Monstrous

Name: Monstrous
Author: https://www.simonandschuster.net/authors/Bryan-Smith/267464384
ISBN: 9781787589957

By Bryan Smith

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About The Book

A gripping, dark suspense story from the excellent Bryan Smith.

Accompanied by an unsuspecting target, an aspiring serial killer journeys to a remote mountainous location at the same time as a woman looking to bury evidence of a heinous crime walks the same trail. A sudden unnatural storm transports them to a mist-shrouded field that rolls on for countless miles in all directions. A towering skyscraper stands at the centre that they both must enter – a plaque on the door reads simply, MONSTROUS, a hint of the surreal cosmic horrors lurking inside.

Have they been delivered to this strange place for a chance at redemption, or for some ultimate form of punishment not available to earthly forces? Will they ever know the truth?

FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to excellent original writing in horror, science fiction and fantasy. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress. Awarded independent publisher of 2024 by the British Fantasy Society.

About The Author

Bryan Smith

Bryan Smith is the author of more than fifty horror and crime novels and novellas. He has won Splatterpunk Awards twice, once for best novella and once for best collection. With Brian Keene, he co-authored an original Harley Quinn story for DC Comics’ House of Horrors, and his novel 68 Kill was adapted into an acclaimed film.

Product Details

Publisher: Flame Tree Press (September 22, 2026)
Length: 256 pages
ISBN13: 9781787589957

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Raves and Reviews

“The horrors Bryan Smith conjures in Monstrous are both imaginative and terrifying. This unforgettable descent into cosmic dread is a weird and unsettling masterpiece!”

– Tim Waggoner, author of Lord of the Feast

"Bryan Smith is one of my favorite writers. His books are fast-paced, entertaining, brutal, and smart. He’s one of the most consistently excellent writers of dark fiction we have."

– Jonathan Janz, Author of MARLA and CHILDREN OF THE DARK

"I look forward to spending a weekend with a new Bryan Smith book the way I used to look forward to spending a weekend with a new Richard Laymon novel. In my view, there isn't higher praise than that."

– Brian Keene, author of The Rising

“Bryan Smith has written a masterwork of cosmic horror, a swirling vortex of the surreal and the gritty, the beautiful and the terrible, the disorienting and the distorted into one cohesive and utterly terrifying story. Forget your understanding of reality; it's the plaything of something MONSTROUS. This is cosmic horror at its best.”

– Mary SanGiovanni, author of STRANGE STONES

“MONSTROUS just might be my favorite Bryan Smith book now. I've enjoyed everything he writes, and his latest tops them all. Can’t recommend enough!”

– Kristopher Rufty, author of WHEN WE WERE STILL SINNERS and PILLOWFACE

“Every Bryan Smith book I read is always better than the last. MONSTROUS is bizarre, complex, atmospheric, and deranged. If you love watching horror on a VCR or plunging into the depths of a liminal nightmare . . . then this book was written for you!”

– Judith Sonnet, author of The Dwelling

"Bryan Smith is one of the most reliable and consistently entertaining writers working in the horror and suspense genres."

– Ray Garton, author of Live Girls

"Those familiar with Smith's work probably know what he delivers: dark, hyperviolent horror with a wonderfully pulpy atmosphere and non-stop action. Kill For Satan! is all about evil, but if evil is this damn fun, I never want to be good."

– Gabino Iglesias, author of Zero Saints and Coyote Songs