Product Description
“Keep both hands on your pants, because Nicholson is about to scare them off.”–JA Konrath/Jack Kilborn, author of Origin and Endurance
A collection of 12 stories by award-winning author Scott Nicholson, including “Scarecrow Boy,” “Dog Person” and “Sewing Circle.” From the author of THE RED CHURCH, SPEED DATING WITH THE DEAD, DRUMMER BOY, and the collections FLOWERS and THE FIRST, these stories visit haunted islands, disturbed families, and a lighthouse occupied by Edgar Allan Poe. Collected from the pages of Cemteray Dance Magazine, The Book of Dark Wisdom, Black Static, and more.
Exclusive introduction by Jonathan Maberry, author of THE DRAGON FACTORY and GHOST ROAD BLUES. The afterword explores the origins of the stories. DRM-free and professionally formatted by Dellaster Design.
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“Always surprises and always entertains.”–Jonathon Maberry, The Dragon Factory
“Nicholson’s Southern Gothic stories are beautiful, at times lyrical, and all the more eerie for it.–Steven Savile, Silver
“Lovecraft may have invented cosmic horror, but Nicholson brings it up close and personal.”–Deborah Leblanc, Water Witch
“Scott Nicholson is a terrific writer. Like Stephen King, he has an eye and ear for the rhythms of rural America, and like King, he knows how to summon serious scares.”–Bentley Little, His Father’s Son
“He has moved into that literary shadowland between Neil Gaiman and Ray Bradbury.’–Sharyn McCrumb, the Ballad novels
“Scott Nicholson writes with a mixture of H.P. Lovecraft, Manly Wade Wellman, and Clive Barker.”–Kevin J. Anderson, Saga of the Seven Suns
K. Brooke Mayo Gurganus @ 2:43 am
a great read! i bought this book thinking it would be great for those times when i didnt have enough time to read much but still wanted a quick story. i was wrong! i couldnt put it down and have now purchased another nicholson book.
Frederick Nocito @ 4:37 am
In this collection, Scott Nicholson provides a good mixture of creepy, suspenseful, and thrilling tales. In this collection, you will meet…
- A funeral home owner who takes his job just a little too seriously.
- A snoopy journalist who begins to dig too deeply for his own good.
- An imaginary friend with a love of dangerous games.
- A man who finds much more than he bargained for when he explores a deserted island.
These, and many more will lead you on a journey through a desolate landscape of nightmares.
M. L. Sanders @ 6:03 am
While the price wars and general whining are going on with Kindle book prices. I’m looking to bargains for my reading jones. Thank you Scott Nicholson for putting Ashes here for $0.99.
There are great stories in here, some of course better than others, but for the price of admission, they are all worth it. I like short stories because I can finish one or two during my lunch break.
Favorites so far: “Murdermouth” and “Watermelon” I haven’t finished the book yet, but really liking what I read. I will definately buy the others.
Great fun and prickly goosebumps.
Lauralynn Elliott @ 6:22 am
I didn’t realize when I purchased this that it was a collection of short stories. I just bought it because I had read a book by Scott and really liked it. I usually don’t care for short stories because they always leave me feeling like I do when I eat one bite of something and am still hungry. However, I have to say that these stories were interesting and spooky. Some of them would have been great made into a movie!
Patrick J. Turner @ 8:48 am
As in my title the story’s are good but they really aare not all that scary but for the .99 read there good.