Steven Van Patten
Author & Host
Who Is Steven Van Patten?
Steven Van Patten is a celebrated writer and Brooklyn native. He has penned four novels; The Brookwater’s Curse trilogy is about an 1860s Georgia plantation slave who becomes a vampire. Killer Genius: She Kills Because She Cares, features a hyper intelligent black woman who becomes a serial killer. The sequel, Killer Genius 2: Attack of The Gym Rats will drop in 2018.
SVP’s short horror fiction is popping up everywhere, including Hell’s Kitties, Shadows of Deathlehem and the soon to be released New York State of Fright. There’s even a children’s book, Rudy’s Night Out, which is based on the childhood of one of the characters from the Brookwater’s Curse series. He’s also one of the hosts of the Beef, Wine and Shenanigans podcast, an internet radio show that comically explores the person of color perspective of nerd culture and all things horror, science-fiction and superhero related.
SVP can be found on Facebook by searching his name and under @svpthinks on Twitter and Instagram.
When he’s not creating scary stories, he can be found stage managing television shows. This includes various MTV, VH-1 and FUSE shows over the last twenty years as well as Comedy Central vehicles, The President Show and The Nightly Show w/ Larry Wilmore. Currently he’s been working on Harry Connick Jr.’s daytime talk show and occasionally filling in at ABC’s The View and NBC’s The Tonight Show w/ Jimmy Fallon.
Get Caught Reading
Book 1
To stop this, Christian must betray his best friend and mentor, an influential Italian vampire who nurtured him during his vampiric infancy. Christian is a member of a nocturnal law enforcement community that safeguards the secrets of the creatures of the night. This involves the killing of werewolves and other deranged monsters; something Christian excels at. But his fraternization with humans and his incessant need to kill racists vexes his superiors, who threaten to execute him if he doesn't curtail his 'racial impulses'.
Christian also suffers from a rare condition that makes intercourse with human females especially dangerous. Christian's other mentor is a four hundred year old vampire samurai lord who teaches him the arts of war and sacrifice, and has a knack for appearing whenever things become desperate.
Of course, the warrior's code can't replace the desire for love, as Christian discovers when he becomes enamored with a human female in the 1940s. Despite Christian's affliction, the two lovers raise a child together and for a while, our vampire gets a taste of true happiness. Some years later, his family life ends tragically as Christian loses his great love and becomes estranged from his teenaged son. Heartbroken, Christian embarks on a series of illuminating, yet sinful adventures as he migrates to a new home: Harlem, New York.
Book 2
On one side stands the High Counselors. Once considered great and benevolent rulers, their web of deception has unraveled, revealing them to be nothing more than self-serving power mongers. To preserve their reign, the High Counselors have begun a bloody campaign that threatens to wipe out all of the monster races, starting with their own.
These Founding Fathers of Vampirism are all gifted with extraordinary powers that surpass anything ever seen in the history of living monsters. There are four of these god-like creatures, but none as destructive and devious as High Counselor Emmanuel, a demon that can destroy another’s life essence with the mere brush of his ominous left hand.
All over the world, thousands of vampires stand ready to do Emmanuel's bidding, including a group that has embraced a doctrine that is frighteningly similar to the religious right-wingers found in the human world.
Lord Ebichara Tanata leads the opposing army that seeks to overthrow the High Counselors. With Japan’s deadliest samurai vampires willing to march into certain death at his word, Lord Tanata has fortified his numbers by joining forces with the rachasas, a race of shape-shifting cat people who have their own axe to grind with Emmanuel.
As Christian helps Lord Tanata take on the High Counselors, he uncovers many horrible secrets. It's not long before Christian becomes a bigger target than his samurai mentor. What he finally discovers will not only change the course of the war, but will have a startling impact on everyone he cares about, including his unborn child.
Book 3
Christian is about to be called on the mat for it and must defend himself on national vampire television. If that isn't enough to contend with, a vengeful goddess with ties to the Original Vampires begins uniting old enemies, encouraging betrayals and murdering friends. Christian's closest allies, Jeremiah The Werewolf King and Caleb the shape-shifting rachasa, must step up and have his back like never before , as The Heroes of Osaka find themselves assailed from all sides.
Personal drama also unfolds as Christian and his second in command, Helen, each find themselves embroiled in separate but equally volatile love triangles, one of which will result in a surprising fatality. Secret alliances will be revealed, deals will be brokered, villains will emerge and heroes will rise. Most shocking of all, Christian Brookwater will discover that he is and always has been MORE THAN A VAMPIRE!
Killer Genius
Imagine if you lived in a world where you couldn’t be racist, sexist, an uneducated bully or even a career criminal without being killed. That is at least part of the vision of The Killer Genius, the most elusive serial killer in human history.
Her methods are diverse and her knowledge is unfathomable. Sometimes she seduces her prey and kills up close, other times she’ll pull off a technological miracle and murder people from miles away. No matter how she decides to kill, one thing is clear—if you’re chosen, you’re as good as gone.
Will the one cop deemed worthy of playing cat and mouse with her stop the massacre, or will she tear New York and the world at large apart to achieve her version of a New World Order?
Coming Soon
Connect With SVP!
Email: svp@brookwaterscurse.com
Website: www.laughingblackvampire.com
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laughingblackvampire
Twitter: @SVPTHINKS