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Kealan Patrick Burke

Ireland (b.1976)

Born and raised in Dungarvan, Ireland, Kealan Patrick Burke is an award-winning author described as "a newcomer worth watching" (Publishers Weekly) and "one of the most original authors in contemporary horror" A movie based on his short story "Peekers", directed by Mark Steensland (DEAD @ 17), and scripted by veteran novelist Rick Hautala (Bedbugs, The Mountain King), is currently scheduled for screening at a variety of international film festivals.

Genres: Horror

Series

Timmy Quinn
   1. The Turtle Boy (2005)
   2. The Hides (2005)
   3. Vessels (2006)
   4. Peregrine's Tale (2010)
   5. Nemesis (2012)

Milestone
   1. The Witch (2013)
   2. Saturday Night at Eddie's (2010)
   3. Thirty Miles South Of Dry County (2012)
   4. The Palaver (2015)

Dead Seasons
1. Dead Leaves (2011)
2. Dead of Winter (2010)

Offline
1. Offline (2011)
2. In The Flesh (2014)

Novels

   Currency of Souls (2007)
   Midlisters (2010)
   Master of the Moors (2011)
   Kin (2011)
   The Devil's Guests (2017) (with others)
   Guests (2023)

Collections

   Ravenous Ghosts (2003)
   The Number 121 to Pennsylvania and Others (2008)
   Theater Macabre (2011)
   Cobwebs (2011)
   Digital Hell (2012)
   The Dichotomy of Christmas (2015) (with others)
   Secret Faces (2016)
   Cut Corners Volume 3 (2017) (with Ray Garton and Bryan Smith)
   Garden of Fiends (2017) (with others)
   We Live Inside Your Eyes (2019)
   Lullabies For Suffering (2020) (with Caroline Kepnes and Mark Matthews)
   Sunny Pines (2023) (with others)
   Grim Portraits (2023)

Novellas and Short Stories

   Seldom Seen in August (2010)
   Underneath (2010)
   Empathy (2011)
   The Grief Frequency (2011)
   Mr. Goodnight (2011)
   Peekers (2011)
   The Toll (2012)
   The Tent (2013)
   Jack & Jill (2013)
   Memory Lane (2015)
   Sour Candy (2015)
   Blanky (2017)
   The House on Abigail Lane (2020)

Anthologies edited

   Tales From the Gorezone (2004)
   Taverns of the Dead (2005)
   Brimstone Turnpike (2008)
   Dust & Shadow (2011)

Series contributed to

Night Visions
12. Night Visions 12 (2006)

Cemetery Dance Select
Cemetery Dance Select: Kealan Patrick Burke (2015)

Omnibus editions show

Kealan Patrick Burke recommends

A Hole We Crawl Into (2023)
Joe Hart
"Joe Hart is one of the most exciting and consistently entertaining horror writers to come along in years. If you haven't yet read his work, I'd advise you to rectify that oversight posthaste. Trust me, you'll be glad you did. Hart's is an old-school sensibility with a modern twist, and anything he writes is well worth reading."

Linghun (2023)
Ai Jiang
"A devastating parable of loss, Ai Jiang's Linghun is a meditation on grief, how it changes us, makes ghost of the living, and keeps us trapped in prisons of mourning. It's a testament to Jiang's ferocity as a lyricist of sorrow and heartbreak that I read this book in one sitting and expect it will haunt me for a very, very long time to come. Truly remarkable."

Beasts of 42nd Street (2023)
Preston Fassel
"Like the bastard lovechild of Paul Schrader and Abel Ferrera, Preston Fassel's Beasts of 42nd Street is a sleazy, audacious, razor-sharp slice of bloody exploitation that will satisfy cinephiles and gorehounds alike. You may be able to wipe away the grime after reading this book, but the smile will stay for days."

Gothic (2023)
Philip Fracassi
"Stylish, atmospheric, and chilling, GOTHIC is an affectionate ode to the horror greats, and an effective reminder that Philip Fracassi is destined to become one of them. One of my favorite reads of the year so far."

Episode Thirteen (2023)
Craig DiLouie
"An epistolary descent into a living nightmare . . . well-written and genuinely unsettling. Fans of paranormal documentaries, ghost-hunting shows, and found-footage horror will lose their minds over this one."

Tome (2022)
(Juniper Trilogy, book 2)
Ross Jeffery
"Ross Jeffery's work evokes the insidious menace of past master, prepare to be scared."

Full Immersion (2022)
Gemma Amor
"Raw, personal, confrontational, and timely, Gemma Amor bares her soul in full for a book that will rock you to your core. Charting a metaphysical landscape of pain and real suffering, Full Immersion is nothing less than a klaxon call confirming one of the most daring and fearless voices in contemporary fiction."

The Deer Kings (2021)
Wendy N Wagner
"A novel of fog-shrouded towns and dark secrets, of corrupted youth and shadowy barns, and of insidious cults and rituals taking place beneath the veneer of a seemingly ordinary Oregon town, The Deer Kings is a novel by an author at the top of her game. With an evocative sense of place, flesh-and-blood characters anchored by long shadows to the sinister events of the past, and a narrative punctuated by jolts of startling horror, this compulsively readable novel has solidified Wendy Wagner's place as one of the most exciting writers in the genre."

Children of Chicago (2021)
(Chicago Saga, book 1)
Cynthia Pelayo
"Part police procedural, all horror, Cynthia Pelayo's CHILDREN OF CHICAGO is an immensely entertaining and thoroughly chilling novel, which just so happens to combine two of my favorite things: Chicago and fairytales. I challenge you not to have a good time with Pelayo's book. The confidence and style on display here say she's destined to become one of the greats."

The Gulp (2021)
(Gulp, book 1)
Alan Baxter
"Alan Baxter is one of the best horror writers in the business."

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Anthologies containing stories by Kealan Patrick Burke

October Screams (2023)
A Halloween Anthology
edited by
Kenneth W Cain

This World Belongs to Us (2023)
An Anthology of Horror Stories about Bugs
edited by
Michael W Phillips Jr

Obsolesence (2023)
A Dark Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Anthology
edited by
Kristina Horner and Alan Lastufka

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Awards

Bram Stoker Best First Novel nominee (2005) : The Hides

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