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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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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...
An Undead Glitch is about to release!
Yup, you read that right. The new series that will be my main gig after Adrian's Undead Diary wraps up in 2026 with book 16: The Fractured Soul. An Undead Glitch is book one of The Corrupted Chronicle, and it's my first foray into the burgeoning LitRPG genre. I've been reading the genre for years, and with my background in game development it was a slam dunk idea for me to write in that...
New Worlds: Tales and Stories to Astound is ON SALE!
Yes, you read that right. There's a sale but it's today only. Audible has featured my sampler collection New Worlds as the Daily Deal today, February 13th, 2025. That means until midnight PST, they've dropped it from $19.95 (or 1 credit) to just $1.99 (still 1 credit). Huge discount, needless to say. If you hadn't gotten this yet, and wanted to, today is the day. It has excerpts from The...