New Releases by Brian Keene

Your favorite superheroes are usually busy keeping the universe safe, but when Halloween winds blow through the DCU, these heroes are transformed into nightmares! Batman is driven mad by haunting visions of The Joker! Wonder Woman brawls with an undead sea monster! Superman fights a demonic entity! Swamp Thing battles in the mystical realm of the Green! Harley Quinn urges a man to commit a brutal murder! All of these supernatural adventures-and more-are collected in A VERY DC HALLOWEEN. Collects 18 eerie tales from DC HOUSE OF HORROR #1 and CURSED COMICS CAVALCADE #1.

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The annual event youÕve been dying to read is here! The DCU HALLOWEEN SPECIAL returns with a bang, featuring all-star talent and all of your favorite characters! What happens when the DC UniverseÕs premier heroes are thrown together with some of the spookiest heroes and villains? Scares are sure to ensue!

In Welcome to the Show, seventeen of today''s hottest writers of horror and dark fiction come together in devilish harmony to trace The Shantyman''s history from its disturbing birth through its apocalyptic encore.

Apex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pros of the field. New issues are released on the first Tuesday of every month. EDITORIAL Words from the Editor-in-Chief-Jason Sizemore FICTION A Witch''s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies - Alix Harrow Work, and Ye Shall Eat - Walker McKnight Ghost Marriage - P. Djeli Clark Excerpt: Return to the Lost Level - Brian Keene NONFICTION Interview with Alix Harrow - Andrea Johnson Interview with Cover Artist Justin Adams - Russell Dickerson A Discussion with Tal M. Klein, Author of The Escrow Punch - Lesley Conner COLUMNS Between the Lines with Laura Zats and Erik Hane Page Advice with Mallory O''Meara and Brea Grant

War has come in this sequel to the best-selling novel THE LOST LEVEL. The snake-like Anunnaki have always been a blight for the people living in the hidden dimension known as the Lost Level, but now, the denizens are fighting back. After their community is decimated and their loved ones are enslaved in the aftermath of a devastating Anunnaki attack, Aaron Pace leads a diverse group of warriors -- including the bowwoman Tolia, the mighty Karenk, a baby Triceratops, and a time-displaced Ambrose Bierce -- on a trek through primordial jungles, dark forests, and a sun-blasted desert while battling pterodactyls, man-eating worms, and other dangers. Can their small band lay siege to the Anunnaki city and rescue their friends, or will they suffer the same cruel fate so many others have before them? Find out in Brian Keene''s RETURN TO THE LOST LEVEL. Includes a bonus short story!

Die Ehe des Schriftstellers Adam Senft kriselt. Seine einzige Freude ist die Verbundenheit mit seinem Hund Big Steve. Als die beiden durch die heimischen Wälder von York County streifen, bietet sich ihnen ein seltsamer Anblick: eine Frau, die Fellatio an der Statue eines Satyrs vollführt ... Adam hatte die Gerüchte gehört, dass der Wald von etwas Unheimlichem heimgesucht wird. Nur geglaubt hatte er das nie. Doch jetzt sieht er mit eigenen Augen, wie die Statue zum Leben erwacht. Und bald lockt der Satyr mit seinem hypnotischen Flötenspiel weitere Frauen zu sich in den Wald ... Horrormeister Brian Keene verbindet in diesem Thriller klassische Mythologie mit den modernen Schrecken Amerikas. The Horror Review: ''Keenes Name sollte in einem Atemzug mit King, Koontz und Barker genannt werden. Ohne Zweifel ist er einer der besten Horrorautoren die es gibt.'' BRIAN KEENE (geboren 1967 in Pennsylvania) ist Autor von mehr als 30 Romanen. Außerdem verfasste er Comics wie The Last Zombie oder Doom Patrol. Seine Werke wurden mehrmals mit dem Bram Stoker Award ausgezeichnet. Übersetzungen erschienen in vielen Sprachen. Mehrere seiner Romane wurden auch verfilmt. The Horror Review: ''Keenes Name sollte in einem Atemzug mit King, Koontz und Barker genannt werden. Ohne Zweifel ist er einer der besten Horrorautoren, die es gibt.''

