| Author: | Douglas Clegg | ISBN: | 9780979686245 |
| Publisher: | Alkemara Press | Publication: | July 12, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Douglas Clegg |
| ISBN: | 9780979686245 |
| Publisher: | Alkemara Press |
| Publication: | July 12, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
A novella of friendship, terror, gods & monsters from Bram Stoker & International Horror Guild Award Winner, Douglas Clegg.
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."
Never speak them.
Never whisper them.
The Words.
The Words is a novella of otherworldly terror and madness from Douglas Clegg, the award-winning author of The Children's Hour, Afterlife, Purity, The Hour Before Dark and many others.
A tale of teen alienation at the crossroads of darkness and absolute brotherhood, The Words will get under your skin...and stay with you long after the lights go out.
"Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby." -- Dean Koontz
"Clegg delivers!" -- John Saul
"Douglas Clegg is one of the best!"-- Richard Laymon
"Clegg is the best horror writer of the post-Stephen King generation!" -- Bentley Little
A novella of friendship, terror, gods & monsters from Bram Stoker & International Horror Guild Award Winner, Douglas Clegg.
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."
Never speak them.
Never whisper them.
The Words.
The Words is a novella of otherworldly terror and madness from Douglas Clegg, the award-winning author of The Children's Hour, Afterlife, Purity, The Hour Before Dark and many others.
A tale of teen alienation at the crossroads of darkness and absolute brotherhood, The Words will get under your skin...and stay with you long after the lights go out.
"Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby." -- Dean Koontz
"Clegg delivers!" -- John Saul
"Douglas Clegg is one of the best!"-- Richard Laymon
"Clegg is the best horror writer of the post-Stephen King generation!" -- Bentley Little
