About

Brett Riley, a Professor of English at the College of Southern Nevada, is the author of The Subtle Dance of Impulse and Light (Ink Brush Press), Comanche (Imbrifex Books, September 2020), Lord of Order (2021), and Freaks (2022). His short fiction has appeared in journals such as The Baltimore Review, f(r)iction, Solstice, Folio, The Evansville Review, and many others. His nonfiction has appeared in Role Reboot, Rougarou, Green Hills Literary Lantern, Literary Orphans, Under the Gum Tree, Wild Violet, and Foliate Oak Magazine. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife, his youngest daughter, two cats, and one dog.

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Featured Work

Comanche

2020

In 1887 near the tiny Texas town of Comanche, a posse finally ends the murderous career of The Piney Woods Kid in a hail of bullets. Still in the grip of blood-lust, the vigilantes hack the Kid’s corpse to bits in the dead house behind the train depot. The people of Comanche rejoice. Justice has been done. A long bloody chapter in the town’s history is over.

The year is now 2016. Comanche police are stymied by a double murder at the train depot. Witnesses swear the killer was dressed like an old-time gunslinger. Rumors fly that it’s the ghost of The Piney Woods Kid, back to wreak revenge on the descendants of the vigilantes who killed him.

Help arrives in the form of a team of investigators from New Orleans. Shunned by the local community and haunted by their own pasts, they’re nonetheless determined to unravel the mystery. They follow the evidence and soon find themselves in the crosshairs of the killer.

Other Works

  • Lord of Order

    2021

  • The Subtle Dance of Impulse and Light

    2013

Awards and Recognition

  • Grand Prize Winner in the Horror/Sci-Fi genre, New York Screenplay Contest, 2014--CANDY'S FIRST KISS
  • Third Place, 2014 London Film Awards Screenwriting Competition--CANDY'S FIRST KISS
  • Gold Prize Winner, Horror genre, 2014 Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest--CANDY'S FIRST KISS
  • Honorable Mention, 2014 WeScreenplay International Screenwriting Competition--CANDY'S FIRST KISS
  • Grand Prize in Horror, 2015 Hollywood Screenplay Contest--CANDY'S FIRST KISS