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Kealan Patrick Burke

Born

in Waterford, Ireland

August 04, 1976

Website

http://www.kealanpatrickburke.com

Twitter

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Genre

Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Stephen King, Charles L. Grant, Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson, Fr ...more

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Born and raised in a small harbor town in the south of Ireland, Kealan Patrick Burke knew from a very early age that he was going to be a horror writer. The combination of an ancient locale, a horror-loving mother, and a family full of storytellers, made it inevitable that he would end up telling stories for a living. Since those formative years, he has written five novels, over a hundred short stories, six collections, and edited four acclaimed anthologies. In 2004, he was honored with the Bram Stoker Award for his novella The Turtle Boy.

Kealan has worked as a waiter, a drama teacher, a mapmaker, a security guard, an assembly-line worker at Apple Computers, a salesman (for a day), a bartender, landscape gardener, vocalist in a grunge band, ...more

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We’re LIVE Inside Your Eyes

Today sees the release, in both paperback and digital, of my new collection WE LIVE INSIDE YOUR EYES. International readers may see a slight lag in the availability of the paperback edition, but that should right itself in a day or two.

In the ruins of an old parking garage, there is an effigy lashed to a pillar. To anyone else, the remains of the woman with the goat skull head is a warning. To

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Kealan Patrick Burke’s books

Average rating: 3.77 · 49,954 ratings · 9,105 reviews · 186 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sour Candy 3.65 avg rating — 17,218 ratings — published 2015 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kin 3.88 avg rating — 5,092 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Turtle Boy (Timmy Quinn #1) 3.63 avg rating — 4,358 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blanky 3.76 avg rating — 2,944 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Leaves: 9 Tales from the Witching Season 3.60 avg rating — 1,743 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House on Abigail Lane 3.89 avg rating — 1,425 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tent 3.78 avg rating — 1,126 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jack & Jill 3.98 avg rating — 1,062 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead of Winter 3.95 avg rating — 953 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hides (Timmy Quinn #2) 4.04 avg rating — 732 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Timmy Quinn (5 books)
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Offline (2 books)
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Cassandra Quinn (2 books)
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“Horror itself is a bit of a bullied genre, the antagonist being literary snobbery and public misconception. And I think good horror tackles our darkest fears, whatever they may be. It takes us into the minds of the victims, explores the threats, disseminates fear, studies how it changes us. It pulls back the curtain on the ugly underbelly of society, tears away the masks the monsters wear out in the world, shows us the potential truth of the human condition. Horror is truth, unflinching and honest. Not everybody wants to see that, but good horror ensures that it's there to be seen.”
― Kealan Patrick Burke

tags: horror

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“Finch was his own country, the government unstable, the population volatile.”
― Kealan Patrick Burke, Kin

tags: horror, kin

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“Living is hard; Death is easy. And there are no answers on either side.”
― Kealan Patrick Burke, Kin

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