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Love Letters From A Nihilist

In Keene’s short-fiction collection, a son visiting his hospitalized father becomes trapped in a bathroom with an unknown monster. The family visit becomes a fight to escape.

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LOVE LETTERS FROM A NIHILIST is the third book in a series collecting all of Brian Keene's short fiction. The stories in this volume span over two decades of publication, and include critically-acclaimed works like "The King, in: YELLOW", "Intersectionality", "The Ties That Bind", and many more, including several new tales set in the world of The Rising, and others featuring fan-favorite characters Levi Stoltzfus and The Exit. Bleak, relentless, compulsive page-turners, these love letters from the horror genre's ultimate nihilist will lead you right over the cliff, screaming all the way down.

First published: 2019
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