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DarkFuse
December 2012
On Sale: November 20, 2012
216 pages
ISBN: 1937771385
EAN: 9781937771386
Kindle: B009Z3R6TG
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Horror
A new breed…a new evil… Hidden deep beneath its landfill lair of trash and filth,
a strange new organism has come to life. When an
accidental fire drives it out, the mysterious creature
escapes across the drought-blasted Kansas prairie and
finds the home of elderly hoarder Anna Grish. In desperate
need of shelter, it burrows in, concealed amidst the
squalor and mess.
When Adult Protective Services force Anna to vacate her
junk-riddled home, she moves in with her son and his
family. But there is something wrong with Anna, something
more than her declining mental condition and severe
hoarding disorder. Something sinister has taken hold of
her, and it’s not only getting stronger, it’s spreading.
Amidst the wide-open Kansas plains, with endless blue sky
above and flat, open vista stretching from one horizon to
the next, there is nowhere to hide from…THE HOARD.
Comments
6 comments posted.
Re: The Hoard
Now I may be the wrong person to comment here, since I don't read horrors. I just don't like books that go on about corpses and blood and slime and dying horribly and bodies and haunts and the rest. I also got the idea from the few I did read, that there is not much character progression. Well a dead or evil thing is not going to grow and change is it? And the characters don't get time to do more than run a bit and scream.
I do however respect an author who has taken the time, and used his/her craft, to create a believable plot and characters. One film I think was very well done was 'The Lost Boys' - and King's 'Salem's Lot' I saw with David Soul, excellent. Also when a genuine motivation is included such as 'The Fog' where the ghosts of drowned seamen came from the fog 100 years later, to wreak revenge on the descendents of the villagers who lured their ship onto the rocks.
So I understand that it must be a labour of love for you when not everyone is a fan, and provided you are creating a well crafted book, then I say well done and good luck.
(Clare O'Beara 5:18am November 8, 2012)
I love the horror genre, something that can keep me up into the wee hours. I got hooked in Lovecraft and King when I was in high school. Right now I am still floating on Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan's series. I can tell you I got my son (a teen) to finally pick up a book that didn't have cliff notes by giving him the series and now he is hooked.
(Carla Carlson 10:48am November 8, 2012)
I love the horror genre. I do agree, it isn't predictable. There isn't always happy endings. Sometimes evil prevails. I would love to read your book.
(Debbie Penny 6:45pm November 8, 2012)
I always make the horror excerpts more scary than it sounds. By the time I read and finished the book, I always wonder why do I always hype up the terror.
(Kai Wong 10:30pm November 8, 2012)
I love horror stories !!! It is never a book that can be predicted you are always in suspense about what is going to happen next .
(Danielle McDonald 3:31pm November 9, 2012)
You are so right about October being the month when the macabre, zombies and witches stir up mischief. I once knew a writer who in his story had all sorts of weapons which he used on the first three pages and then there were hardly any characters left. In the writers group we asked for more character development to make us care more about the people involved.
(Alyson Widen 5:52pm November 18, 2012)
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