Episode 49 Interview with Horror Grandmaster and bestselling author Brian Keene

Postcards number 49 is a special one. My guest Brian Keene will
need no introduction to horror fiction fans. Brian writes novels,
comic books,  short stories, and nonfiction. He is the
author of over fifty books,  mostly in the horror, crime,
and fantasy genres. In 2014 I was on hand to watch him receive
the World Horror Grandmaster Award and he has been nominated six
times for the Bram Stoker award and well as winning the big prize
twice.  His novel The Rising revolutionized the zombie novel
in 2003 and was at the forefront of a rights battle with Leisure
publishing who collapsed after decades of being one of the
largest paperback publishers in the world. That battle resulted
in Keene and several other authors regaining control of their
work.


For years he took on exploitive forces in  publishing
through his six years hosting “The Horror Show with Brian
 Keene.”  On the show, Brian took on a larger-than-life
combative role. I enjoyed this and was a weekly listener but I
always knew the gentler personal  Keene and the genre
historian was being overshadowed.  My hope with this
conversation is to show that side of Brian I had hung out with at
cons and on book tours.   We talk at length about his
time coming up, his early influences, and the importance of
teaching the history of the genre. We do talk a bit about
 Brian’s new novels including his new vampire novella With
Teeth.  If you dig what I am doing don’t forget to Like,
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