“'Ghoul' was what my world looked like, growing up in the late Seventie...” — Brian Keene Quote

'Ghoul' was what my world looked like, growing up in the late Seventies and early Eighties, and what I thought it looked like. A lot of my personal experiences went into it.

'Castaways' was a play on what if a reality show like 'Survivor' was unknowingly set on an island inhabited by a sub-human race of creatures? Readers have often asked me to consider turning the short story into a full-length novel. So I did.

Don't just rehash what came before. Find new things to do with it, in your unique voice.

Levi," Maria called. "Come back. We're not finished yet.

Being a writer involves writing. You've got to commit to sitting down and writing instead of Xbox or Netflix.

My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.

Part of me is stuck in my childhood in the Eighties. I actually watch 'The Neverending Story,' 'Labyrinth,' and 'Legend' over and over again. Also, 'Willow' and 'The Goonies.'

Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties.

Originally, in the early eighties, the drug hypothesis was among the first which occurred to scientists.

There is some Eighties music that is just timeless. The melodies, the lyrics... I called it church. Church in club. You can shout and dance. The best of the Eighties was club church.