3.5
The Wise Friend
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“An absolute master of modern horror. And a damn fine writer at that” - Guillermo del Toro
Featured in Booklist's Top SF/Fantasy & Horror of 2020.
Patrick Torrington’s aunt Thelma was a successful artist whose late work turned towards the occult. While staying with her in his teens he found evidence that she used to visit magical sites. As an adult he discovers her journal of her explorations, and his teenage son Roy becomes fascinated too. His experiences at the sites scare Patrick away from them, but Roy carries on the search, together with his new girlfriend. Can Patrick convince his son that his increasingly terrible suspicions are real, or will what they’ve helped to rouse take a new hold on the world?
FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
Featured in Booklist's Top SF/Fantasy & Horror of 2020.
Patrick Torrington’s aunt Thelma was a successful artist whose late work turned towards the occult. While staying with her in his teens he found evidence that she used to visit magical sites. As an adult he discovers her journal of her explorations, and his teenage son Roy becomes fascinated too. His experiences at the sites scare Patrick away from them, but Roy carries on the search, together with his new girlfriend. Can Patrick convince his son that his increasingly terrible suspicions are real, or will what they’ve helped to rouse take a new hold on the world?
FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
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Alyssa Guidry
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“QOTD: Do you enjoy "cozy" horror? Drop me a recommendation!
"“The Wise Friend,” is a magical, cozy horror with a darker occult twist, that is bound to warm the hearts of readers, whilst simultaneously sending shivers down their spines. Reading this book is like finding a dead spider in the dregs of a comforting mug of hot chocolate- the closer you get to the end, the stronger the impression that something is wrong."
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I honestly can't believe i waited so long to read Campbell! I already have another on my radar, but is there any that I simply HAVE to read?”
Kitch3ntools
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“The story itself was interesting, however, the non-stop bickering could have done without.”
Tash Walton
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“Started off fantasticly well but I feel it fell of the tracks and became too strange, left us with some questions and had a very rushed and abrupt ending.”
Chris
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About Ramsey Campbell
Ramsey Campbell has been given more awards than any other writer in the field, including the Grand Master Award of the World Horror Convention, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association, the Living Legend Award of the International Horror Guild and the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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