Brian Keene
Author of The Rising
About the Author
Series
Works by Brian Keene
The Drive-In: Multiplex — Editor — 15 copies
In Delirium — Editor & Introduction — 11 copies
A Little Sorrowed Talk 9 copies
A Conspiracy of One 6 copies
Splintered 6 copies
Halves 6 copies
The Daughters of Inanna — Editor — 4 copies
The Cruelty of Autumn 4 copies
The Chinese Beetle 4 copies
No Rest At All 4 copies
Libra Nigrum Scientia Secreta 4 copies
Apocrypha 3 copies
4 AM 3 copies
Stories for the Next Pandemic 2 copies
Midnight Rituals 2 copies
Short Stories 2 copies
The King In: Yellow 2 copies
Going Under 1 copy
Salamander Blues 1 copy
The Ties That Bind [2009 Film Short] — Author — 1 copy
Set's Quartet Book 3 — Contributor — 1 copy
Set's Quartet Book 4 — Contributor — 1 copy
Dark Hearts 1 copy
Fodder — Author — 1 copy
Best of Horrorfind II 1 copy
Good Things for Bad People 1 copy
Babylon Falling 1 copy
Spooky stacks 1 copy
Field Guide to the Thirteen 1 copy
Tenebres 2008 1 copy
Lost Canyon of the Dead 1 copy
This Is Not An Exit 1 copy
I Am An Exit 1 copy
Midnight Hauntings 1 copy
Without You 1 copy
Midnight at the Body Farm 1 copy
Associated Works
Shining in the Dark: Celebrating 20 Years of Lilja's Library (2018) — Contributor — 115 copies, 2 reviews
Mister October: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala (Volume 2) (2013) — Contributor — 62 copies, 18 reviews
Welcome to the Show: 17 Horror Stories - One Legendary Venue (2018) — Contributor — 34 copies, 1 review
Smoke and Mirrors: Screenplays, Teleplays, Stage Plays, Comic Scripts & Treatments (2014) — Contributor — 23 copies
Mister October: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala (Volumes 1 and 2) (2013) — Contributor — 17 copies, 15 reviews
Piercing the Darkness Anthology: A Charity Anthology for the Children’s Literacy Initiative (2014) — Contributor — 7 copies
Bad Dreams/New Screams Chapbook (Chapbook of horror short stories) (2012) — Contributor — 7 copies, 1 review
Is There A Demon In You? — Contributor — 4 copies
The Perfectly Fine Neighborhood — Contributor — 3 copies
Set's Quartet — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1967-09-22
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- author
- Organizations
- United States Navy
- Awards and honors
- Bram Stoker Award (2001)
Bram Stoker Award (2003)
Shocker Award (2004)
World Horror Convention Grand Master Award (2014) - Relationships
- SanGiovanni, Mary (wife)
- Short biography
- BRIAN KEENE is the author of over twenty-five books, including Castaways, Ghost Walk, Dark Hollow, Kill Whitey, Unhappy Endings, Dead Sea, and many more. He also writes comic books for Marvel Comics and others. Several of his novels and stories have been optioned for film, one of which, The Ties That Bind, premiered in 2009. Also in 2009, another of his novels was adapted for the stage. The winner of two Bram Stoker awards, Keene’s work has been praised in such diverse places as The New York Times, The History Channel, The Howard Stern Show, CNN.com, Publisher’s Weekly, Fangoria Magazine, and Rue Morgue Magazine. Keene lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, son, dog, and cat. You can communicate with him online at www.briankeene.com.
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- York, Pennsylvania, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Pennsylvania, USA
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Brian Keene has dissapeared from my Borders Horror Section... in Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night (August 2011)
Reviews
With Teeth is exactly the vampire story one would expect from Brian Keene. It has his signature style, flow, and incredible characterization. But nothing can prepare you for that ending. No spoilers here, you have to read it to find out.
The story is told in compelling first person with entertaining insight and backstory. The build-up and tension are, again, classic Keene and give it all the qualities of fine literature if find literature were this engrossing and fun to read. But don’t take show more my use of the word fun the wrong way. Keene’s vampires are monsters, and there is nothing romantic here outside of Keene seducing your mind down the dark path of his creativity.
With Teeth is a must read for fans of Keene, vampires, and horror in general—separately or in any combination thereof. I read it in one sitting, and the bookmark only came into play for a necessary bathroom break.
