Brian Keene Poised to Unleash Maelstrom: But What is It?

Hello.

My name is Gregory Fisher. I'm also called the Undead Rat. I run a blog focusing on my favorite topic: Horror Books.

For sometime now, horror author Brian Keene has been dropping hints on The Official Website of Author Brian Keene about something called Maelstrom.

First announce in a cryptic blog post on June 11, 2010 and the referred to in three subsequent posts. Little by little Brian Keene has revealed what we absolutely needed to know and not much more.

He has stated:

* Maelstrom is big . . . huge . . . humongous even!

* Subscribers to the newsletter Of Keene Interest will find out what it is before the rest of us -- in fact they should already know.

* It will come out October 1st, 2010

* On August 16 he announced it will cost $125.00, giving us a month and a half to scrape up the funds

* Maelstrom will be offered as an online purchase only. Do not expect it to come to a store near you.

* Did I mention it was gargantuan?


What is Maelstrom? Well, most of us will have to wait until October to find out but I'm willing to hazard a guess.

Before I do, please realize I have no special insight, no relationship with the man (other than I buy his books), and no communication with him on this subject (I do not even have rudimentary telepathy). I'm also not a subscriber to Of Keene Interest, yet.

My best guess is that Maelstrom is the Labyrinth Mythos, the origin story that comes before the stories in Mr. Keene's horror novels such as The Rising, Earthworm Gods, Ghoul, Darkness on the Edge of Town and many others.