If you’re trying to diet and having a hard time of it, reading this book will help. And personally, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to eat vegetable soup again!Other reviewers have said it, but it bears repeating – this book is gross, and should probably come with a warning: not for those with se...
I listened to the audiobook version. It was an okay book. It was fastpaced and reasonably interesting. It took an interesting premise but I don't think he did as much with the plot as he could have. He started out with a few good plot points but then abandoned them in preference for gore ...
The cast and crew of the realty series Castaways have to fight for their lives when the supposedly uninhabited island they are on turns out to be inhabited, by a tribe of carnivorous monstrosities.Castaways is the first novel by Brain Keene that I have read, but it sure won't be the last. It was...
This is just a sidenote...those who haven't read Brian Keene's book "Dark hollow" are going to want to read that one before they read this one, because this book gives away the end (and the middle and the beginning and everything in-between) of that book, and I think that book is a great read as ...
I usually rely on Brian Keene for a good, old fashioned, gory-spooky fun fest. I felt that he went above and beyond the call of duty this time. Levi Stoltzfus, the former Amish man who still dresses like he's Amish and is a master of powwow and dark magic and knows how to go to other dimensions...
June 1984. Timmy Graco is looking forward to summer vacation, taking it easy and hanging out with his buddies. Instead his summer will be filled with terror and a life-and-death battle against a nightmarish creature that few will believe even exists. Timmy has learned that the person who's bee...
Nothing stays dead for long. The dead are returning to life, intelligent, determined…and very hungry. Escape seems impossible for Jim Thurmond, one of the few left alive in this nightmare world. But Jim’s young son is also alive and in grave danger hundreds of miles away. Despite astronomical odd...
A husband and wife... A pair of petty criminals... A young man... And a peverse serial killer... Strangers with seemingly little in common with one another, are inextricably linked through a series of macabre events. In one explosive night, these people's lives will change forever. Their stories ...
Brian Keene’s Dark Hollow (originally published on my blog, jonathanjanz.com (http://jonathanjanz.com/2011/12/03/br...)I read for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is to learn how other writers work their magic. But if I were to divorce the writer part of me from the reader part of me—some...
She was on his sofa, reading a book. She was a complete stranger. And she was naked... Her name was Zoe, and she had survived a horrific ordeal. Fleeing from trouble and the threat of death, Zoe turned to her best friend, Helen. Driving for three days straight, she arrived cold and hungry on Hele...
Nada permanece muerto mucho tiempo. Los muertos están volviendo a la vida, inteligentes, decididos… y hambrientos. Huir parece imposible para Jim Thurmond, uno de los pocos supervivientes de este mundo de pesadilla. Pero el joven hijo de Jim también está vivo y en peligro a cientos de miles de ki...
Carlucci, Shaggy, and Turo: Apartment 1-D Sitting on the floor in the corner of Sam’s bedroom, Terri cradles Caleb in her lap, kissing the top of his head and rubbing his back and trying to reassure him. She hasn’t held him like this in a while. He used to be cuddly when he was younger, but ever...
"[Brian Keene's] first novel, The Rising, is a postapocalyptic narrative that revels in its blunt and visceral descriptions of the undead." -The New York Times Book Review "[The Rising is] the most brilliant and scariest book ever written. Brian Keene is the next Stephen King." -The Horror Review...
Night is, of course, a relative fucking term, but we were still thinking in terms of day and night at that point. When we got back to the apartment building, Russ and I apologized to each other one more time. Then we both apologized to Christy for upsetting her. I felt terrible about reacting tha...
He did this partly by scent and partly by subtle signs on the ground—half a footprint here and a broken twig or bent leaf there. We made good time, despite our injuries and exhaustion. It helped that we were no longer burdened with equipment, armor, or weapons. Bloop had given me one of his sword...
“Now it is my turn. Your soul will feed me well.” “Levi!” The shout came from behind him—Donny’s voice. What were they still doing here? He’d told them to run. Not wanting to risk taking his eyes off his opponent, Levi yelled, “Get out of here. Please, you don’t—” The creature slashed at him with...
Outside, the ice draws closer, the cold bites with teeth sharper than any carnivore. For comfort against the darkness, man invents the first story. It is a horror story. The darkness is beautiful and filled with wonders. Fast forward. &n...
The fluorescent light fixtures swung back and forth, creaking on their chains and raining dust down onto cardboard boxes full of various home electronics, which were also swaying. The fire extinguisher fell from its hook on the wall and crashed onto the floor, then rolled out of sight. The wire m...
Vines and thorns tugged at our clothing. A few yards beyond the tree line, the foliage abruptly cleared. Sand gave way to a thick carpet of pine needles, and the trees were spaced far enough apart for us to move freely. Hooper screamed again, his voice closer. "Clevela...
She had a momentary sensation of striking something with her feet. Then the waves closed over her head. She opened her eyes and glanced around. The water was dark and murky and she could only see a few feet in any direction. Warren thrashed beneath her, his arms and legs flailing weakly. She reac...
It made me sweat, just like she had. The air was so thick, it felt like we were breathing soup. The heat made the stench worse. Our dirty handkerchiefs, crusted with sand and blood, were useless. They stank almost as bad as the desert. Course, it wasn’t the desert that stank. It was the things ch...
It was also included in my now out-of-print collection A Conspiracy of One. This is the first time the novella has been made available to a wider audience. While Old Scratch is a fictional creation, the other giant snakes of Pennsylvania mentioned herein are indeed based on actual legends, and si...
@page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } ENTRY 11 Been a few days since I worked on this. Real life intruded. To paraphrase Bob Segar, deadlines and commitments, what to leave in and what to leave out. I finished the extra material for Darkness on the Edge of Town ton...
My head was throbbing and blood filled my mouth. Wincing at the taste, I explored with my tongue and found that I’d bitten the inside of my cheek—probably on impact.“Steve?”Charlie. It sounded like he was in pain.“Steve, you okay?”I opened my eyes and blinked, staring at the dent my head had made...
You grow weary of our journey across this endless sea? Sit down and I will tell you a tale of your grandfather.” Sweeping back his long black hair, the tallest youth looked at his father and then at the waves beyond the edge of their craft. “You mean Grampa, who tends the animals down in the hold...
It was located in a less-trafficked, disused section of the harbor, surrounded by leaning tin shacks, vacant storage buildings whose outer walls were covered with graffiti and gray-black mildew, and decrepit marinas that looked ready to fall into the sea. It was a depressing, unwholesome sight, b...
The bright sun dominated the blue, mid-morning sky. A flock of birds wheeled overhead, surfing the breeze. Leigh wondered if they were still alive. On the couch, Penny asked, “What are you doing? They’ll see you.” “Beautiful day outside,” he said. “If it wasn’t for the sme...
The murk outside didn’t help matters. There was never a clear transition of daylight or darkness. There was only the oppressive gray half-light, as if the world were being lit by phosphorescent fungus. Neither the sun or the moon could be glimpsed through the fog, and the sky was empty of stars. ...