Coming of Age
Three Dark Novellas
Fiction & Literature, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Suspense, Thrillers
| Author: | Douglas Clegg | ISBN: | 9780985050542 |
| Publisher: | Alkemara Press | Publication: | July 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Douglas Clegg |
| ISBN: | 9780985050542 |
| Publisher: | Alkemara Press |
| Publication: | July 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
A triple-feature omnibus of three suspense thrillers - Purity, The Words, and The Attraction! Three full-length novellas all packed into one cool ebook -- three of award-winner Clegg's most frightening and fascinating novellas of suspense, chills, horror and...coming of age.
In Purity, the darkest force is love. From award-winning author Douglas Clegg comes a twisting, dark psychological thriller of dangerous obsession. "Purity is a gripping, shocking story of love, turning 18 and murder." -Doubleshot Reviews
"Douglas Clegg turns the screws dexterously in this sleek, multifaceted suspense story...in a vacation paradise saturated in alcohol, entitlement and hypocrisy..." - Publisher's Weekly.
"Clegg writes gut-wrenchingly beautiful horror, painful adolescence, abuse, sociopathic alienation, and coming home - are all at play here, as are characters who play each other and themselves...for keeps."- Chizine.
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In The Words, two boys discover a secret world of monsters...
When teenager Mark befriends outsider Dash, he believes his new friend to be an outcast rebel.
But a dark mystery unfolds as Dash leads Mark into dangerous games and rituals involving stories of the occult and a strange drug that allows Dash to see into another world -- a world of absolute darkness and terror.
"Your flesh will remember the words even if your mind forgets."
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The Attraction: "A terrifying quick punch of horror."
The Attraction is a drive-in movie-style horror chiller of roadside terror!
The signs along the desert highway read Come See the Mystery! But some mysteries should remain buried forever -- like the terrifying creature at the back of the Brakedown Palace Gas & Sundries Emporium.
A triple-feature omnibus of three suspense thrillers - Purity, The Words, and The Attraction! Three full-length novellas all packed into one cool ebook -- three of award-winner Clegg's most frightening and fascinating novellas of suspense, chills, horror and...coming of age.
In Purity, the darkest force is love. From award-winning author Douglas Clegg comes a twisting, dark psychological thriller of dangerous obsession. "Purity is a gripping, shocking story of love, turning 18 and murder." -Doubleshot Reviews
"Douglas Clegg turns the screws dexterously in this sleek, multifaceted suspense story...in a vacation paradise saturated in alcohol, entitlement and hypocrisy..." - Publisher's Weekly.
"Clegg writes gut-wrenchingly beautiful horror, painful adolescence, abuse, sociopathic alienation, and coming home - are all at play here, as are characters who play each other and themselves...for keeps."- Chizine.
* * *
In The Words, two boys discover a secret world of monsters...
When teenager Mark befriends outsider Dash, he believes his new friend to be an outcast rebel.
But a dark mystery unfolds as Dash leads Mark into dangerous games and rituals involving stories of the occult and a strange drug that allows Dash to see into another world -- a world of absolute darkness and terror.
"Your flesh will remember the words even if your mind forgets."
* * *
The Attraction: "A terrifying quick punch of horror."
The Attraction is a drive-in movie-style horror chiller of roadside terror!
The signs along the desert highway read Come See the Mystery! But some mysteries should remain buried forever -- like the terrifying creature at the back of the Brakedown Palace Gas & Sundries Emporium.
