The Words: A Short Novel of Supernatural Horror

· Alkemara Press
4.0
2 reviews
Ebook
100
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About this ebook

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Douglas Clegg comes a short novel of friendship, terror, and the supernatural. 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."

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.

Length: approx. 100 pages in print.

"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

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4.0
2 reviews

About the author

 Douglas Clegg is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 30 books, including The Priest of Blood, The Hour Before Dark, and You Come When I Call You. He lives in New England.

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