[Letters From the Labyrinth] Official Brian Keene Newsletter
Hi. I'm Brian Keene, and this is the 129th issue of Letters From the Labyrinth -- a weekly newsletter for fans of my work. Previous issues are archived here.
My 10-year old will become my 11-year old later this week. His mom and I are having a birthday party for him today, so I'm dispensing with the regular newsletter and format this week. Everything will return to normal next week.
I spent the past seven days working on the THOR series. I got to write an excellent sequence in which Thor visits a space bar populated by Howard the Duck, Pip the Troll, a Spaceknight from the ROM comics, the Elf with a Gun, and various other forgotten Marvel Comics characters. (Indeed, none of those references will probably mean anything to those not versed in Marvel continuity). We'll see if they all make it past the editorial phase.
I also sent the manuscript for CURSE OF THE BASTARDS to my pre-readers. It has at least one Siqqusim in it, so that's cool.
This coming week I'll be focusing on Lifetime Subscriber stuff and the final draft of my collaboration with Bev Vincent, and the final draft of a new non-fiction book called THE TRIANGLE OF BELIEF (which I've taken to telling friends in private will kill my career in horror as surely as COMMUNION killed Whitley's).
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I was a guest on the latest episode of YOU WATCH, I LISTEN and talk about THE RISING series (including the forthcoming final book), film adaptations of my work, the zeitgeist, movies, and more. Listen via: iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/ybdxmm5a Android: http://tinyurl.com/ycurwlvq Spotify: http://tinyurl.com/yab6blr5 SoundCloud: http://tinyurl.com/y2mzum6d
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EXPLORING THE LABYRINTH is an ongoing series at Gingernuts of Horror in which Kit Power reads all of my books, in the order they were published, and then writes about them. This month, he’s taking a look at the plot, themes, and connections in THE RISING: SELECTED SCENES FROM THE END OF THE WORLD. Click here to read it.
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It’s a Horror Show with Brian Keene exclusive as John Urbancik sits down for a discussion with Bram Stoker Award-winning horror novelist Owl Goingback. Plus Ed Kramer goes back to prison, Coop launches a YouTube channel, and Mary SanGiovanni accidentally reveals something to Brian
Listen for free on YouTube – iTunes – Spotify – Project Entertainment – iHeartRadio – Stitcher
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In the desert of New Mexico, the New Defenders battle a horror spawned in the aftermath of a gamma bomb explosion. Then they travel to San Francisco to join forces with Cutlass and Typhoon.
Listen for free on iTunes – YouTube – Project Entertainment – iHeartRadio – Stitcher
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And that's it for this week. Time to go party!
As always:
PATREON - Where I post new short stories, writing advice essays, two serialized ongoing novels, and behind-the-scenes stuff.
TWITTER - The only social media outlet I still use regularly.
YOUTUBE - Where I'm posting free stuff each and every day.
I'll see you back here next week!