Midlisters: A Novella
by Kealan Patrick Burke
Signed by Jack Ketchum who did the forward.
Cover Art and 5 Interior Illustrations by Keith Minnion.

Meet Jason Tennant, a writer of violent horror novels whose career is mired firmly in a maddening swamp of frustration somewhere north of nowhere and south of success. He is a midlister, those thankless souls who labor in the shadows of sometimes better, sometimes luckier writers, and it's starting to take its toll.

Meet Kent Gray, wildly popular author of a string of so-called "sex-fi" novels. He's wealthy, handsome, and the object of Jason Tennant's professional jealousy.

Welcome to Baltimore, Maryland, and the Aurora Science Fiction & Horror Convention, where these two men, midlister and bestseller, will meet for the first time, and the midlister motto "Better Read Than Dead" will be put to the ultimate test.

"...Burke is a newcomer worth watching" -- Publishers Weekly

"...an author with a firm grip on both style and substance." -- The Horror Channel

"Burke has already proven that he is a talent to watch..." -- Ron Dickie, Horror World

"The future of horror has many names, but one of them with lights around it is Kealan Patrick Burke. Keep both eyes on this one!" -- Al Sarrantonio, author of Hallows Eve and Toybox

"Kealan Patrick Burke shines a light on the darkness--both the kind that lurks in supernatural shadows, and the kind that lives beneath all-too-human skin. If you're looking for chills of the classic variety crafted with a contemporary touch, don't miss this promising young writer's work." -- Norman Partridge, author of Dark Harvest and Mr. Fox & Other Feral Tales