An Interview
Triana was recently interviewed by Andrea Dawn. Check out the article here. Join us over at The Splatter Club
(membership is always free) for more on his new novel Full Brutal, including contests and giveaways.
FULL BRUTAL – OUT NOW
Triana’s latest nightmare is FULL BRUTAL, now available through Amazon, Smashwords, and straight from Grindhouse Press (or generally anywhere books are sold).
Kim White is a very popular cheerleader. She’s pretty, healthy, and comes from a well-off family. She has everything a girl of sixteen is supposed to want. And she’s sick to death of it. In search of something to pull her out of her suicidal thoughts, she begrudgingly decides to lose her virginity, having heard it’s a life-changing event. But Kim doesn’t want to do it the same way her peers do. She seduces one of her teachers, hoping to ruin his life just for the fun of it. This starts Kim on a runaway train of sadism, and she makes every effort to destroy the lives of those around her. But soon simple backstabbing is not enough to keep her excited, and she nosedives into sabotage, violence, and even murder. When Kim finds out she’s pregnant with her teacher’s child, a new madness overtakes her, and she realizes there’s only one thing that will satisfy her baby’s hunger . . .
Praise:
“One part Heathers and Mean Girls, another part Charles Manson and Jeffrey Dahmer, Kristopher Triana’s Full Brutal lives up to its title in the juiciest, goriest way imaginable. It’s a deep plunge into madness and murderous frenzy for the pure hell of it. At the same time, it is intricately clever in the way it delivers its carefully calculated doses of eye-popping brutality. Full Brutal is a damn good hardcore horror novel.”
–Bryan Smith, author of 68 Kill
“As violent and sadistic as it is wickedly satirical, Full Brutal will leave you feeling disgusted, degraded and filled with contempt for humanity. I loved it.”
– John McNee, author of Prince of Nightmares
“Full Brutal is like American Psycho through a Mean Girls filter, except cheerleader from hell Kim White makes Patrick Bateman look like a well-adjusted gentleman you’d really like to get to know. Arguably Triana’s finest and most disturbing work to date, and I’m a little terrified to see how he’s going to outdo this one in the future.”
– Chad Stroup, author of Secrets of the Weird
“Full Brutal is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. I loved it. Extreme horror is in good hands.”
– Kristopher Rufty, author of Something Violent and Pillowface
Phoenix Comic Fest Appearance
Triana will be with Blood Bound Books at Phoenix Comic Fest, May 25th through the 27th, at booth # AA1102. He will be signing copies of Body Art, DOA II and III, and the advance, comic con exclusive copies of his forthcoming novel, Shepherd of the Black Sheep, which will have its general release in September. Get a copy four months early!
Author Drew Stepek will also be appearing and signing books. Drop by and see us in the desert!
The Detained is Now Available
Triana’s new horror novella The Detained is out now from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing! The book is available in paperback and ebook. Get yours at Amazon,Barnes and Nobel or anywhere books are sold.
When Phoebe McBride returns to Bonneville for her twentieth high school reunion, she tells herself it’s the best way to confront what has haunted her since her senior year. There was one boy who never lived to see graduation, and in a way she blames herself for this tragedy. Now a child psychologist, Phoebe is determined to face her demons by going back, but those demons may be fresher than she realizes.
When she arrives at the school there are only three of her old classmates present—a bad boy turned writer, a fallen football hero and a popular girl whose life isn’t all she’d thought it would be. Bonneville isn’t even set up for a party—it’s set up for detention. Tables are aligned and her old P.E. teacher sits waiting. He always hosted detention back in her school days, but now he thinks he’s here to accept an award for all his years of service.
Soon the guests discover gruesome keepsakes waiting on their chairs. Horror and paranoia sink their claws into the class of ’96 as they are forced to revisit the worst memory from their youth, and ultimately pay for their past.
Kris is on Patreon!
Welcome to the Patreon page! It offers exclusive short stories, sneak peeks of forthcoming works, novel excerpts, blogs, and other writing. There will be videos and audio readings. Subscribers will receive occasional discounts on any of my books and other promotions.
The cost is only $10 bucks a month!
Right now Triana’s short story “Dead End” is featured (yup, you can read the whole thing). It was first published in Chilling Horror Short Stories (Flame Tree Publishing, 2015) and was republished in Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Vol. 1 (Comet Press, 2016). Also live on the site is a sneak peek of his forthcoming novel “Full Brutal” — read the whole first chapter! And just in time for Halloween, we will be posting a never before published short story, “It’s Never Night When I Die”, a Halloween-themed horror tale that will only be available on Patreon.
Thanks for reading, and thanks in advance to those of you who show support!
Full Brutal – Cover Reveal
Cover reveal for my forthcoming novel. Artwork by the very talented Zea Rose.
FULL BRUTAL
Coming from Grindhouse Press this June.
Kim White is a very popular cheerleader. She’s pretty, healthy, and comes from a well-off family. She has everything a girl of sixteen is supposed to want. And she’s sick to death of it.
In search of something to pull her out of suicidal thoughts, she decides to lose her virginity, having heard it’s a life-changing event. But Kim doesn’t want to do it the same way the other girls do. She seduces one of her teachers, hoping to ruin his life just for the fun of it. This starts Kim on a runaway train of sadism as she makes every effort to destroy the lives of those around her. But soon simple backstabbing is not enough to keep her excited, and she nosedives into sabotage, violence and even murder.
When Kim finds out she’s pregnant with her teacher’s child, a new madness overtakes her, and she realizes there’s only one thing that will satisfy her baby’s hunger . . .
Book Signings and Appearances 2017-2018
Kristopher will be appearing at the following conventions, signing books, greeting fans, and generally loitering.
New York City Comic Con – New York City
October 8th, 2017 (Sunday only)
with Blue Juice Comics and Books
Booth #2254
Stokercon 2018 – Providence, RI
March 1st – 4th, 2018
more details to come
Scares That Cares Weekend – Williamsburg, VA
August 3rd – 5th, 2018
with Grindhouse Press
more details to come
More details will be posted as the events approach.
DOA III – featuring the all new novelette “The Bitch”
DOA III: The Extreme Horror Collection, featuring Triana’s new novelette “The Bitch”, as well as stories by Bentley Little, Jack Ketchum, Wrath James White, John McNee, Shane McKenzie, Richard Christian Matheson, Edward Lee, Ryan Harding, John Skipp, Lloyd Kaufman and many more! Do you dare take a dip into this bucket of blood?
Now available in paperback and on Kindle.
Full Brutal – A New Novel, Coming in 2018
Triana’s new horror novel “Full Brutal” is going to be published by Grindhouse Press in 2018. As the title suggests, this is an extreme horror novel. It features an incredibly cruel main character, a teenage cheerleader named Kim White. Imagine sort of a mix of Heathers, American Psycho and Nekromantic 2, and that will get you ready for it. The editing stage will begin soon. Until then, be sure to check out the other great titles by Grindhouse Press.
BODY ART – Now Available
Triana’s extreme horror novel BODY ART is out now from via Blood Bound Books. It is available in paperback and kindle wherever books are sold.
Body Art will also be translated for a German language edition which will be put out by Festa in the near future.
The novel has already received some advance praise, and has been getting excellent reviews, including those by The Grim Reader and The Horror Fiction Review.