Project Entertainment Network Presents... My Favorite Story Fifteen podcast hosts and authors share their favorite short story they''ve ever written... Christopher Golden Brian Keene James A. Moore Mary SanGiovanni Frank J. Edler Thomas R. Clark Jay Wilburn Kelli Owen Amber Fallon Chuck Buda John Urbancik Jonathan Maberry Erin Sweet Al-Mehairi Armand Rosamilia Jaimie Engle

An all-new, all-creepy one-shot set in the DC Universe-just in time for Halloween! Martha Kent fights for her life against a creature from a spacecraft that lands in front of her farmhouse. A young woman is possessed by the spirit of a murderous Amazon warrior. The last surviving member of the Justice League faces down a horror beyond imagining. All these and more are what happens when the most exciting new voices in contemporary horror fiction are paired with the talents of some of the greatest artists in the DC firmament! And if that isnÕt enough to scare you, thereÕs Keith Giffen, too.

A free diver is called in to investigate a seismological event in the Indian Ocean when events take a deadly turn and she and her crew must fight the monsters in the depths and those ashore.

"There was no warning. No chance to escape. They came suddenly. Naked. Bloodthirsty. Sadistic. They descended upon the Pine Village Apartment Complex, relentlessly torturing and killing anyone they could find. Fearing for their lives, the residents of the complex must band together. A young trans woman, a suicidal middle-aged writer, a lonely Vietnam vet, a newlywed couple, an elderly widow, a single mother and her son, two on-the-run criminals and the serial killer known as The Exit. Eleven strangers. The only thing they have in common is the unstoppable horde that wants to kill them. If they are to make it through the night, they must fight back"--

ALL DARK, ALL THE TIME is the second book in a series collecting all of Brian Keene''s short fiction. Included in this volume are such critically-acclaimed and fan favorite stories as "The Girl on the Glider", "Fetish", "The Siqqusim Who Stole Christmas", "Scratch", "Lost Canyon of the Dead", and many more. These are stories about darkness. The darkness outside of us, surrounding us, and the darkness inside the human soul. ALL DARK, ALL THE TIME -- and morning is never coming.

A blockbuster anthology of original, blood-curdling vampire fiction from New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors, including Charlaine Harris, whose novels were adapted into HBO’s hit show True Blood, and Scott Smith, publishing his first work since The Ruins. Before being transformed into romantic heroes and soft, emotional antiheroes, vampires were figures of overwhelming terror. Now, from some of the biggest names in horror and dark fiction, comes this stellar collection of short stories that make vampires frightening once again. Edited by New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden and featuring all-new stories from such contributors as Charlaine Harris, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Scott Smith, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Michael Kortya, Kelley Armstrong, Brian Keene, David Wellington, Seanan McGuire, and Tim Lebbon, Seize the Night is old-school vampire fiction at its finest.

The muses are monsters. With them, we live and die. Since his earliest stories, Brian Keene has deconstructed the mystique of the writing life. Isolation, relationships lost, long hours, inconsistent paychecks, and professional heartbreak are all part of the job. Keene has unflinchingly laid bare the realities of the full-time writer. "Where We Live and Die" collects Brian Keene''s best stories about the writing life, including his metafictional ghost story masterpiece "The Girl on the Glider," a glimpse of Adam Senft (from Keene''s "Dark Hollow and Ghost Walk) in Hell, and a never-before-printed spoken word poem encapsulating the history of the horror genre. "Where We Live and Die" is a masterful collection by a Grandmaster of Horror and a fictional guidebook for the working writer.

Part sword and sorcery, part extreme horror, King of the Bastards is wild adventure across seas, beaches, and mountains full of horrifying monstrosities, dark magic, and demonic entities. Rogan has been many things in his life as an adventurer — a barbarian, a thief, a buccaneer, a rogue, a lover, a reaver, and most recently, a king. Now, this prehistoric bane of wizards and tyrants finds himself without a kingdom, lost in a terrifying new world, and fighting for his life against pirates, zombies, and the demonic entity known as Meeble. And even if he defeats his foes, Rogan must still find a way to return home, regain his throne, save his loved ones, and remind everyone why he''s the KING OF THE BASTARDS.

Salutations, fright fans! They say putting together weird, eerie tales is no "EC" job, but we''re dying to prove that wrong! Revel in the disturbing delight of this invidious issue of stories ominous and sinister -- so hair-raising, you could use it for Rogaine!

