Brian Barr

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  • Bibliography:
    64 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2015
  • Latest Book:
    August 2018
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Full Series List in Order

The Head

1 - The Head (Feb-2017)
2 - The House (Mar-2017)

Metal Magic

1 - Metal Magic (Mar-2017)
2 - Punk Pandemonium (Aug-2017)
3 - Damned in Glam (Aug-2017)

Book List in Order: 64 titles

  • Confederate Shadows

    It's 2020. The South won the Civil War and achieved manifest destiny in the United States. Great Britain, known as Victoria, and China, have maintained their empires. American slavery was abolished in the late 20th century instead of the late 19th ce...

  • Dead Woman's Hand

    From fiction author Brian Barr comes an occult horror-fantasy story set in the Caribbean.Bana, a Taino, flees conquered Hispaniola and seeks a life of adventure with pirates. After a bloody battle with a Spanish naval fleet, Bana finds herself in ano...

  • Psychological Revenge

    Sector E3's capital city is threatened by two rival supercriminals who will stop at nothing until they kill each other. One is the principle mind, a misanthropic telekinetic and electrokinetic with a lust for vengeance against humanity. The other is ...

  • Masque

    Shun Isagawa couldn’t hide his amused smile, or the fact that he was quite impressed. “Excellent costume, Dr. Hashimoto. I can tell you really put your time into creating this one.” “Don’t I for all the masks I make?” Dr. Hashimoto presse...

  • The Coldest Winter

    "King Herzog could never forget the ice the fate of his beautiful queen as she slipped on her skates, crashing into the lake and sinking into the depths below. He awoke in another viscous puddle of sweat, sheets soaked, heart racing. Still, his wife ...

  • Of Fate and Magic

    From Brian Barr comes Of Fate and Magik, the first short story featuring Magik Manx, an Elven magician and interdimensional criminal. Mischievous and cunning, Magik Manx uses his magic to move through various realms and wreak havoc. Though he is used...

  • The Shadow Ward

    First published in New Realm Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 8, comes The Shadow Ward! Ludwig is a shadow ward, a summoned magical being born of shadow and lightning. He serves Master Hayward, a callous plantation owner, slave trader, and black magician wh...

  • Songs of the Hallow Saints

    Songs of the Hallow Saints is a weird sword and sorcery story, set during Samhain in ancient Erie. What starts as a sword and sorcery story, however, transforms into another kind of tale after Niall, a bold Gaelic warrior, descends into the underworl...

  • Wisdom in Black Seas and Eternal Lands

    There is wisdom in black seas and eternal lands, beyond the visions of the mundane world, where all dreams and nightmares intersect to become one. There is blood, and spirit, which fuel the hearts and minds of expert magicians, allowing them to break...



  • Daemensions

    Written by Brian Barr, edited by Jeff O'Brien, with cover art by Michael Fish Fisher. Enter the Daemensions, a collection of six short stories, written by Brian Barr. Daemensions offers tales of cyberpunk, piracy, swords, and sorcery. Question life. ...

  • Show and Tell

    Welcome to the 2nd book of The Bloody Writer's Trilogy! In Show and Tell, a creative writing professor makes his rebellious undergrad student rewrite a story, or else she will fail his class. The professor is not a fan of the student's prosy, descri...

  • A TV Casualty in a Static Age

    A group of punks live together in Portland, unaware that the television they share their apartment with is an enlightened being. Thank you to Chad Lutzke for the great title idea, inspired by The Misfits! I just made it a little more pretentious!...

  • The Head

    The Head - 1

  • The House

    The Head - 2

    "Her name is Alexis. She’s a punk girl with shabby green-dyed hair. She wears a pink collar around her neck. Alexis talks about growing up in Lexington, SC. She belongs to some strange cult, in which her family members are the only devotees: her mo...

  • Metal Magic

    Metal Magic - 1

    A metal guitarist is gifted with a guitar grimoire, which he inherited from his late father's library. With careful reading, practice, and commitment, this strange occult book could make him the greatest musician in the world... if the magic works in...

  • Hell on the High Seas

    Enter Hell on the High Seas! Water. Blood. Alcohol. Scallywag Sam knew the three liquids, from their most salty to their most vile and venomous, from their strongest waves to the most lulling oceans. Now, Sam unites with a union of pirates to confron...

  • The Hell

    Welcome to the final book of the 3 H's Trilogy: The Hell! Susie and Mac are ghost hunters. They investigate and exorcise haunted houses for a living. A client hires Susie and Mac to investigate a house in Lexington, SC. Although they are experienced ...

  • Lonely Hearts and Comic Tragedies

  • Wonderland Quad

    Wonderland Quad contains four weird and dark Wonderland stories written by Brian Barr, influenced by the works of Lewis Carroll: 1. Alice and The Curiousities Of Nostalgia and Reality 2. Wunderglass 3. The Dutchess's Baby 4. The Caucus Race This coll...



