[Letters From the Labyrinth] Official Brian Keene Newsletter 113

I'm Brian Keene and this is the 113th issue of Letters From the Labyrinth -- a weekly newsletter for fans of my work. Previous issues are archived here.

Yesterday's signing at F.Y.E. for I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE DOOMSDAY was a big success. The store ordered just under 200 DVD/Blu-Ray combos and we sold almost all of them.

Here is a little one minute video I shot before we began.

We were supposed to start at noon but there was a good sized crowd when we arrived at 11am, so we started an hour early. Thanks to everyone who came out!

For those of you who who unable to make it, click here to purchase the DVD and Blu-Ray combo.

This was the first time I've let my 10-year old son accompany me to a public event like this. (We go to Baltimore Comic Con together each year, but I'm incognito there). I let him go to this one because he wanted to support Mike Lombardo (the director) and because he wanted to hang out with Reeve Blazi (our 10-year old child star). After watching us sign things for the first hour, he commented to Mary that it looked like work. He got to sign something too -- a copy of SCHOOL'S OUT (which we co-wrote together). This was the first copy he's signed for a member of the public (he's signed one for his teacher). He was super tickled to do that.

After two hours of signing, both boys needed a break, so we let them go into the store's back room office for lunch. While they were in there, they recorded an interview for the podcast. It was organic and unscripted, and there's an honesty and curiosity when a 10-year old interviews another 10-year old that you can't duplicate. We'll play it on next Thursday's show.

Yesterday was also the anniversary of J.F. Gonzalez's death. While that was certainly on me and Mike's minds, I think the signing helped us stay busy and not dwell on it.

As I said on Twitter, J.F. might have been one of your favorite authors. He was one of my best friends. Even though he's been gone a few years now, I still talk to him damn near every day. Read a book or story by him, in his honor this week, and you'll hear him talk to you, as well.

Here is a complete list of everything by him that is currently available. There are more to come.

Miss you, brother. You'd have been damned proud of Mike yesterday. I know I was.

Splatterpunk Award founders Wrath James White and Brian Keene are pleased to announce that David G. Barnett will be the honoree of the 2019 J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award.

Since 1993, Barnett has operated Necro Publications (and its imprints), publishing some of the biggest and best names in modern horror and extreme horror, including Edward Lee, Joe R. Lansdale, Charlee Jacob, Ryan Harding, Gerard Houarner, Mehitobel Wilson, Jeffrey Thomas, Patrick Lestewka, K. Trap Jones, and dozens of others. He has also edited or co-edited a number of anthologies, including Damned: An Anthology of the Lost and Into the Darkness Vol. 1. As an author, his own books include Dead Souls, Spying on Gods, Awakenings: Tales of the Fallen Book 1, Neon Wings: Tales of the Fallen Book 2, and The Baby(with Edward Lee).

The J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award — named after author J.F. Gonzalez — honors individuals who have upheld, impacted and contributed to the sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror. It will be presented during the second annual Splatterpunk Awards, taking place at Killercon 2019 in Austin, Texas.

SILVERWOOD: THE DOOR is the new series by showrunner and writer Brian Keene and writers Richard Chizmar, Stephen Kozeniewski, and the Sisters of Slaughter — available exclusively on Serial Box.

Episode 6 – ‘Leader of the Pack’ – by Stephen Kozeniewski is available now. Click here to start listening or reading the series.

“Out here in the woods, with every last vestige of civilization crumbling, he finally felt like himself.”

THE CEREMONIES - The Horror Show with Brian Keene - Ep 193

Brian, Dave, and Mary discuss T.E.D. Klein’s modern classic of cosmic horror THE CEREMONIES. Plus, Scott Edelman’s World Fantasy Guest of Honor speech and the return of Shock Totem..

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CURRENTLY READING: We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

CURRENTLY LISTENING: The Great Cessation by YOB

CURRENTLY WATCHING: The Amazing World of Gumball (me and my 10-year old's current favorite cartoon).

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