Apex is proud to present the first book in Grand Master Award winner Brian Keene''s long-awaited new series, a loving ode to lost world classics like Burroughs''s PELLUCIDAR, Howard''s ALMURIC, and Lansdale''s THE DRIVE-IN, but with a thoroughly modern twist that only Brian Keene could conceive. When modern-day occultist Aaron Pace discovers the secrets of inter-dimensional travel via a mystical pathway called The Labyrinth, he wastes no time in exploring a multitude of strange new worlds and alternate realities. But then, Aaron finds himself trapped in the most bizarre dimension of all — a place where dinosaurs coexist with giant robots, where cowboys fight reptilian lizard people, and where even the grass can kill you. This is a world populated by the missing and the disappeared, a world where myth is reality and where the extinct is reborn. Now, side-by-side with his new companions Kasheena and Bloop, Aaron must learn to navigate its dangers and survive long enough to escape... THE LOST LEVEL.

We all want to believe. The truth is still out there. The X-Files have been reopened. Get ready for the new season with 15 new investigations into the weird, the strange, and the mysterious, authorized by series creator Chris Carter. New York Times bestseller and multiple Bram Stoker Award-winner Jonathan Maberry brings together some of today''s top storytellers for a series of anthologies featuring all-new cases from the X-Files. Scully and Mulder continue their journey into darkness as they face aliens, monsters, shadow governments, and twisted conspiracies.

"Fan favorite ex-Amish occult detective Levi Stolzfus returns in two novellas of demons and monsters"- Back cover.

Un mondo sommerso da piogge incessanti, dove la terraferma assume l''aspetto di isole nella corrente; una landa d''incubo già semidevastata dall''emersione di creature gigantesche che si sono risvegliate dopo un sonno di eoni nel cuore della terra... Ecco lo scenario in cui Teddy Garnett e il suo amico Carl si trovano a tentare di sopravvivere. Ciechi, colossali e affamati, i vermi conquistatori non hanno altro scopo che divorare gli uomini e distruggerne case e villaggi con spietata determinazione. Come conseguenza della loro uscita dalle voragini, terremoti e inondazioni hanno rinnovato la maledizione del Diluvio. Una tesa vicenda horror per un grande romanzo apocalittico. BRIAN KEENE Nato nel 1967 e cresciuto in Pennsylvania e West Virginia, ha vinto due volte il premio Bram Stoker. Uno dei suoi romanzi più famosi, The Rising, è noto per aver risvegliato l''interesse nel filone zombi, quando ormai questo genere era in declino. The Conqueror Worms è uscito in edizione originale nel 2006.

Return from the Preshamble / Paula Guran -- The Afflicted / Matthew Johnson -- Dead Song / Jay Wilburn -- Iphigenia in Aulis / Mike Carey -- Pollution / Don Webb -- Becca at the End of the World / Shira Lipkin -- The Naturalist / Maureen F. McHugh -- Selected Sources for the Babylonian Plague of the Dead (572-571 BCE) / Alex Dally MacFarlane -- What Maisie Knew / David Liss -- Rocket Man / Stephen Graham Jones -- The Day the Music Died / Joe McKinney -- The Children''s Hour / Marge Simon -- Delice / Holly Newstein -- Trail of Dead / Joanne Anderton -- The Death and Life of Bob / William Jablonsky -- Stemming the Tide / Simon Strantzas -- Those Beneath the Bog / Jacques L. Condor (Maka Tai Meh) -- What Still Abides / Marie Brennan -- Jack and Jill / Jonathan Maberry -- In the Dreamtime of Lady Resurrection / Caitlín R. Kiernan -- Rigormarole / Michael A. Arnzen -- Kitty''s Zombie New Year / Carrie Vaughn -- The Gravedigger of Konstan Spring / Genvieve Valentine -- Chew / Tamsyn Muir -- ''Til Death Do Us Part / Shaun Jeffrey -- There is no "E" in Zombi Which Means There Can Be No You or We / Roxane Gay -- What Once We Feared / Carrie Ryan -- The Harrowers / Eric Gregory -- Resurgam / Lisa Mannetti -- I Waltzed with a Zombie / Ron Goulart -- Aftermath / Joy Kennedy-O''Neill -- A Shepherd of the Valley / Maggie Slater -- The Day the Saucers Came / Neil Gaiman -- Love, Resurrected / Cat Rambo -- Present / Nicole Kornher-Stace -- The Hunt: Before, and the Aftermath / Joe R. Lansdale -- Bit Rot / Charles Stross.

