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Darkness is an attribute most of us rally against. It can consume. It can achieve. But if we so choose, it can also be held at bay. Enter Bishop Rider and the evil he's chosen to obliterate since his family is taken from him. Operating outside the law, circumventing a system beyond repair, Bishop stalks this darkness the only way he knows how. Not only because these men deserve what he's become, but because of a message he attempted to create has come back to haunt him, now, after all these years. It's this story, along with other, unconnected tales that populate All of them to Burn. Come, meet Rider for the first time. Come, meet Rider for the last time. Come, watch the darkness burn. Praise for ALL OF THEM TO BURN: "Beau Johnson has done to his fiction what street thugs do to their victims: he holds it down and beats it for all its worth. I mean that in a good way. No, in a great way. Few authors are out there stamping their words onto the page the way Beau does. He's equal parts slick, hammering, poetic and caustic. His talent is to be admired; his words are to be read." --Ryan Sayles, author of the Richard Dean Buckner mysteries "Beau Johnson delivers another collection of masterfully written tales. Compelling and smart, these wild stories are full of twisted characters and seedy scenes. Greed. Anger. Revenge. Perhaps, justice. We are taken down a dark path, catching up with old favorites like Bishop Rider and John Batista along the way. We watch as the stories and characters connect and engage, bringing every thread together. The third in his series of connected shorts may be Beau Johnson's best, yet." --Marietta Miles, author of May and After the Storm "All of Them to Burn is a Molotov cocktail of classic crime fiction, but one with a sharp modern twist." --Paul D. Brazill, author of Last Year's Man and A Case of Noir "Beau Johnson's stories are hard tales of revenge and sorrow. Nothing can prepare you for the darkness in these stories and nothing can make you turn away once you start reading. All of Them to Burn is an excellent collection." --Nikki Dolson, author of All Things Violent "These chilling short stories--many featuring the return of the mythic-like hero, Bishop Rider--drop us into the darkest depths of human suffering and ruin. Beau Johnson can spin the most brutal of tales with raw emotion, savage honesty, and fierce humor. A standout collection from a seasoned storyteller." --Sarah M. Chen, author of Cleaning Up Finn "All of Them to Burn is fast, sharp, violent, and gory. There's something visceral at the core of Johnson's work that simultaneously reflects the best and worst of humanity, and it shines in this collection. Come for the blood and viciousness and stay for the electric dialogue and outstanding last lines. I promise it's all equally fun." --Gabino Iglesias, author of Coyote Songs

Bishop Rider Lives And for a dead man, he's been busy. His story and the parts of it yet to be told being what populates Brand New Dark. Unseen moments pulled from between the pages of A Better Kind of Hate, The Big Machine Eats, and All of Them to Burn. Twenty-five new tales that bridge what came before and expand upon what can only come after. Come, see what happened in-between. Come, see how he made them burn. Praise for BRAND NEW DARK: "Beau Johnson masterfully crafts sharp, incisive short fiction, and Bishop Rider is the perfect vehicle for his mix of gallows humor and righteous anger. Brand New Dark is an intoxicating blend of violence and bone-deep humanity that lingers with you long after the final page." -James D.F. Hannah, Shamus Award-winning author of the Henry Malone novels "Brand New Dark is an utterly terrifying, high-octane mix of Lee Child's Jack Reacher and a Nicolas Winding Refn production, powered by a voice that's unique to crime fiction. It's a mega-dose of the darkest in human nature...and murderously inventive." -Nick Kolakowski, author of Rattlesnake Rodeo and Boise Longpig Hunting Club "Do you like stories about bad guys being torn apart in new and ever-innovative ways? Then boy has Beau Johnson got the books for you. But Beau does more than just tell tales of unbridled violence, he delivers them with a wit and humour that keeps you smiling, when really your stomach should be doing flips." -Paul Heatley, author of Cutthroat and Just Like Jesus "Brand New Dark is a powerful mix of vengeance, violence, and razor-sharp writing by one of crime fiction's most daring short story writers." -E.A. Aymar, author of The Unrepentant "Johnson doesn't play nice. When it comes to ultraviolence, he's doing for crime what Barker did for horror. Brand New Dark will slap you in the mouth." -Laird Barron, author of Worse Angels "Dark, bloody, and righteously gruesome, Brand New Dark satisfies the itch for beautifully written crime fiction, where the violence is seen from the corners of our eyes and over our shoulders as Johnson's relentless pacing propels us forward to a fate we can't look away from, no matter the cost." -Laurel Hightower, author of Crossroads "Beau Johnson is like an alchemist. He melds dark violent narratives with searing heartbreaking fragility. Brand New Dark is the same old Beau. Fearless, poetic and brutal." -S.A. Cosby author of Blacktop Wasteland and Razorblade Tears "Are these stories violent? Yes. Are they dark? Yes. Is Brand New Dark a well-written, page-turning collection of vigilante justice crime fiction at its finest? Hell yes. Nobody gives the bad guys a taste of their own medicine like the master of the genre, Beau Johnson." -Jennifer Hillier, Thriller Award-winning author of Jar of Hearts "Johnson never forgets how important Rider's humanity is, both to the character and to the readers as well. The unflinching violence, limb dislocations and evilness of men never veers into parody, and neither does Rider. And fans of Bishop's previous tales will be delighted to fill more of his details through Johnson's fractured but never confusing style of storytelling." -Hector Acosta, author of Hardway

