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A magician and a dark evil at Halloween come together in an intriguing coming-of-age thriller.Readers of Bradbury's
Something Wicked This Way Comes and
All Hallows by Christopher Golden will love this. In 1970, four boys on the cusp of becoming teenagers notice strange events occurring in Maplewood, NH, timed with the late-night arrival of an old magician who has taken up residence in a boarding house in their neighborhood where one of the tenants is a reclusive pulp horror writer. The writer’s fears have kept him from venturing outside in over forty years, fears linked to the magician’s previous visit. As children go missing in town, the four boys try to piece together seemingly unrelated phenomena and realize dark forces are at work, but no one will believe them.
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A propos de l'auteur
Gregory Bastianelli is the author of the novels Jokers Club and Loonies. His stories have appeared in several genre magazines and anthologies. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association and the New England Horror Writers. He lives in Dover, NH.
Résumé
An aged magician arrives in a small New England town in 1970 to recreate a magic trick that had tragic results years prior. When he accidentally opens a doorway to sinister evil just in time for the Halloween season, four boys on the cusp of becoming teenagers and a reclusive horror writer attempt to save the town from unimaginable horrors.
Préface
A magician and a dark evil at Halloween come together in an intriguing coming-of-age thriller.
