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, Rate, and Subscribe to  Postcards. But if you want to support my efforts buy one of Brian or my  books, please.     •You can find my books here:     https://bookshop.org/contributors/david-agranoff   Amazon-https://www.amazon.com/David-Agranoff/e/B004FGT4ZW      •And me here:   Goodreads-http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2988332.David_Agranoff   Twitter-https://twitter.com/DAgranoffAuthor   Blog-http://davidagranoff.blogspot.com/