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CHRIS PHILBROOK

Post Apocalypse, Fantasy, & Horror Author

The Bringer of Destruction

Chris Philbrook is the creator and author of Adrian’s Undead Diary, The Reemergence, The Darkness of Diggory Finch, Colony Lost,  and the fantasy world of Elmoryn. Chris has several years of experience working in game development and editing as well as writing fiction for several major game design companies. He co-owns Latchkey Comics, LLC with friend and artist Jason Casey. He has a business degree as well as a psychology degree.

Chris has authored fourteen novels in the horror/post-apocalyptic series Adrian’s Undead Diary, as well as five urban fantasy novels in The Reemergence series and three dark fantasy novels in The Kinless Trilogy. His first science fiction novel; Colony Lost has received stellar reviews. He has also edited three anthologies, and has had numerous short stories and novellas published in the horror world. He writes young adult science fiction under the pen name W.J. Orion, and has two books released in The Dry Earth series. His modern cosmic horror series The Darkness of Diggory Finch has been critically and commercially acclaimed.

Chris calls the wonderful state of New Hampshire his home. He is an avid reader, writer, role player, miniatures game player, video game player, handmade dice maker, husband, and father to two little girls.

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May 19th Cambridge Mass event with Michael Chatfield!

From Michael Chatfield's posts on social media... Super excited to officially announce that Chris Philbrook, bestselling author of the acclaimed *Adrian’s Undead Diary* series, will be joining me at Pandemonium Books & Games in Cambridge on May 19. If you know Chris, then you already know this is going to be a fun conversation. We’ll be talking *The Two Week Curse*, portal fantasy, LitRPG,...

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The Fractured Soul limited edition alternate cover!

The final book of Adrian's Undead Diary is nigh, and to celebrate the series coming to a conclusion, I'm doing a short run of an alternate cover for folks that would like to pre-order one to cap off their collection. These will only be available from me directly. They will NOT appear in regular retail channels at any point. If you'd like to pre-order one of these (shipping in May at some point)...

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New Undead. Same great writing.

An Undead Glitch, Patch 1.0 of the Corrupted Campaign has been out for just 17 hours and it's already picked up five reviews, all 5 or 4 stars. That's a good start. Grab it now in all formats to experience what reviewer Dolores Gonzales says is, "So far, so good." Seth Willard is broke, sick, and running out of time. A single dad drowning under bills and a cancer diagnosis, his last chance comes...

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