Brian Keene ‘Take the Long Way Home’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour Take the Long Way Home is a post-apocalyptic horror novella by Brian Keene. God has called the faithful to heaven. The rapture has occurred. At Read more [...]
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Brian Keene ‘Scratch’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour Scratch is a brief pulp horror novella by Brian Keene. The story centers on a giant snake known as “Old Scratch,” who haunts Susqehanna Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘Jack’s Magic Beans’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour Brian Keene is among the most well-known and respected horror authors writing today. He has been compared with legends, such as Stephen King Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘The Girl on the Glider’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour The Girl on the Glider is a ghost story by Brian Keene. It is a work of metafiction, with the author serving as protagonist. Metafiction, in a Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘Alone’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour Alone is a brief novella by Brian Keene. The story centers upon Dan Miller, a middle aged man, who wakes up to find himself alone. His Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘The Last of the Albatwitches’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour Last of the Albatwitches is a collection of two short novellas from writer Brian Keene. Both stories in the collection, “The Witching Tree” Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘The Rising: Selected Scenes from the End of the World’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour The zombies of The Rising are not mindless automatons. They are walking corpses inhabited by demons, known as Siqqusim, and imbued with the Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes from the End of the World’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour In Brian Keene’s setting of Earthworm Gods, it has begun to rain all over the globe. It rains nonstop without an end in sight. For believers, Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘City of the Dead’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour The Rising, by Brian Keene, is often cited among the top ten best zombie novels ever written. The year it was released Keene won the Bram Read more [...]
Steven Shrewsbury and Brian Keene ‘King of the Bastards’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour At the moment dark fantasy or “grimdark” literature, with its amoral characters and pessimistic themes, is extremely popular. This is Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘Entombed’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour Entombed is a novella by horror mastermind Brian Keene. It is set in the same world as Dead Sea and the short story, “Couch Potato.” The Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘The Rising: Deliverance’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour The Rising: Deliverance is a novella, by Brian Keene. Originally published as a limited edition hardcover by Thunderstorm Books in 2010, it has Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘Earthworm Gods II: Deluge’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour Earthworm Gods II: Deluge, by Brian Keene, picks up where Earthworm Gods (formerly titled Conqueror Worms) left off. The rain continues to Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘Earthworm Gods’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour Currently, Brian Keene is among the most well-known and respected names in horror literature. He has written numerous novels, novellas and Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘Blood on the Page’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour While the cover to Blood on the Page introduces the book as “the complete short fiction of Brian Keene,” this is simply not so. As Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘The Cage’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour Brian Keene is among the most well-known and respected horror authors writing today. He has been compared with legends, such as Stephen King Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘Dark Hollow’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour Brian Keene has a knack for telling a diverse array of stories from a wide variety of horror subgenres. While he is best known for his works Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘A Gathering of Crows’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour Lovecraft defined and popularized cosmic horror in the early twentieth century. The notion that our feeble existence is of little consequence Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘An Occurrence in Crazy Bear Valley’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour Weird West is a subgenre of speculative fiction which combines traditional tales of the American West with fantastic elements. It is a mishmash Read more [...]
Brian Keene ‘The Rising’ Review
Written by: Matthew J. Barbour The Rising was Brian Keene’s first book. It is often regarded as his best novel. However, arguments can be made for both Ghoul and The Read more [...]
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