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Brian Asman

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Brian Asman is a writer, actor, and director from San Diego, CA. He’s the author of the forthcoming expanded edition of Man, F*ck This House (and Other Disasters) as well as Good Dogs, Our Black Hearts Beat as One, I’m Not Even Supposed to Be Here Today, Neo Arcana, Nunchuck City, Jailbroke, and Return of the Living Elves. He’s recently published short stories in American Cannibal, The Dark Waves of Winter, DreadPop, Pulp Modern, Kelp, and comics in Tales of Horrorgasm.

A film he co-wrote and produced, A Haunting in Ravenwood, is available now on DVD and VOD from Breaking Glass. His short “Reel Trouble” won Best Short Film at Gen Con 2022 and Best Horror Short at the Indie Gathering.

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Brian Asman JAILBROKE began life as a potential submission for a Splatterpunk in Space anthology. It quickly grew beyond the confines of a short story, and probab…moreJAILBROKE began life as a potential submission for a Splatterpunk in Space anthology. It quickly grew beyond the confines of a short story, and probably isn't really splatterpunk anyway (I'll leave it to readers to categorize the book, genre-wise). Once I started building out the world of the future, a lot of different plot points began to reveal themselves. Even though I didn't know what the book was *about* when I began, a theme soon emerged: in a future dominated by AIs, what exactly would human beings DO with themselves?

I hope I've answered that question in a fun and thought-provoking way. But if not, there's still lots of blood, guts, and jokes about sex robots!(less)
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Brian Asman Inspiration is nice, but overrated. Stories are works of engineering. They're devices, designed to elicit feeling. Study how they're built, how they w…moreInspiration is nice, but overrated. Stories are works of engineering. They're devices, designed to elicit feeling. Study how they're built, how they work, how they do what they do. Start with the stories that've made the biggest impression on you. Diagram them. What is each scene *doing*? What is each line of dialogue doing?

Stories are like houses. Put a beam in the wrong place and it's an obstacle, not a support. Don't forget the sewage line. Where does that hallway go, anyway? Figure all that out, and the drapes and paint and furniture will suggest themselves. (less)
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Man, Fuck This House
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WELCOME NEW SUBSCRIBERS (AND ‘SUP, YO TO MY EXISTING ONES)

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Brian and 2 other people liked Samantha Waite's review of Punk Goes Horror II: Hardcore for the Encore:
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"Half the joy, one may recall, in receiving a mixtape was discovering new music." -Hidden Track by Clay McLeod Chapman
Also a perfect way to describe an Anthology.
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"Loved the first anthology so couldn't wait to get my hands on the second installment! The formatting is gorgeous, with an A side and a flipped B side, each song-titled story preceded by the author's photo and additional artwork. As a fan of both punk" Read more of this review »
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" So glad to hear you got the references! One of my character naming tricks, any book I write I pull up a few IMDB pages for movies that inspire me :) "
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"At the end of the synopsis is the line the "pack aren't the only ones with a Savage bite". Brian Asman takes a story of werewolves trying to live a normal life while running free at night, and adds in a whole other creature feature and it works. Clas" Read more of this review »
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“No one’s better at seeking out silver linings than the profoundly doomed.”
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“If you don’t care for the message, disparage the delivery.”
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“In Damien’s eyes, the dividing line betwixt adult and child was simply how self-serious one was.”
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