This debut psychological thriller by award-winning author J.J. Alo will scratch readers’ horror itch like the writing of H.P. Lovecraft or modern-day master Stephen King.
Curtis Reynolds hasn’t slept well in months. Years, even, if you include the deadly DUI that ruined his life.
Returning home today to a pile of debt, his estranged wife, and son between third-shift work assignments has been anything but bliss.
This morning, his elderly neighbor was brutally murdered, and the local police are now prodding him for answers.
And later today, the haunting visions will return with a vengeance…
As an unpredictable natural disaster looms, a mysterious influx of cats roams the pines of Forest Street.
Oh, and there’s a deadly lurking creature killing everyone on it.
Curtis is about to have a very bad day.
A spine-shredding creature horror that doubles as a devastating portrait of a working-class man pushed past every edge, this is the kind of atmospheric, gritty nightmare that gets under your skin and refuses to leave.
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“Alo’s adept ability to intertwine multiple threads of tension keeps the intensity impressively high throughout, weaving a thick tapestry of terror.” – Kirkus Reviews
2025 IndieReader Discovery Award Winner for Best Horror
2024 President’s Book Award Medalist – Florida Authors & Publishers Association
2024 BREW Readers’ Choice Book Award Finalist
2023 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards (CIBA) Winner
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If you enjoyed Stephen King’s The Outsider, you’ll love this thrilling new adventure.