It's all come down to this. The past, the present, and the conclusion of man who's chosen to end so many colliding for the final time. From an unimaginable start within the pages of A Better Kind of Hate to a bitter, bloody end throughout All of Them To Burn, Bishop Rider remains what he's always been. What a certain type of predator forced him to become. His life and struggle not only a journey of choice driven by necessity, but one decades in the making. There will be carnage. There will be blood. But through it all, a sliver of hope. And perhaps, if he's lucky, a chance at brighter days. Time to go to work. Praise for Old Man Rider "With glorious, unapologetic brutality, Old Man Rider tells, through several vivid vignettes, of Bishop Rider's exploits. Woven in are elements of his humanity, as well as his motivation. Johnson provides a well-written, thoughtful book of revenge, glorious bloody revenge. I found it utterly delightful and want more more more." -Shannon Kirk, author of Gretchen "Johnson's the kind of writer you let drag you across the broken glass screaming because you know the destination's going to make it all worth it. Brutal, dark, unflinching-this is a hell of a Rider story." -Angel Luis Colon, author of Hell Chose Me "Beau Johnson pulls no punches in this final installment of Bishop Rider stories. And rest assured, no one will be spared or saved. Riveting, heartbreaking, and bloody as ever. This collection took a 2x4 to my head-in the best way." -Curtis Ippolito, author of Burying the Newspaper Man "Old Man Rider is flat-out amazing. While many of the stories are quick jabs to the gut or punches to the face, they string together in such perfect combinations that the book is an absolute slugfest. Great, wonderful stuff." -Steve Weddle, author of Country Hardball "Beau Johnson writes the kind of fiction your mother warned you about-feel the trauma, smell the flesh, taste the concrete- Old Man Rider is about to stomp you into oblivion." -Zachary Ashford, author of When the Cicadas Stop Singing "Absorbing and devastating, these are miniature morality plays. As if the angel of death was descending each level of hell, punishing the most evil people in the world. Bishop Rider books are an unapologetic fistful of concrete to the face." -Manny Torres, author of Dead Dogs and Father Was a Rat King "It's said that 'You eat the world or the world eats you.' This theme is (re)introduced early and carried through this last installment of Bishop Rider's story. Short, sharp stories delivering Rider's signature violent revenge written with prose like a punch to the face. This cycle might be ended for now, but the work? The work is being done. Highly recommended." -Alan Baxter, author of The Gulp and Shallow Bend

