Cold at Heart is a fast-paced yarn about two manly men, a wildlife photographer, a biologist who studies wolves, and the biologist's Nordic beauty of a daughter, who encounters a fierce, intelligent, shapeshifting monster in the wilds of the Arctic Circle. Brian Hopkins's writing is a welcome throwback to the best of the horror/fantasy/adventure tales that used to appear in American pulp magazines from the 1930s through the 1950s. He adheres to the same storytelling principles of economical characterization, vivid descriptions, lots of action, and a bang-up ending. Even the scene where the blonde babe gets naked right off the bat is forgivable in the context of goodhearted, retro fun. Praises are due to Starlance Publications for having the cojones to publish a novella--that satisfying length for a supernatural tale--as a stand-alone paperback.

Cold at Heart

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Hopkins, Brian A.

Fantasy

Starlance Pubns

(as new) 1st printing signed/numbered first edition hardcover in mylar protected dust jacket. Signed by author. no marks, etc; very nice copy. fiction hardcover

El Dia De Los Muertos

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Earthling Pubns

Phoenix is the new story collection by four-time Bram Stoker winner Brian A. Hopkins, with an introduction by Gene Wolfe, and front cover art by Kevin Tickel.

Phoenix

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Here are seventeen of the author's favorite stories, including the Bram Stoker Award-winning novella "Five Days in April," along with the preceding Watchers story "Ten Days in July" and a story published here for the first time, "These are the Moments I Live For." Hopkins also won Stokers for his novel, The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club, his novella El Dia de los Muertos, and the second volume of his Extremes anthology series. He is the author of several other collections, including Salt Water Tears, Phoenix, and Road's End, as well as two mystery novels, the aforementioned Coon Hunters and The Bikini Bottoms Optional Oyster Bar.

These I Know By Heart: 20th Anniversary Edition

Macabre Ink

These I Know by Heart - 20th Anniversary Edition

Crossroad Press

Salt Water Tears is a new collection of stories by Bram Stoker Award Winning author Brian A. Hopkins. Introduction by Gary A. Braunbeck. Cover art by A.B. Word. Stories included are "North," "The Promised Hour," "Crocodile Gods," "Wisteria," "Flotsam," "The Baited Night," "Sand King," "Wind and Sea and Time," "Wrinkles At Twilight," and "Gramps Goes Fishing".

Salt Water Tears

Dark Regions Pr

The LICKING VALLEY COON HUNTERS CLUB is a science-fiction, action-adventure, mystery-P.I.-suspense, humorous horror novel. Yep, it really is. You have to read it to believe it.  Those of you who haven't read any of Hopkins' Zolotow tales, you have quite a treat in store. Those of you who are familiar with this intrepid P.I. won't be disappointed -- this is perhaps the best one to date.

The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club (A Martin Zolotow Mystery)

United States

Yard Dog Pr

The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club

These I Know by Heart

Bereshith Pub

Salt Water Tears delivers 11 stories from Bram Stoker Award winning author Brian A. Hopkins. These stories share a common theme, the oceans that cover seven-tenths of our world, but each is as unique and emotionally-charged as you've come to expect from this talented, seasoned, if not-heard-from-often-enough author. Submerge yourself in the worlds of this gifted storyteller, and you'll not want to come up for air. "...his stories carry things often forgotten or left behind in both horror and science fiction -- poetry, emotion, and heart ... If you haven't met Brian A. Hopkins, this could be the introduction you need." --from a review by William D. Gagliani "...another excellent collection of Brian's work ... I found it impossible to put this book down ... Fabulous!" --Lesley Mazey, The Eternal Night "Over the course of the last year or so we've sold more trade paperbacks by Brian Hopkins than we have any other writer ... [Brian] seems to be the kind of writer that appeals to our patrons. I like to think that that kind of writer is literate, emphatic, unusual and lyrical ... Better check this Hopkins guy out." --Mark Ziesing, Bookseller and Publisher "Hopkins displays a fascination with damaged protagonists ... that is almost as strong as the fascination with the ocean and cetaceans ... that is the titular focus of this book. From the distant play of orcas in 'North' to the rotting dolphin corpses center stage in 'Wrinkles at Twilight,' this theme of the pelagic mysteries weaves a fascinating metaphor for the decidedly land-based life led by most of Hopkins' readership ... These are not emotionally satisfying, morally secure stories -- they are challenging, sometimes difficult, and always at least a bit slantwise of the reader's expectation and experience." --Jay Lake, from a review in Tangent "The sea is the birthplace of all life. It has inspired some of the greatest minds in literature: Homer, Melville, Conrad, Hemingway ... and Brian A. Hopkins ... Hopkins dives deep into the mysteries of inner space and returns with a chest full of literary gems. Submerge yourself in his word. You may never wish to come ashore again." --Garrett Peck, from a review in Cemetery Dance "Brian Hopkins writes of the ocean as if he were a part of it. His empathy with whales -- in particular -- is phenomenal, and the subtle blend of intense research and intuitive talent is -- at times -- unnerving. Unforgettable fiction." --David Niall Wilson, Author of This is My Blood "When I examine my obsession with Fitzgerald and Tolstoy, for Dickens and Dostoevsky, I realize that what keeps me coming back to Gatsby and Anna and the rest is the music I hear when I am with them. That, and my absolute conviction that there is nothing there that I would have had them do differently. So it is with BAH's work. He doesn't simply write; he composes. Long after the reading is done, the melody lingers on." --Janet Berliner, Bram Stoker Award Winning Author of Rite of the Dragon

Salt Water Tears (The Short Fiction of Brian A. Hopkins)

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