Bøger af Brian Asman

The debut novel from viral horror sensation Brian Asman, Good Dogs is a heartfelt and harrowing story of survival, belonging, found family, and the lengths we'll go to protect it.No one ever said being a werewolf was easy. Take Delia, for instance. She's spent much of her life fighting against her own nature, plagued by nightmares of childhood trauma, and trying to find her place in the world. Many werewolves are just like her: ostracized by their families, forced to live alone and in secret as they await those nights when the Change overtakes them.Becoming the den mother to an odd bunch of lycanthropes in Southern California isn't exactly the answer Delia was looking for. But under the strict rules of the house, they are able to manage the Change safely, and hunt without endangering their San Diego suburb. And they aren't lone wolves anymore, they're a pack--a family.But when one member's carelessness leads to the discovery of a severed leg in their backyard, Delia and the rest of her family are forced to confront the cold, hard fact they've known all along--they don't belong here. Their only option is to cover up the kill and head into the wilderness, far from people. There, hopefully, they can live out their lives without posing a threat to anyone else.At home, they might've been apex predators. But in the wilds around Talbot--a town abandoned for a century--Delia and her pack aren't the only ones with a savage bite ...

Embark on a journey through the mysterious aftermath of the apocalypse with "Forbidden Futures 12: Back to the Stone Age." This anthology unveils worlds where the remnants of civilizations blend with the enigmatic forces of magic and the untamed laws of survival. Journey amidst the shadows of fallen civilizations, through landscapes shrouded in mystery, and experience the thrill of Back to the Stone Age.Experience the first minutes of the end in Robert Ford's The Becoming on the eve of the apocalypse.Join a tribal odyssey in Gram Hzofizin's The Silent Peak, where celestial omens guide destiny.Navigate the desolate realms of Brian Asman's Twilight of the Vitaphage, a dramatic quest in an evil landscape.Explore the intricacies of time realities in Matthew Medney's 39 Children, which pushes the limits of human endurance and temporal boundaries.Discover future troglodytes in Pat Smilet's Dusk of the Forgotten Earth, the last survivors of a DNA War.Enter the mystical, shadowy world of John Frogert's The Fall of Kruj.Witness the tumultuous aftermath of war generations later in Ismael Galvan's The Downfall of Green Stone.Brave the mystical Fatal Hills of Blue by Sam Richard is a tale of survival against enigmatic forces.Venture into Cody Goodfellow's Stone Skin, a brutal tale of survival.Get lost in Robert E. Howard's The Shadow Kingdom, a timeless exploration of ancient civilizations.Take an extraordinary journey back to a time when magic and mystery reigned supreme.

Deciduous Tales is a literary journal which features an eclectic mix of new and classic works from a range of different authors. Our goal is to offer a variety of dark fiction and poetry, from horror and suspense to neo-noir and trangressive. We feature the works of seasoned and award-winning authors such as Richard Thomas and Douglas Milliken and emerging voices such as Matthew Brockmeyer and Adrean Messmer, as well as legendary authors like H.P. Lovecraft and Charles Baudalaire.

With his "highly visual and cinematic worldbuilding" (Booklife by Publishers Weekly), Brian Asman spins a horrifying and imaginative tale of an ordinary family and their extraordinary new house...Sabrina Haskins and her family have just moved into their dream home, a gorgeous Craftsman in the rapidly-growing Southwestern city of Jackson Hill. Sabrina's a bored and disillusioned homemaker, Hal a reverse mortgage salesman with a penchant for ill-timed sports analogies. Their two children, Damien and Michaela, are bright and precocious. ¿At first glance, the house is perfect. But things aren't what they seem.Sabrina's hearing odd noises, seeing strange visions. Their neighbors are odd or absent. And Sabrina's already-fraught relationship with her son is about to be tested in a way no parent could ever imagine.Because while the Haskins family might be the newest owners of 4596 James Circle, they're far from its only residents...

"Sometimes you stop by the convenience store for a slushy and the world just goes straight to hell, and takes you along with it. I haven't had this much fun watching terrible stuff happen in a long time." -Stephen Graham Jones, author of MongrelsA Bizarro fiction tribute to the Kevin Smith cult classic CLERKS.After a killer surf session, Scot Kring stops into his local Fasmart for a delicious, icy Slushpuppy. But before he can leave, a homeless guy outside has a stroke and accidentally recites an ancient Latin phrase that summons a very hungry demon, who just so happens to look like filmmaker Kevin Smith.Now Scot's stuck in a time loop along with the other occupants of the convenience store who may or may not be demonically possessed and he's fighting back with nothing but a fistful of greasy hot dogs and a souvenir Slushpuppy cup as the giant menacing kaiju Kevin Smith threatens to kill them all. I'm Not Even Supposed to Be Here Today is a demon apocalypse comedy for the slacker generation.