Brand New Dark

<pre spellcheck=false>Bishop Rider Lives! And for a dead man he's been busy. His story and the parts of it yet to be told being what populates <i>Brand New Dark</i>. Unseen moments pulled from between the pages of <i>A Better Kind of Hate</i> <i>The Big Machine Eats</i> and <i>All of Them to Burn</i>. Twenty-five new tales that bridge what came before and expand upon what can only come after. <br><br>Come see what happened in-between. <br><br>Come see how he made them burn. <br><br>Praise for BRAND NEW DARK: <br><br>Beau Johnson masterfully crafts sharp incisive short fiction and Bishop Rider is the perfect vehicle for his mix of gallows humor and righteous anger. <i>Brand New Dark</i> is an intoxicating blend of violence and bone-deep humanity that lingers with you long after the final page. -James D.F. Hannah Shamus Award-winning author of the Henry Malone novels <br><br><i>Brand New Dark</i> is an utterly terrifying high-octane mix of Lee Child's Jack Reacher and a Nicolas Winding Refn production powered by a voice that's unique to crime fiction. It's a mega-dose of the darkest in human nature...and murderously inventive. -Nick Kolakowski author of <i>Rattlesnake Rodeo</i> and <i>Boise Longpig Hunting Club</i> <br><br>Do you like stories about bad guys being torn apart in new and ever-innovative ways? Then boy has Beau Johnson got the books for you. But Beau does more than just tell tales of unbridled violence he delivers them with a wit and humour that keeps you smiling when really your stomach should be doing flips. -Paul Heatley author of <i>Cutthroat</i> and <i>Just Like Jesus</i> <br><br><i>Brand New Dark</i> is a powerful mix of vengeance violence and razor-sharp writing by one of crime fiction's most daring short story writers. -E.A. Aymar author of <i>The Unrepentant</i> <br><br>Johnson doesn't play nice. When it comes to ultraviolence he's doing for crime what Barker did for horror. <i>Brand New Dark</i> will slap you in the mouth. -Laird Barron author of <i>Worse Angels</i> <br><br>Dark bloody and righteously gruesome <i>Brand New Dark</i> satisfies the itch for beautifully written crime fiction where the violence is seen from the corners of our eyes and over our shoulders as Johnson's relentless pacing propels us forward to a fate we can't look away from no matter the cost. -Laurel Hightower author of <i>Crossroads</i> <br><br>Beau Johnson is like an alchemist. He melds dark violent narratives with searing heartbreaking fragility. <i>Brand New Dark</i> is the same old Beau. Fearless poetic and brutal. -S.A. Cosby author of <i>Blacktop Wasteland</i> and <i>Razorblade Tears</i> <br><br>Are these stories violent? Yes. Are they dark? Yes. Is <i>Brand New Dark</i> a well-written page-turning collection of vigilante justice crime fiction at its finest? Hell yes. Nobody gives the bad guys a taste of their own medicine like the master of the genre Beau Johnson. -Jennifer Hillier Thriller Award-winning author of <i>Jar of Hearts</i> <br><br>Johnson never forgets how important Rider's humanity is both to the character and to the readers as well. The unflinching violence limb dislocations and evilness of men never veers into parody and neither does Rider. And fans of Bishop's previous tales will be delighted to fill more of his details through Johnson's fractured but never confusing style of storytelling. -Hector Acosta author of <i>Hardway</i><br></pre>