One day the rain just didn t stop. As the flood waters slowly rose and coastal cities and towns disappeared, some people believed it was the end of the world. Maybe they were right. But the water wasn t the worst part. Even more terrifying was what the soaking rains drove up from beneath the earth -- unimaginable creatures, writhing, burrowing...and devouring all in their path. What hope does an already-devastated mankind have against...the Conqueror Worms?

Since his earliest stories, Brian Keene has deconstructed the mystique of the writing life. Isolation, relationships lost, long hours, inconsistent paychecks, and professional heartbreak are all part of the job. Keene has unflinchingly laid bare the realities of the full-time writer. Where We Live and Die collects Brian Keene's best stories about the writing life, including his metafictional ghost story masterpiece "The Girl on the Glider," a glimpse of Adam Senft (from Keene's Dark Hollow and Ghost Walk) in Hell, and a never-before-printed spoken word poem encapsulating the history of the horror genre. Where We Live and Die is a masterful collection by a Grandmaster of Horror and a fictional guidebook for the working writer.

    Considered by many critics to be one of Brian Keene’s best works, The Girl on the Glider has been long out of print-until now!     The year is 2009, and the world’s financial and publishing sectors are in chaos. In the midst of this disarray, a burned-out horror writer finds himself haunted by a variety of ghosts, both real and metaphorical. And as the ghosts increase their attacks, his struggle to make a living quickly becomes a fight to hold on to his family-and his very sanity.     This meta-fictional take on the traditional, old-fashioned ghost story is a deft mix of M. R. James and Hunter S. Thompson, and makes for one of Keene’s most personal and powerful novellas.     Cemetery Dance, 2008. Hardcover (limited to 537+52 copies), 102 pp.

SUMMARY: Contestants on a Survivor-like reality TV show find the dangers are too real when theyre stranded on a deserted island with inhuman creatures out to kill them.