  • The 3 H's Trilogy: (The Head, The House, and The Hell)

    Here it is- The 3 H's Trilogy! The Head, The House, and The Hell are now available in a complete collection that is a weird mix of cosmic horror, weird fiction, comedic bizarro, and dark romance! The 3 H's Trilogy begins with the story of a woman who...

  • Dark Ripple

    H.P. Lovecraft is a starving, skeptical American writer of the weird and horrific, struggling to make ends meet in Connecticut. Aleister Crowley is a famous British occultist focused on running his own magic organization, the O.T.O. Though Crowley an...

  • Fanfic (or FF)

    Welcome to the first short horror story of The Bloody Writer's Trilogy! In Fanfic, two fan-fiction writers with different approaches and philosophies to writing get sucked into their favorite fandoms. Unfortunately, their much beloved fandoms become ...

  • Babylonian Horrors

    Joining together, nine Babylonian necromantic sorcerers were appointed as secret protectors of the royal court and the city by the King. In the shadowy halls of Babylon’s underground temples, they met under the veil of night, engaging in the most s...

  • The Bloody Writer's Trilogy: Fanfic (or FF), Show and Tell, Cedric's Hipster Fan

  • Cedric's Hipster Fan

    “I liked you before you were cool. Now that everyone knows you, nobody can have you!” There was no doubt in Cedric’s mind about how his fan, Gregory, found him. All of the postings of his favorite spots on Facebook and Twitter. All of the talks...

  • Cherubim of the Ultima

    From Brian Barr comes Cherubim of the Ultima: A Serialized Novel! In this first chapter, Enter Genesis, Ran seeks revenge against the Genesis Circle and their evil serpentine master, Naga. But will he achieve his vengeance before they have a chance t...

  • Night Hag

    Night Hag consists of the title story and 3 other Carolina Daemonic tales. In Night Hag, a Confederate soldier stumbles into a dead realm, entering a horrific circumstance beyond his control. In Entranced, Enslaved, and Envied, another Confederate so...

  • Sinbad and the Serpent King

    Sinbad, tired and weak from another voyage, loses his way from the desert to the terrifying realm of the Jinn. Little does he know that help will come from Zian Ur, the last of the Nagans who prides himself as the Serpent King. Be on the lookout for ...

  • Krummi the Sheildmaiden

    18+ and mature audiences only! Enter Tales from Empress #0, which features two written short stories of Krummi the Sheildmaiden, and The Tamed Tiger, a comic book set in Brian Barr's Carolina Daemonic series. Krummi is a female Viking wandering pre-c...



  • Kage Majitsu 2

    In this sequel to Kage Majitsu, the Jigoku No Kage ninja clan is freed from Hell, only to be enslaved by a Taoist magician who forces them to hunt Japan’s best occultists for the Chinese government....

  • Damned in Glam

    Metal Magic - 3

  • Punk Pandemonium

    Metal Magic - 2

    In this sequel to Metal Magic, a punk musician finds a guitarist grimoire. He simplifies the chord progressions and notes to turn the grimoire's songs into punk songs, which produces some interesting effects. Blood, gore, and mayhem await in Punk Pan...

  • Brian Barr's Brutal Bazaar

    Enter Brian Barr's Brutal Bazaar, a collection of horror stories compiled by the author for your reading pleasure. Grotesque and macabre, these tales will take you from an old country house with dark secrets in Lexington, SC, to a bloodthirsty maenad...

  • Kage Majitsu

  • Raymond '27

  • The Saturnine Flutes of Babylon

    The Saturnine Flutes of Babylon contains two Carolina Daemonic short stories by Brian Barr: The Melancholy Flute and The Saturnine Flutes of Abram Elim. These short stories offer more history behind the nine Babylonian flutes that appear throughout t...

  • Submarine of Flesh

  • Tao of the West

    Enter Tao of the West: The Devil Flutes! Once trapped in a craft of flesh by the Confederate army, Taoist magician Han Zhao Lin escapes his prison and becomes a wanted man on the run from the law. Han meets gunslinger Rebecca Clairborne, who possesse...

  • Serpent King

    Cosmic colonialism, extremist planetary nationalism, and alien genocide make up the Dracos Constellation, where the Reptilians rule without mercy. Enter Serpent King, a dark occult science-fantasy novel following the origins of Zian Ur, the last of t...



  • The Assassin of Pele

    Three fantasy stories from Brian Barr are featured in this book: The Assassin of Pele, Knight Pride, Witch Heart, and The Amabassador. In The Assassin of Pele, war consumes the Sunspear Islands of Akasha. As chaos spreads across the archipelago, an a...

