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Burning Down The Night
On the same day news of the death of a grunge rock icon stuns a generation, young slacker Cole Watson has no goal in mind but to generate a little extra spending money by selling some tapes. That changes when he falls victim to a case of mistaken identity and is snatched off the street by a gang of clueless kidnappers. Things get super weird and dangerous after that as Cole finds himself caught up in a web of deceit and crazy conspiracies, and all that’s BEFORE he has a mind-bending experience that causes him to question his perceptions of reality itself. As the situation spirals out of control, he copes in the only way he knows how—by drinking too much and hoping for the best as he stumbles his way through the longest and strangest night of his life.
208 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 13, 2022
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About the author
Bryan Smith
105 books765 followersBryan Smith is the Splatterpunk Award-winning author of more than forty horror and crime books, including 68 Kill, the cult classic Depraved and its sequels, as well as The Killing Kind, Slowly We Rot, The Freakshow, and many more. Bestselling horror author Brian Keene called Slowly We Rot, "The best zombie novel I've ever read."
68 Kill was adapted into a motion picture directed by Trent Haaga and starring Matthew Gray Gubler of the long-running CBS series Criminal Minds. 68 Kill won the Midnighters Award at the SXSW film festival in 2017 and was released to wide acclaim, including positive reviews in The New York Times and Bloody Disgusting.
Bryan also co-scripted an original Harley Quinn story for the House of Horrors anthology from DC Comics. He has worked with renowned horror publishers in both the mass market and small press spheres, including Leisure Books, Samhain Publishing, Grindhouse Press, Death’s Head Press, and more. His works are available wherever books are sold, with select titles also available in German and Italian.
68 Kill was adapted into a motion picture directed by Trent Haaga and starring Matthew Gray Gubler of the long-running CBS series Criminal Minds. 68 Kill won the Midnighters Award at the SXSW film festival in 2017 and was released to wide acclaim, including positive reviews in The New York Times and Bloody Disgusting.
Bryan also co-scripted an original Harley Quinn story for the House of Horrors anthology from DC Comics. He has worked with renowned horror publishers in both the mass market and small press spheres, including Leisure Books, Samhain Publishing, Grindhouse Press, Death’s Head Press, and more. His works are available wherever books are sold, with select titles also available in German and Italian.
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September 11, 2022
Full review available at The Mort Report:
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It’s been a while since I’ve read a Bryan Smith story. Not because I didn’t want to, there are just so many stories I have to get to that some authors just go down in the maelstrom until I find them again.
I discovered his work very early on in my Kindle journey, and when I read DEPRAVED, it was truly the sickest thing I have come across up to the point in my life.
This story – while it starts on the same day as the death of a grunge rock Icon – is not about the grunge or music industry. Nor is it about said Icon. So straight off the bat, think of it like the Spike Lee movie SUMMER OF SAM, where it doesn’t really have anything to do with the killer at all, it just sets the background.
And then, if you will take one piece of advice from me, just suspend reality and go along for the ride. A case of mistaken identity in the worst possible way for slacker Cole Watson brings about a journey that is often hilarious, scary, unbelievable and over the night many will die.
There is excessive amounts of drinking in this story, and of course there will be drugs, which will make him question his perceptions of reality, but will it all work out in the end?
I must admit, while this story is violent, it is not nearly as extreme as a lot of Smith’s stories I have read in the past, which shows me the author was more focused on trying to make the reader giggle rather than cringe.
So, if you are in the mood for some violent but lighter entertainment, this one should do you nicely.
4 STARS
https://www.uncomfortablydark.com/bla...
It’s been a while since I’ve read a Bryan Smith story. Not because I didn’t want to, there are just so many stories I have to get to that some authors just go down in the maelstrom until I find them again.
I discovered his work very early on in my Kindle journey, and when I read DEPRAVED, it was truly the sickest thing I have come across up to the point in my life.
This story – while it starts on the same day as the death of a grunge rock Icon – is not about the grunge or music industry. Nor is it about said Icon. So straight off the bat, think of it like the Spike Lee movie SUMMER OF SAM, where it doesn’t really have anything to do with the killer at all, it just sets the background.
And then, if you will take one piece of advice from me, just suspend reality and go along for the ride. A case of mistaken identity in the worst possible way for slacker Cole Watson brings about a journey that is often hilarious, scary, unbelievable and over the night many will die.
There is excessive amounts of drinking in this story, and of course there will be drugs, which will make him question his perceptions of reality, but will it all work out in the end?
I must admit, while this story is violent, it is not nearly as extreme as a lot of Smith’s stories I have read in the past, which shows me the author was more focused on trying to make the reader giggle rather than cringe.
So, if you are in the mood for some violent but lighter entertainment, this one should do you nicely.
4 STARS
November 15, 2022
I've yet to be disappointed by Bryan Smith. His books are a ton of fun, and often take place in and around my home in Nashville.
This one is so good! There are a few scary scenes, but there's also a solid crime mystery, mafia kings and wannabes, beautiful-but-mean killer women, and record store clowns (who, at one point, show up in an RV).
Loved the ending, too.
This one is so good! There are a few scary scenes, but there's also a solid crime mystery, mafia kings and wannabes, beautiful-but-mean killer women, and record store clowns (who, at one point, show up in an RV).
Loved the ending, too.
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