angela Slatter, Stephen Gallagher, and many more.

Numinous, surreal and gut wrenching, New Fears is a vibrant collection showcasing the very best fiction modern horror has to offer.

Splatterpunk Awards Open

Recommendations for the 2018 Splatterpunk Awards are now open. Registered attendees of KillerCon Austin, which takes place August 24-26, 2018, are welcome to recommend works and take part in the process. To recommend works, click here and fill out the online form.

The annual Splatterpunk Awards will honor superior achievement in the sub-genres of SplatterPunk / Extreme Horror fiction, in the following categories:

BEST NOVEL (for works of more than 50,000 words)

BEST NOVELLA (for works from 15,000 to 50,000 words)

BEST SHORT STORY (for works from 500 to 14,000 words)

BEST COLLECTION (for single-author works over 50,000 words)

BEST ANTHOLOGY (for multiple-author collections over 50,000 words)

Attendees can recommend works in each of these categories, to honor works published in 2017. Recommendations will be accepted from August 1, 2017 until midnight (Eastern Standard Time) January 31, 2018.  You must be a registered attendee before the January 31, 2018 deadline.

The three works that have the most reader recommendations in each category will proceed to the ballot. The 2018 Splatterpunk Awards jury will have the ability to add two additional works, that may have been overlooked by the general public, to each category. When this process is completed, the official nominees will be announced publicly. The jury will then vote on the winner in each category.

Please note: Works by members of the jury, as well as the award founders, will not be eligible for inclusion on the ballot, in any category (with the exception of the J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement award). The 2018 Splatterpunk Awards jurors are David J. Schow, Gerard Houarner, Monica J. O’Rourke, Mike Lombardo, and Tod Clark. The Founders of the SplatterPunk Awards, Wrath James White and Brian Keene, will select the J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award winner.

SCHOOL’S OUT in e-book

From Grandmaster Award winning author Brian Keene comes a book for children and intermediate readers as well as adults.

Eight-year-old Alan doesn’t like going to school, but when a global pandemic leaves him orphaned, cold, starving, and lonely, he has no choice but to set out on a dangerous quest to return to his third-grade classroom.

SCHOOL’S OUT, an all-new post-apocalyptic novella by bestselling author Brian Keene, was suggested to him by his son (known to listeners of Keene’s podcast as Dungeonmaster 77.1), and marks their first official collaboration. It is suitable for all ages.

Available now on Kindle, Nook, and Kobo for just $2.99! Paperback forthcoming in October.

Halloween Signing — Pennsylvania

Brian Keene and Mary SanGiovanni will be signing copies of DC HOUSE OF HORROR #1 on October 28th, 2017, from 1pm to 3pm at Comix Connection 2150 White St, York, PA 17404. While you are welcome to bring other books to be signed, purchase of the comic book at the store is required.

And don’t forget about the other signing on October 21st at the Haverhill Public Library 99 Main St, Haverhill, MA 01830 from 10am until 4:30pm.

Press Release

Bestselling, multiple award-winning author and podcaster Brian Keene has been made a member of the Board of Directors for Scares That Care, an approved 501(c)(3) that fights the real monsters of childhood illness, burns and breast cancer by helping families that are experiencing these extraordinary hardships cope with the financial burden. This non-profit organization provides money, toys and other items to help sick children, help women fighting breast cancer, and are partnered with horror icon Kane Hodder to provide assistance to those children who have suffered serious burn injuries. Scares That Care is a 100% VOLUNTEER organization in order to maximize supporters donations to those who need it!

In a statement regarding Brian Keene’s new position, Scares That Care founder and CEO Joe Ripple said, “A noted horror author and philanthropist, Brian will be tasked with the outreach to the author community to facilitate growth in that area. Please make him feel welcome!”

To learn more about the charity, click here.

THRONE OF THE BASTARDS – On Sale Now

On sale now in paperback, Kindle, Nook, and Kobo editions!

Sword and sorcery collides with horror once again in THRONE OF THE BASTARDS — the sequel to Brian Keene and Steven L. Shrewsbury’s award-winning KING OF THE BASTARDS.

Learning that his family are in danger, Rogan returns to his former kingdom, now under siege from foreign invaders and supernatural forces led by his bastard son. With time running out, the aging barbarian and his trusted companions, Javan and Akibeel, must forge an alliance of new friends and old foes, mustering an army to retake the kingdom. Surrounded by savages, soldiers, demons, and dark magic, it will take all of their cunning, skill, ruthlessness, and courage to survive the slaughter and determine once and for all who shall sit upon the THRONE OF THE BASTARDS.

Massachusetts Signing – October

Come meet BRIAN KEENE – JOE HILL – MARY SANGIOVANNI – PAUL TREMBLAY – CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN – RIO YOUERS – HILLARY MONAHAN – JOHN URBANCIK and many many more, October 21st at the Haverhill Public Library 99 Main St, Haverhill, MA 01830