  • Night Mara

  • Sapientia Suburbia

    This book consists of three television tales, two horror stories and one magic realism story. In Suburbia Sapientia, a young man tries to connect with his dead mother through the nostalgic sitcoms they used to watch together. In Lonely Hearts and Com...

  • Yarles The Fool

  • Bedlam Betty

  • A Clockwork Orientation

    After going on a rampage against its own creators at Ashita Institute in Tokyo, a renegade cyborg is relocated to Okinawa for reprogramming. Can a bad cyborg be reformed? Find out in A Clockwork Orientation, the second short story of Brian Barr's Nih...

  • Knight Pride, Witch Heart

  • Wicked Realms and Foreign Magic

    Davy is an innkeeper who knows nothing of the sea life. All he wants is to live in peace with his wife, Angela. When a pirate and a mysterious French gentleman stay at his inn, however, Davy's tranquil life is transformed by magic... and it will neve...

  • A.I. High

    Spacix, a new black market digital drug, is unlike the other cybernetic substances Shinobu has tried before. He's excited to have a new computer-crafted hallucinogenic experience... but will this adolescent android be able to handle the trip that Spa...

  • Carolina Daemonomaniac I

    Check out the first Carolina Daemonic short story collection, Carolina Daemonomaniac I! From the Dead Woman's Hand trilogy to The Tamed Tiger comic, this book is composed of the first short stories set in Brian Barr's Carolina Daemonic series. Necrom...



  • Dead Woman's Hand 3

    In the third and final part of Dead Woman's Hand, Bana and Christine try to evade Master Heyward and his slavers in New Spain. Seeking vengeance, Master Heyward's disgraced necromancer sends his best magical servants to find the duo. Bana and Christi...

  • Women of the Wild

  • An American Otaku in Neo-Niihon's Underbelly

  • Cyber Asylum

    The 4th book of the Nihon Cyberpunk series is a novelette by the title of Cyber Asylum. Masuto, one of the greatest artists of the 21st century, is spending his final days in an asylum owned by the Ashita Institute. He’s able to create the art he w...

  • The Dead Woman's Hand Trilogy: Set in the Carolina Daemonic Universe

    Here is the complete Dead Woman's Hand trilogy, written by Brian Barr! After escaping their own pasts of forced assimilation, slavery, and hardship, Bana and Christine meet on an island in a strange dimension beyond the Carribean. Together, they enco...

  • A Visage of Great Truths

    Set in the original King in Yellow mythos established by Robert W. Chambers, A Visage of Great Truths is set in the 21st century. A magician seeks wisdom in Carcosa, a city on a mysterious planet orbiting the star of Alberadan. The power revealed to ...

  • Woman's World

    In the third and final part of Dead Woman's Hand, Bana and Christine try to evade Master Heyward and his slavers in New Spain. Seeking vengeance, Master Heyward's disgraced necromancer sends his best magical servants to find the duo. Bana and Christi...

  • The Sacred House

  • Vicarious View

    With the help of powerful mind-link technology, the bed-ridden Nishiyoka gets another chance at life through the eyes of the attractive actor Tanaka. Women, drinks, and the glamourous life offered by Japan's film industry are all at Nishiyoka's finge...

  • Brian Barr's Maguspheres and Swordsrealms

    From haunted subterranean spaces to ancient ruins and gothic castles, these stories will take you to strange, fantastic worlds with entertaining characters. These tales offer a gamut of fantasy subgenres, from sword and sorcery to dark fantasy and pu...

  • Dual Spirits

    The final installment to the Kage Majitsu Trilogy is here! Gunji of the Jigoku No Kage ninja clan teams up with the Taoist magician Han Zhou Lin in a Kage Majitsu 3: Dual Spirits, a dystopian mix of cyberpunk and occult fantasy....

  • The Kage Majitsu Trilogy

    The Kage Majitsu Trilogy is complete! A danger rises in Japan, which places all of its greatest occultists and esoteric warriors in danger. Powerful ninjas, court magicians, and a Shinto priestess duel in the Kage Majitsu Trilogy!...

  • Nihon Cyberpunk

    Nihon Cyberpunk is a collection of six cyberpunk stories set in Japan, written by Brian Barr, along with four bonus stories. Enter a future Japan filled with innovative technology, violent gangs, and military intrigue. Philosophical questions about t...

  • Profits Over People

    Moriko Amori, a successful game designer, has been replaced by Moriko Amori 2.6, an enhanced robotic version of her. Along with other A.I. just like her, Moriko Amori 2.6 can create games faster than the real Moriko, which allows Ashita Institute's G...

  • The Endless City

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Brian Barr has published 64 books.

Brian Barr does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Endless City, was published in August 2018.

The first book by Brian Barr, Confederate Shadows, was published in July 2015.

Yes. Brian Barr has 2 series.
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