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A Child Alone with Strangers

By Philip Fracassi
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“Fracassi’s novel hits me like a cross between McCammon and '80s King. Might be one of them summer blockbusters readers love.” Laird Barron, author of Worse Angels

"A Child Alone with Strangers starts out as a slow burn procedural with supernatural elements and inexorably cranks itself into a pulse-pounding symphony of eldritch horrors and all-too-human violence. Philip Fracassi is the best sort of horror writer--one who is unafraid to hunt for light in even the darkest places."
Shaun Hamill, author of A Cosmology of Monsters
 

When young Henry Thorne is kidnapped and held prisoner in a remote farmhouse surrounded by miles of forest, he finds himself connecting with a strange force living in the woods—using that bond to wreak havoc against his captors. Unknown to the boy, however, is that this ancient being has its own reasons for wanting the interlopers gone—there is something hidden beneath the house, tucked away in the dark, damp root cellar . . . waiting for its return.

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Expressionless Face“I could not get through this book. I enjoy pretty much anything but the style of writing was painful to read, whole pages dedicated to analogies and descriptions that use far too many words. I could not bare it. There are books, when read, feels like the author has carefully chosen every word. Things are felt. This is the opposite. The characters lack depth.. we don’t get to know who they are as people, we only read about all the tragedy that happens to them. But characters who we have no empathy for… are hard to become engaging in a story. It feels like a high school student trying to make the word count higher for their English assignment.”
“This was a truly enjoyable book that will live rent free in your head. It's engaging and impactful in a way that will not let you forget it. Months after reading this book, I am still shaken by what happened within these pages. It's a phenomenal work that showcases this author's craft.”

About Philip Fracassi

Philip Fracassi is an award-winning author and screenwriter. His story collection, Behold the Void, won “Best Collection of the Year” from both This Is Horror and Strange Aeons Magazine, and has had numerous other short stories published in various magazines and anthologies, including The Best Horror of the Year. The author of Beneath a Pale Sky and Boys in the Valley, you can follow Philip via his social media @philipfracassi.

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