Unsettling in the best way.
In this collection of evocative, unnerving slice-of-life horror, five storie.
Around the dark edges of reality lurk unknown beings with unknowable intentions -- ordinary objects can become cursed possessions, entities who seem like friends can become monstrous, and those who seem monstrous can become the truest companions.
And a misfit little girl, struggling to make friends, meets an understanding soul one day at the beach: but why will he only play with her alone at night? All these lonely souls -- and more -- have reached out into the darkness, not knowing what they might find.
An isolated backwoods family stumbles into good fortune for a time with a monstrous discovery in the lake behind their house, but that time is running short.
An old woman living alone on the edge of a bog gets an unexpected -- and unsettling -- visitor, throwing her quiet life into a long-buried mystery. -- GEEK MOM A masterful collection of tales from the faded border between our day-to-day world and the horrifying unknown on the other side of midnight. -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred Review Gets under your skin. -- KIRKUS, Starred Review Wonderfully terrifying.
Unsettling in the best way.
In this collection of evocative, unnerving slice-of-life horror, five stories explore what happens when one is desperate enough to seek solace in the unnatural, and what might be waiting for us at the Crossroads at Midnight.
Around the dark edges of reality lurk unknown beings with unknowable intentions -- ordinary objects can become cursed possessions, entities who seem like friends can become monstrous, and those who seem monstrous can become the truest companions.
And a misfit little girl, struggling to make friends, meets an understanding soul one day at the beach: but why will he only play with her alone at night? All these lonely souls -- and more -- have reached out into the darkness, not knowing what they might find.
An isolated backwoods family stumbles into good fortune for a time with a monstrous discovery in the lake behind their house, but that time is running short.
An old woman living alone on the edge of a bog gets an unexpected -- and unsettling -- visitor, throwing her quiet life into a long-buried mystery. -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred Review A masterful collection of tales from the faded border between our day-to-day world and the horrifying unknown on the other side of midnight. -- KIRKUS, Starred Review Wonderfully terrifying.
Unsettling in the best way
