WE ARE MONSTERS
by Brian Kirk
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Publication date: Jan 2020
Nominated for a Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a First Novel.
“A stark and frightening novel. Horror fans should definitely seek this one
out.” – Booklist
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My Review
This book is very much character driven. The author takes his time developing his characters. For some, it may seem like maybe too much time. Not for me. If I’d not gotten a grasp on what makes them tick, I wouldn’t have cared for the story at all.
And it’s also a slow burner. You don’t get instant horror. There were even some parts that lagged for me. But then things really started happening. At first I was confused. Couldn’t grasp what was happening. Once I did, everything turned upside down. I wasn’t sure who was crazy. The patients or the people who ran the asylum. Or both.
If you like psychological horror that makes you think, I recommend you give this a go. I enjoyed it and would happily read more by this author.
4 STARS
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Synopsis
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When a troubled psychiatrist loses funding to perform clinical trials on an
experimental cure for schizophrenia, he begins testing it on his asylum’s
criminally insane, triggering a series of side effects that opens the mind of
his hospital’s most dangerous patient, setting his inner demons free.
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FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing.
Launched recently in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and
the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
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About Author Brian Kirk
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Brian Kirk is an author of dark thrillers and psychological
suspense. His debut novel, We Are Monsters, was released
in July 2015 and was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award®
for Superior Achievement in a First Novel.
His short fiction has been published in many notable magazines and
anthologies. Most recently, Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories and Behold!
Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders, where his work appears
alongside multiple New York Times bestselling authors, and received an
honorable mention in Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year compilation.
During the day, Brian works as a freelance marketing and creative consultant.
His experience working on large, integrated advertising campaigns for
international companies has helped him build an effective author platform,
and makes him a strong marketing ally for his publishing partners. In
addition, Brian has an eye for emerging media trends and an ability to
integrate storytelling into new technologies and platforms.
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