Counted With the Dead

Peter O'Keefe's first novel Counted With the Dead—a horror/crime hybrid that reimagines the Frankenstein myth set in the racial cauldron of late 90's Detroit—is scheduled for release by Grendel Press on June 3rd, 2024.

Peter started out writing for George Romero's Tales From the Darkside and has since worked as a Hollywood screenwriter, optioned numerous original screenplays, and written TV movies for German networks. His narrative short films have screened at a variety of film festivals and Peter's documentary about visual artists in the Midwest, Dreaming In Public, Making Art In the Real World was awarded a Chicago Regional Emmy. His short stories have appeared in various literary and online journals. Along the way he has worked as a video writer/producer, commercial director, bartender, office temp, road worker, night janitor, postal clerk, loading dock worker, warehouse grunt, store clerk, busboy, parking attendant, zoo train conductor, production assistant, copywriter, journalist, and grant writer.