Several of Keene’s novels have been developed for film, including Ghoul, The Ties That Bind, and Fast Zombies Suck. Several more are in-development or under option. Keene also serves as Executive Producer for the independent film studio Drunken Tentacle Productions. Keene also oversees Maelstrom, his own small press publishing imprint specializing in collectible limited editions, via Thunderstorm Books.
Keene’s work has been praised in such diverse places as The New York Times, The Huffington Post, The History Channel, The Howard Stern Show, CNN.com, Publisher’s Weekly, Media Bistro, Bleeding Cool, Fangoria Magazine, and Rue Morgue Magazine.
He has won numerous awards and honors, including the 2014 World Horror Grandmaster Award, 2001 Bram Stoker Award for Nonfiction, 2003 Bram Stoker Award for First Novel, 2004 Shocker Award for Book of the Year, and Honors from United States Army International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan and Whiteman A.F.B. (home of the B-2 Stealth Bomber) 509th Logistics Fuels Flight for his outreach to U.S. troops serving both overseas and abroad. A prolific public speaker, Keene has delivered talks at conventions, college campuses, theaters, and inside Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, VA.
The father of two sons, Keene lives along the banks of the Susquehanna River in rural Pennsylvania.
You can communicate with him online at www.briankeene.com, on Facebook or on Twitter.
Also by Brian Keene
The Rising
City of the Dead
Earthworm Gods
Ghoul
Dead Sea
Kill Whitey
Dark Hollow
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Castaways
Urban Gothic
A Gathering of Crows
Take the Long Way Home
Jack’s Magic Beans
Tequila’s Sunrise
Entombed
The Cage
Alone
Scratch
An Occurrence in Crazy Bear Valley
Shades (with Geoff Cooper)
Clickers II: The Next Wave (with J.F. Gonzalez)
Clickers III: Dagon Rising (with J.F. Gonzalez)
Clickers vs Zombies (with J.F. Gonzalez)
The Damned Highway: Fear and Loathing in Arkham (with Nick Mamatas)
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from Brian Keene.
Layout and design by Robert Swartwood
Cover illustration © 2016 Elderlemon Design
Introduction © 2014 by J.F. Gonzalez
Quote from “Some Remarks on Ghost Stories” by M.R. James used as public domain.
Quote from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare used as public domain.
Lyrics to “The Illuminated” (from the album Black Ribbons) copyright 2010 by Shooter Jennings. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Foreword is original to this collection
The Girl on the Glider first published as The Girl on the Glider, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2010
Keepsakes first published as a promotional PDF file, Antarctic Press, 2014
Fetish first published in Set's Quartet, Thunderstorm Books, 2013
Lost Canyon of the Dead first published as Lost Canyon of the Damned in The Living Dead 2, Night Shade Books, 2010
The White Worm first published in No Rest At All, Delirium Books, 2003
A Darker Shade of Winter first published online at Dark Fluidity, 2001
House Call first published in the limited edition of A Gathering of Crows, Thunderstorm Books, 2010
Scratch first published as Scratch, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2010
Midnight at the Body Farm first published in the lettered edition of Dead Sea, Delirium Books, 2007
The Black Wave first published in A Dark and Deadly Valley, Silverthought Press, 2007
Alone first published as Alone, Thunderstorm Books, 2011
Hunting Season first published in Phoenix Phables, 13th Hour Books, 1998
Hide and Seek first published as a promotional PDF file, Antarctic Press, 2014
Baby Talk first published as a promotional PDF file, Antarctic Press, 2014
An Appointment Kept first published in 4 Fear of, Borderlands Press, 2006
Something Pretty first published in 4AM, Thunderstorm Books, 2014
The Siqqusim Who Stole Christmas first published in A Little Silver Book of Streetwise Stories, Borderlands Press, 2008
Musings first published in 4 Killers, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2013
www.briankeene.com