But wait, there’s more.
Keene has included a brief afterword about his writing and two vampire short stories he wrote prior to With Teeth! Basically, this book is the Keene vampire story collection, and is therefore a necessity for the horror aficionado’s library. show less
The story is told in compelling first person with entertaining insight and backstory. The build-up and tension are, again, classic Keene and give it all the qualities of fine literature if find literature were this engrossing and fun to read. But don’t take show more my use of the word fun the wrong way. Keene’s vampires are monsters, and there is nothing romantic here outside of Keene seducing your mind down the dark path of his creativity.
With Teeth is a must read for fans of Keene, vampires, and horror in general—separately or in any combination thereof. I read it in one sitting, and the bookmark only came into play for a necessary bathroom break.
But wait, there’s more.
Keene has included a brief afterword about his writing and two vampire short stories he wrote prior to With Teeth! Basically, this book is the Keene vampire story collection, and is therefore a necessity for the horror aficionado’s library. show less
Ghoul by Brian Keene
Three twelve-year-old boys that are looking forward to spending the summer in their hidden fort, doing what boys of that age do...eating junk food, reading comic books, and talking about girls. Things are right on plan until the boys are faced with having to battle monsters...both real life ones in their own homes and the ancient terror that has taken up residence in their town’s cemetery: a ghoul. I have always liked this type of horror because it’s such a definitive time in our lives. show more It's been many years, but I remember being twelve. Everything seemed larger than life, and even the smallest thing felt like the world as I knew it was surely going to end before I went to bed. At that age so much of our mortal existence depended on the adults in our lives. If something should have happened that you were sure was "Twilight Zone" fodder, something that threatened your stable young life, you could just tell the adults in your world that were surely put there to grant your every wish... (HA HA), and even though they never really believed it...they would try to make "IT" go away" and make you feel better. In horror stories the children are always to be believed, even if they tell their adults that there is a glowing, naked ghoul that is hell-bent on impregnating the women of the town...those that it isn't planning to have for lunch...in its lair right under the town's cemetery! That pretty much describes what the boys encountered in this story.... an overly excited, corpse-eating ghoul in the "home life" of two of our young protagonists, Doug and Barry. I won’t go into details because that’s for the reader to discover. You’ll go into this book expecting a "creature-feature" offering with only blood and carnage, but you will close the book with tears in your eyes and your heart torn in half. This author is very, very good at presenting this kind of story. He will take you on a journey with Ghoul, and it will be visceral, painful and emotional. If this is your first time with Brian Keene, consider this an amazing introduction to horror at its stellar best. show less
"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘕𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦. 𝘕𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥. 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘺. 𝘚𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 "𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘦𝘴" 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘈𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 show more 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬."
Living alone, without any significant others or dependents, author Sam Miller of Apt 1-D is about to end it all when he hears the screams outside. Through the course of one horrific night he'll come to know his neighbors: Stephanie, a young trans woman; Terri and Caleb, a young single mother and her little boy; Mrs. Edna Carlucci, a widow with no patience for nonsense; Shaggy and Turo, two unemployed thieves; Grady Hicks, an elderly Vietnam vet, and Javier Mendez, a serial killer (or savior?) known as The Exit.
It's been too long since I've read Brian Keene, and I'm so glad I picked this one up. I used the poster from the 2010 remake film "The Crazies," because Keene was inspired by the original Romero 1973 film of the same name. And if you have seen either film, you'll know that action starts almost immediately and never lets up. I had to read this in one sitting! The violence and carnage are brutal, and none of the characters are prepared for what was unleashed. They are not modern super heroes or trained Special Forces, just humans trying to survive. No one knows the cause of the insanity and I'm grateful that Keene kept it a mystery. Doing so left more room for dialogue, suspense and character interaction. I was genuinely invested and there's no hint who is going to make it or not. My only qualm is with Mendez. His backstory stands out, and I was hoping for something resembling a resolution. But one of the last lines of the book, I think, sums these folks up perfectly: "See us for who we really are..." After all, your neighbor isn't just a voice behind a wall, they may be the one who saves your life. show less
Living alone, without any significant others or dependents, author Sam Miller of Apt 1-D is about to end it all when he hears the screams outside. Through the course of one horrific night he'll come to know his neighbors: Stephanie, a young trans woman; Terri and Caleb, a young single mother and her little boy; Mrs. Edna Carlucci, a widow with no patience for nonsense; Shaggy and Turo, two unemployed thieves; Grady Hicks, an elderly Vietnam vet, and Javier Mendez, a serial killer (or savior?) known as The Exit.