After his sister and mother are murdered by human traffickers, Bishop Rider, a former medic and police officer, spends the remainder of his life hunting not only the men who took his family from him, but every person like them. He is joined by many partners throughout his war. But when Jeramiah Abrum, the son of one of the men who murders Rider's mother and sister, seeks out Rider to make amends for what his father set into motion all those years ago, a new level of retribution is born. But one man can only stand for so long against such darkness, and though Bishop Rider's story unfolds within the pages of A Better Kind Of Hate, The Big Machine Eats, All Of Them To Burn, Brand New Dark, and Old Man Rider, all stories end, and Bishop Rider, he's no exception, succumbing to the cancer within him. Which brings us to The Abrum Files and the question of what happens to those we leave behind. Jeramiah, now on his own, finds himself facing two choices; retreat from the life of murder and retribution he's been a part of for years or pick up where he and Rider left off and using methods he'd kept in check while Rider was alive, attempt to end what he and Rider together could not. He will finish the work. Critical Acclaim for THE ABRUM FILES: "The Abrum Files is more than just a collection. It's a statement. The mission continues. The guilty must face their fate. Love and Blood are both spilled across the pages." -S.A. Cosby, bestselling author of All The Sinners Bleed and Razorblade Tears "If Andrew Vachss threw out his keyboard and somehow learned how to write on a chainsaw, then you get an idea of how Beau Johnson tells a tale. I don't know if Grindhouse Noir is even a thing, but if it is, Johnson is the king." -Todd Robinson, author of The Hard Bounce and Rough Trade "Dark, bloody, and full of Hell, The Abrum Files is line after line of pure, uncut, chainsaw noir. I loved it " -Paul J. Garth, author of The Low White Plain "Beau Johnson's newest novel, The Abrum Files, is chock-full of Old Testament-style justice and picks up right where his Bishop Rider series left off. Jeramiah Abrum is one bad good dude " -Eli Cranor, author of the Edgar Award-winning Don't Know Tough and Ozark Dogs "With every book, Beau Johnson continues to deliver the hardest-core noir out there. Call it Chainsaw Noir: funny, dark and bloody, but with a moral heart beating beneath it all." -Nick Kolakowski, author of Love & Bullets and Payback Is Forever "With The Abrum Files: A Bishop Rider Book, Johnson makes you feel dirty, deranged and evokes a visceral reaction with each and every story. It runs the gamut of emotions-sorrow, remorse and elation-all the while knowing that you're in the steady hands of Johnson's pristine prose. This will make fans of Bishop Rider very happy." -Steve Stred, author of Mastodon, Father of Lies, and Churn the Soil

Bishop Rider may be dead but the mission lives on. Jeramiah Abrum, the son of the man who murdered Bishop Rider's mother and sister, picking up the mantle of the man who would not stop and running with it in ways Bishop Rider never could. Involving bigger moves, bolder plays, and if he's lucky, an army who comes to understand that saving people or stopping them, the choice has never been clearer. In Like-Minded Individuals, the endgame begins. Come see how they make them burn. Critical Acclaim for Like-Minded Individuals: "Like-Minded Individuals is a cleaver to a gangrenous thigh, purification through pain. Johnson hurtles the reader into a burning lake of Old Testament vengeance, a vivid and visceral mediation on justice, an ethical dilemma coated in blood and gasoline." -Meagan Lucas, Anthony-nominated author of Here in the Dark "Once again, Beau has delivered the goods, violent, brutal and emotive goods. Heartfelt yet hurtful and not without lessons. Some heroes are monsters, and sometimes they're precisely what we need." -John Boden, author of Snarl and Jedi Summer "With a new man at the helm, the mission of Bishop Rider continues. But as Abrum's resources and boldness grows, he find himself more vulnerable than ever. An episodic novel every bit as brutal as its predecessors, a splatterpunk take on crime fiction." -Elford Alley, author of Apartment 239 "Violent, gripping, and relentless, Johnson proves yet again he doesn't simply push the envelope of crime fiction, he sends it past Mach Ten. Like-Minded Individuals is the perfect fix for all Bishop Rider addicts. As the song says, 'If you want blood, you got it.'" -Mike McHone, award-winning author "Bishop Rider's legacy is alive and deeply unwell in the charnel house that is Like-Minded Individuals. Beau Johnson expands both his mythology and his repertoire of grisly retribution as the next generation takes control." -Scott Von Doviak, author of Lowdown Road "There are two authors I automatically pre-order: Tana French and Beau Johnson. You do not want to miss Like-Minded Individuals. Beau turns vengeance into a ballet. One of the best books you will read this year." -Eryk Pruitt, author of Blood Red Summer "Like-Minded Individuals is a blistering addition to the Bishop Rider mythos. Johnson has a dark gift, and his tales of retribution offer more than entertainment as his characters pursue their own versions of justice and morality in a broken world. I'm a big fan." -Laura McHugh, award-winning author of What's Done in Darkness "Bloody. Wonderful." -Stephen Mack Jones, author of the August Snow thriller series

Life has never been easy. Life has never been kind. It is always hungry. It is never full. Enter the struggles within the pages of The Big Machine Eats. Where fathers clash with sons, cannibals turn on cannibals, and sometimes sandwich meat is far from the worst choice a person can make. These stories, along with the continuing adventures of Bishop Rider, make up the bulk of The Big Machine Eats. They are not for the faint of heart. They are not for those who fail to believe one should get what one deserves. We must help ourselves. We must help those who find themselves unable. If not, it's as the sign says: The Big Machine Will Eat.