Keith Rosson has carved out a fearsome reputation in contemporary horror, blending raw emotion with a sharp, genre-savvy edge. Hot on the heels of his two-book Fever House saga, his latest, Coffin Moon, rips straight into the heart of darkness, earning nods from horror heavyweights like Joe Hill, Paul Tremblay and Philip Fracassi. It’s a grim, blood-soaked odyssey of vengeance, steeped in grief and obsession, executed with Rosson’s trademark unflinching intensity and vividly cinematic detail.
Releasing on September 9th, Coffin Moon follows Vietnam vet Duane Minor, a bartender trying to stay sober and keep his family together, until a vampire who slaughtered his family walks into his life. Consumed by vengeance, Duane and his niece Julia embark on a relentless hunt across the Pacific Northwest, facing monsters, silver bullet casters, and broken souls along the way. The novel is a savage, emotional rollercoaster drenched in grief and rage, tearing into the vampire genre with unflinching grit.
CinemaChords’ Howard Gorman sat down with Rosson to explore how he navigated familiar vampire tropes without blending into a crowded sub-genre, how themes of justice and revenge shaped his characters, and the Western sensibility that gives the book a frontier-like, True Grit energy.
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