It's been too long since I've read Brian Keene, and I'm so glad I picked this one up. I used the poster from the 2010 remake film "The Crazies," because Keene was inspired by the original Romero 1973 film of the same name. And if you have seen either film, you'll know that action starts almost immediately and never lets up. I had to read this in one sitting! The violence and carnage are brutal, and none of the characters are prepared for what was unleashed. They are not modern super heroes or trained Special Forces, just humans trying to survive. No one knows the cause of the insanity and I'm grateful that Keene kept it a mystery. Doing so left more room for dialogue, suspense and character interaction. I was genuinely invested and there's no hint who is going to make it or not. My only qualm is with Mendez. His backstory stands out, and I was hoping for something resembling a resolution. But one of the last lines of the book, I think, sums these folks up perfectly: "See us for who we really are..." After all, your neighbor isn't just a voice behind a wall, they may be the one who saves your life. show less
Jim Thurmond thought of the dead coming back to life as something relegated only to horror novels and the movies. Until a week ago when his pregnant wife died, then woke up and tried to take a bite out of him. Hidden beneath the ground in a fallout shelter he'd convinced his wife to let him build, Jim surveys the zombies scrambling to get to him. But something's not right: these zombies run, use tools, even talk and taunt him.
All he can do is stay locked in the shelter while the re-animated show more dead take over above. Then his cell phone rings. And on the other end is his son Danny, hiding in the attic at his mother's house in New Jersey, pleading with his dad to come get him. Jim does the only thing he can do and finds a way to hopefully sneak out of the shelter unnoticed to find his son.
"The Rising" takes a novel approach to zombies, giving them a frightening intelligence thanks to a gaffe from a government lab hidden in the Pennsylvania woods, that fits within the framework of the book. Slow-moving zombies are terrifying enough; but give them a working brain, and they can talk, fire guns, even ambush their prey. Another difference from many other zombie novels comes when flocks of undead birds swarm and divebomb people or vehicles, or an undead fish devours its tank companions, breaks the glass and begins spouting words at its next targets. Unexpected and wonderfully satisfying.
I enjoyed the mix of storylines -- Jim trekking through a nightmare world to find his son with the help of an elderly priest, a scientist who feels guilty about the creating the zombies trying to get a deaf boy to safety, an ex-prostitute escaping from the zombies -- and the strong characters. I will say, though, that I found the soldiers turning into a heartless militia/gang seemed a bit clichéd, but not enough to keep me from finishing. In fact, I despised them so much that I almost cheered aloud when things didn't turn out as they planned, and it made for a fantastic climax to the tale.
I definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants a quick zombie/horror fix. And I can't wait to read the sequel, which is already in my pile of "To Be Read" books. show less
All he can do is stay locked in the shelter while the re-animated show more dead take over above. Then his cell phone rings. And on the other end is his son Danny, hiding in the attic at his mother's house in New Jersey, pleading with his dad to come get him. Jim does the only thing he can do and finds a way to hopefully sneak out of the shelter unnoticed to find his son.
"The Rising" takes a novel approach to zombies, giving them a frightening intelligence thanks to a gaffe from a government lab hidden in the Pennsylvania woods, that fits within the framework of the book. Slow-moving zombies are terrifying enough; but give them a working brain, and they can talk, fire guns, even ambush their prey. Another difference from many other zombie novels comes when flocks of undead birds swarm and divebomb people or vehicles, or an undead fish devours its tank companions, breaks the glass and begins spouting words at its next targets. Unexpected and wonderfully satisfying.
I enjoyed the mix of storylines -- Jim trekking through a nightmare world to find his son with the help of an elderly priest, a scientist who feels guilty about the creating the zombies trying to get a deaf boy to safety, an ex-prostitute escaping from the zombies -- and the strong characters. I will say, though, that I found the soldiers turning into a heartless militia/gang seemed a bit clichéd, but not enough to keep me from finishing. In fact, I despised them so much that I almost cheered aloud when things didn't turn out as they planned, and it made for a fantastic climax to the tale.
I definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants a quick zombie/horror fix. And I can't wait to read the sequel, which is already in my pile of "To Be Read" books. show less
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