Two New Books
I’m pleased to announce the release of two new titles:
CONCRETE JUNGLE
It’s late. A few remaining shoppers head for the multi-story car park after attacking the sales at an adjacent shopping center.
However, they become trapped in the underground bunker when, incredibly, trees start to sprout from beneath the car park, transforming the concrete structure into a ruined, maze-like cavern.
Unable to find a way out it becomes a struggle for survival, for not only does the car park continue to transform back into a jungle, wild animals have begun to appear, governed by hunger under the foliage canopy. Now the humans must fight to survive – not only Mother Nature, but a foe just as deadly…each other.
This is the first in the ‘Jungle’ novella trilogy.
180 signed limited edition softcovers, $14
With bonus Jungle stories from Nate Kenyon and Tim Kroenert.
Cover art by Steve Crisp. Internal illustrations by Keith Minnion.
Available to buy direct from the publisher or from the Horror Mall
TALES OF SIN AND MADNESS
Aurealis and Ditmar award nominated horror author Brett McBean (The Last Motel, The Familiar Stranger, The Mother) continues his exploration of the dark side of the human character by bringing you twenty-one tales of sin and madness. From zombies roaming the Australian outback, to psychopaths roaming New York City, McBean plunges the depths of human depravity, and delves into a sick and sordid world of serial killers, Manson-like cults, even road kill and cheap souls. So pull up a seat in front of the campfire, grab a marshmallow or two, and come and take a journey into the heart of darkness with one of Australia’s leading voices in dark fiction.
This new edition contains six extra stories not published in the hardcover edition.
Available in two editions: trade paperback (LegumeMan Books or Amazon)
digital (Amazon or Smashwords)
New Interview
Author Greg Chapman recently interviewed me for his blog. To check out the interview, go here: http://darkscrybe.blogspot.com/2011/01/author-interview-brett-mcbean.html
New Tales of Sin and Madness
Here’s the jacket for the new edition of my short story collection, Tales of Sin and Madness, coming soon from LegumeMan Books. More details to come.
Update on German Titles
The cover for my next German release has been unveiled. Die Bestien is the German edition of my third (and as yet unreleased) novel, Torment. Look out for Die Bestien (roughly translated The Beasts) in the later part of next year, from Festa Verlag. Meanwhile, if you missed out on a copy of my first German release, Die Mutter, then I’m pleased to announce that the second printing has just been released from Festa Verlag.
Saucy Jacky
Due to my strong interest in the Jack the Ripper murders, I’ve decided to start a blog/website dedicated to the infamous crimes of 1888. I’ve called this page Saucy Jacky, and there you’ll find a host of information relating to the Ripper; from book and movie reviews, to my thoughts concerning the various suspects and which of the victims I believe were murdered by the notorious serial killer. So please, stop by Saucy Jacky: A Ripper of a Blog
New Interview
I was recently interviewed by German horror/thriller website Element of Crime. To read the interview (in English) go here.
Die Mutter is a Sell-Out!
I am pleased to report that the first print run of Die Mutter (the German Edition of my novel The Mother) has sold out! The publisher, Festa Verlag, are now planning on doing a second, higher, print run, hopefully to be released this year. This makes me very happy.
Die Mutter Goes Virus
Die Mutter, the German edition of my novel The Mother, is the featured “Ghoul of the Month” book in the popular German horror magazine Virus. Apparently there’s a nice review of the book – pity I can’t read German. For those of you who can, you can purchase the latest copy of Virus here.
New short story published
My short story, ‘The Scary Place’ has been published in the excellent Australian E-zine Eclecticism, as part of their 3rd Anniversary (13th issue) special, appropriately themed: Superstitions. To read my story, as well as other fine fiction from writers such as Martin Livings and Shane Jiraiya Cummings, go here to download the PDF, or to read it as an online magazine via its ISSUU format.
I have sold my third novel!
I am thrilled to announce that I have sold my third novel to independent Australian publisher Severed Press for a trade paperback release. Torment is a supernatural thriller in the vein of David Morrell’s First Blood.
Synopsis:
Former jailbird Jim Clayton never was much good at controlling his anger, nor minding his own business. So when he winds up in the tiny mountain town of Billings, Georgia, and witnesses a man attacking a teenage girl named Darlene, he can’t help but step in. Unfortunately for Jim, the man is the local Police Chief. And in Billings, the police don’t bother with jail for people who assault officers – no, outsiders like Jim are taken up into the mountains and hunted like wild animals.
Only this time, the hunters aren’t prepared for a tough ex-con whose will to survive is equal to their bloodlust. Nor a stranger with a most unusual possession – a human soul. A soul he’s desperate to sell; a curse he’s desperate to be free from.
And when Darlene buys the soul, unwittingly transferring the curse onto herself, Jim once again steps in to save her, discovering he must face the demons of his past to do so, while fighting to stay alive against the band of savage hunters.
Torment is scheduled for a late 2010 release.
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