DIE ZOMBIES SIND NICHT DAS SCHLIMMSTE! Es passiert ohne jede Vorwarnung. Eine weltweite Seuche verwandelt Menschen und Tiere in lebende Tote. In einem Luxushotel verbarrikadieren sich 25 Angestellte und Gäste in einem früheren Militärbunker. Die Schläge der Zombies hämmern von außen gegen die Sicherheitstüren, während die Eingesperrten unaufhaltsam den Verstand verlieren. dazu kommt der wachsende Hunger, der sie irgendwann zwingt, das Unvermeidliche zu tun. Ein simples Motto bestimmt den Alltag der Überlebenden: Fressen und gefressen werden! Als Bonus enthält dieser Band zwei einzigartige Erzählungen von Brian Keene: ?Im Tal der verrückte Bären? und ?Die vergessene Schlucht der Verdammten?. Cowboys und Indianer, Holzfäller und Bigfoots, Zombies und Dinosaurier. Horror im Wilden Westen! The Word Zombie: ''Tief begraben ist eine erschreckende und erschreckend unterhaltsame Lektüre. Es gibt Blut, es gibt Eingeweide und von Gabelstaplern aufgespießte Leichen.'' The Horror Review: ''Keenes Name sollte in einem Atemzug mit King, Koontz und Barker genannt werden. Ohne Zweifel ist er einer der besten Horrorautoren die es gibt.''

On March 21st, 2013, I received a phone call from Holly Newstein telling me that her husband, Rick Hautala, had suffered a massive heart attack. That piece of information shocked me into a surreal sort of panic, so much so that at first I could not make the leap to the next thing she said...that he had died. It seemed impossible. Rick had been such a good friend, such a consistent and stable force in my life, that the idea of him being so suddenly removed from this world...I just couldn''t make sense of it. I have no doubt that readers will treasure this two-volume set. It is my hope that as you read, you will ruminate a little bit about the man for whom we all have come together within these pages. And I hope you''ll urge others to pick up their own copies of MISTER OCTOBER as well.

The final chapter continues! Now that Ian''s dark secret has finally been revealed, Warner and the rest of the team must decide what to do about it. But as they wrestle with his fate, a group of survivors in Kentucky have other plans—ones that might doom them all. It''s not just the dead who have a taste for the living!

As Ian Scott''s group continue their trek eastward, Ian desperately struggles to conceal his slowly worsening infection from the others. When a vicious blizzard halts their progress, the team takes shelter in an abandoned hotel. As the snow piles up outside and boredom sets in, stories are shared and secrets are revealed...and Ian''s vaccine starts wearing off.

The final chapter continues! In the ruins of Chicago, the hunted becomes the hunter as Planters struggles to stay alive and free his teammates from their captors. Meanwhile, Ian''s battle with the zombie virus takes an unexpected turn—one that will put the rest of the team and their entire mission at risk.

The final chapter continues! In the ruins of Chicago, the hunted becomes the hunter as Planters struggles to stay alive and free his teammates from their captors. Meanwhile, Ian''s battle with the zombie virus takes an unexpected turn—one that will put the rest of the team and their entire mission at risk.

The explosive final chapter begins! In the aftermath of Before the After''s shocking cliffhanger, the team are imprisoned by a brutal despot, the last surviving member of pre-apocalypse Chicago''s notorious political machine. Warner faces torture, Planters is on the run, and time is running out for everyone—especially Ian, who is succumbing to the zombie virus raging through his veins. 26 pages of undeath-defying thrills!

Lost somewhere between Missouri and Iowa, the team carrying the zombie cure soon encounter Neverland, an enclave of children who have survived the zombie apocalypse, apparently without any adult supervision whatsoever. What dark secret do they hold? And will Ian Scott''s own dark secret—a zombie infection barely held at bay—be revealed to all? More apocalyptic awesomeness from Brian Keene (Doom Patrol, Dead of Night: Devil Slayer) and Fred Perry (Gold Digger, Sky Sharks, The Littlest Zombie, Diary of a Zombie Kid)