It’s been a pretty exciting week for me. I got the go-ahead from Blackstone to reveal the cover for my upcoming novel GOOD DOGS, a slashery werewolf story. Here it is, a damn fine looking cover if I do say so myself:
So what’s it about?
“The debut novel from viral horror sensation Brian Asman, Good Dogs is a heartfelt and harrowing story of survival, belonging, found family, and the lengths we'll go to protect it.
No one ever said being a werewolf was easy. Take Delia, for instance. She's spent much of her life fighting against her own nature, plagued by nightmares of childhood trauma, and trying to find her place in the world. Many werewolves are just like her: ostracized by their families, forced to live alone and in secret as they await those nights when the Change overtakes them.
Becoming the den mother to an odd bunch of lycanthropes in Southern California isn't exactly the answer Delia was looking for. But under the strict rules of the house, they are able to manage the Change safely, and hunt without endangering their San Diego suburb. And they aren't lone wolves anymore, they're a pack--a family.
But when one member's carelessness leads to the discovery of a severed leg in their backyard, Delia and the rest of her family are forced to confront the cold, hard fact they've known all along--they don't belong here. Their only option is to cover up the kill and head into the wilderness, far from people. There, hopefully, they can live out their lives without posing a threat to anyone else.
At home, they might've been apex predators. But in the wilds around Talbot--a town abandoned for a century--Delia and her pack aren't the only ones with a savage bite ...”
GOOD DOGS is out October 1st from Blackstone Publishing in paperback, ebook, and audio. You can preorder it here.
Also, had a story in the new anthology EVIL LITTLE FUCKS, which you should definitely check out because it’s got a bunch of great writers like Jeff Strand and Rebecca Rowland. My story, “Beware the Hurlyburly,” is a Slenderman-inspired short about what happens when the line between fantasy and reality becomes mixed up for two middle schoolers. You can order yours here.
Finally, if you like free books (and who doesn’t?), go check out the latest promo over on Bookfunnel, Killer Thrillers. Lots of cool horror, mystery and thriller books, including one of mine.