Zombie soundtrack

Unofficial soundtrack for Rock and Roll Reform School Zombies, my new novella from Deadite Press. Compiled using the 8tracks website. The novella is a period piece set in 1987 and the music is all punk and heavy metal music from the 70's and 80's.

The Zombies Are Here

My new novella from Deadite Press, Rock and Roll Reform School Zombies, is now available from Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1936383276/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_6xWXmb0CKF60E

This story is a period piece set in 1987. It's meant to be a homage to the B horror movies of the 80's (especially Return of the Living Dead), hence the Troma-like title. The story is also influenced by the 1987 documentary Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years, which depicted the decadent hard rock/metal scene that thrived on the Sunset Strip in California in that decade. An interview in the movie with a conservative anti-metal person provided inspiration for an institution in my story that exists to "de-metal" teenagers and return them to society as squeaky-clean and well-behaved little automatons. It is a cesspool of corruption to begin with and then the zombies show up. I think most of you will have fun with it. So go buy a whole bunch of copies, okay?

New novella

Here's the cover for my forthcoming novella Rock and Roll Reform School Zombies. This should be out very soon from Deadite Press, possibly by the end of this month. I will post the ordering link when it goes live. This is a trade paperback. The list price is $10.95. This is a period piece set in 1987, and is sort of a dual homage to Return of the Living Dead and Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years.

Depraved limited edition

The limited edition of Depraved from Altar 13 officially went on sale the other day. Check it out at the link below:

http://www.horror-mall.com/DEPRAVED-by-Bryan-Smith-Limited-Edition-HC-p-21098.html

The limited edition contains a new afterword by me as well an original 8,000 word novelette entitled Depraved II: The-In-Between-Quel. The cover art is by the renowned horror artist Alan Clark. If you buy this thing, you'll help ensure that there'll be more of these limited editions in the future. And believe me, with the publishing industry in a state of chaos these days, I can use all the extra cash these limiteds bring in.

By now I assume you've all heard about the upheaval at my primary publisher, Dorchester Publishing. A lot of people have asked me about my plans in light of the developments there. In truth, I don't have any solid news to report on that just yet. But be assured I have been working hard behind the scenes on how to proceed. When I have something solid I can pass along, I will.

Pre-order The Dark Ones

Though my latest novel, The Killing Kind, was released barely a month ago, the next one is already available for pre-order on Amazon. Click the link below to pre-order my eighth novel, The Dark Ones. My Hollywood one-sentence pitch for this one would boil down to this: The River's Edge meets The Exorcist.

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Ones-Bryan-Smith/dp/0843964111/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_2

Am currently working on novel number nine, The Late Night Horror Show, and it is going well so far. There'll be some more news regarding more limited editions of my books coming soon. Stay tuned.

Freaking out with The Killing Kind

Those who visit the Dorchester site regularly know that authors often contribute "special feature" articles regarding their new releases, and I've done that several times in the past. This time I did something a little different. Instead of an essay on the writing of the book, I wrote a new 2,000 word short story in which surviving characters from The Freakshow run into characters from my new novel, The Killing Kind. Beware, though--this story contains mucho spoilers for anyone who hasn't read the earlier novel.

The new story:

http://dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/SpecialFeatures.cfm?ID=2829

The Killing Kind should start showing in all the major chain stores by next week, so be looking for it soon.

Cover for The Dark Ones

This is the cover for my eighth horror novel from Leisure Books. It will be released in January, 2011. And remember that my seventh novel, The Killing Kind, will be out in just a few weeks.