"Hearts don’t just break, they explode. Destroying everything around them." Michael Mallory's living the dream as the lead singer of a hot, up-and-coming band, Modern Love. When a sudden breakup shatters his world, he plunges headlong into the city's occult underbelly in a desperate bid to salve his pain. Lost amidst wayward souls and brutish killers, godlings and grotesqueries, Mike's about to learn one incontrovertible fact: There's nothing more terrifying than love. "The real deal. Raw, emotional, poetic, creepy and strange...If you're a fan of MFTH, which I loved, you're gonna want to pick this one up when it comes out. This one shows Brian can write just about anything." -Duncan Ralston, author Woom and the Ghostland trilogy "In Our Black Hearts Beat As One , Asman offers a buzzy and hallucinogenic fable for how the lonely and the heartbroken seek solace from the darkness. He shows us that a broken heart is in so many ways a broken reality, how no matter what spells we conjure, or what personas we portray, the stage always sets on the very same darkness that we all share when the shows over. This pitch perfect portrayal of vulnerability is proof of Asman's abilities on the page." -Michael J. Seidlinger, author of The Body Harvest and Anybody Home? Brian Asman is a writer, actor, and director from San Diego, CA. He's the author of Good Dogs and Man, Fuck this House (And Other Disasters), both forthcoming from Blackstone. His other books include I'm Not Even Supposed to Be Here Today from Eraserhead Press, Our Black Hearts Beat as One, Neo Arcana, Nunchuck City, Jailbroke, and Return of the Living Elves. He's recently published short stories in Pulp Modern, American Cannibal, and Kelp, and comics in Tales of Horrorgasm.A film he co-wrote and produced, A Haunting in Ravenwood, is available now on DVD and VOD. His short "Reel Trouble" won Best Short Film at Gen Con 2022 and Best Horror Short at the Indie Gathering.Brian holds an MFA from UCR-Palm Desert. He's represented by Dunham Literary, Inc.Find him on social media (@thebrianasman) or his website www.brianasmanbooks.com.