[Letters From the Labyrinth] Official Brian Keene Newsletter 122
Hey there. Welcome back to Letters From the Labyrinth -- a weekly newsletter for fans of my work. This is the 122nd issue. Previous issues are archived here.
By now you've probably seen the File 770 (one of my favorite genre news sites) article on the BizarroCon controversy. If not, you can read it here.
I'll be talking about this at length on next Thursday's podcast. I'd hoped to talk about it on last week's show, but at the time, this story was still quite fluid, with lots of decisions being made by many parties behind the scenes, and I thought it best to wait and then report the full story.
Pre-orders for the paperback and ebook editions of HOLE IN THE WORLD -- the prequel to The Lost Level series -- have been brisk this past week. thanks to all of you for that. The book will be in stores on February 26th!
Here's the official synopsis:
An hour ago, they were nineteen strangers on an airport shuttle, braving travel delays and a freak blizzard. Then they fell through a hole in the world. Now, they are nineteen strangers trapped in a dangerous dimension filled with prehistoric monsters, futuristic technology, and otherworldly mysteries. They’ll have to learn to work together if they want to survive and return home … but will any of them be left alive by then?
Brian Keene’s HOLE IN THE WORLD. Preorder now in Paperback and Ebook! On sale February 26th.
This past week marked the one-year anniversary of Dallas Mayr, whom many of you read as Jack Ketchum. Our friend Martel Sardina wrote a wonderful new remembrance of him. Click here to read it.
And our friend Mike Noble wrote this equally wonderful remembrance about the time his eight-year old son pitched Dallas a horror movie. Click here to read it.
The deadline to recommend works for the Second Annual Splatterpunk Awards, honoring superior achievement in the sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror fiction is fast approaching. Recommendations will be accepted until midnight (Eastern Standard Time) January 31, 2019 for the following categories:
BEST NOVEL (for works of more than 50,000 words)
BEST NOVELLA (for works from 15,000 to 50,000 words)
BEST SHORT STORY (for works from 500 to 14,000 words)
BEST COLLECTION (for single-author works over 50,000 words)
BEST ANTHOLOGY (for multiple-author collections over 50,000 words)
Registered attendees of Killercon Austin can email their recommendations to SplatterpunkAwards@gmail.com. Please include the title of the work, the author (or editor in the case of an anthology), and which category. All qualifying works MUST have been published in 2018.
This Week's Podcasts:
CARLTON MELLICK III - The Horror Show with Brian Keene - Episode 204
The title says it all. The legendary Carlton Mellick III sits down with Brian for a no-holds barred interview and reading. Plus Mary, Dave and Matt review the Call of Cthulhu, Sinking City and Secret World video games, and Dark Delicacies finds a new home.
Listen for free on YouTube - iTunes – Spotify – Project Entertainment – iHeartRadio – Stitcher
DEFENDERS DIALOGUE - Episode 54
It’s out with the old non-team and in with The New Defenders as the Secret Empire, Mutant Force, and Mad Dog crash Hellcat and the Son of Satan’s wedding.
Plus the conclusion of the secret origin of the Elf With a Gun, the mysterious Tribunal, and Christopher Golden and Brian Keene. Excelsior, true believers!
Listen for free on iTunes – YouTube – Project Entertainment – iHeartRadio – Stitcher
That's it for this week. As always:
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I'll see you back here next week!