JULY 25, 2022
Proud to announce that my newest horror novel, GOTHIC, is now LIVE for preorders at Cemetery Dance website, and the cracking front cover is revealed below:
Cover design by Kealan Patrick Burke / Elder Lemon
Thrilled to be publishing this novel with the amazing folks at the legendary Cemetery Dance, home of so many great authors such as Stephen King, Bentley Little, Clive Barker, and many, many more.
GOTHIC is, in my mind, a throwback novel - one that doesn’t mind getting its hands dirty. This is a story that is okay living in the shadows, is just fine and dandy leaving the lights off, welcoming in the dark.
SYNOPSIS:
On his 59th birthday, Tyson Parks—a famous, but struggling, horror writer—receives an antique desk from his partner, Sarah, in the hopes it will rekindle his creative juices. Perhaps inspire him to write another best-selling novel and prove his best years aren’t behind him.
A continent away, a mysterious woman makes inquiries with her sources around the world, seeking the whereabouts of a certain artifact her family has been hunting for centuries. With the help of a New York City private detective, she finally finds what she’s been looking for.
It’s in the home of Tyson Parks.
Meanwhile, as Tyson begins to use his new desk, he begins acting... strange. Violent. His writing more disturbing than anything he’s done before. But publishers are paying top dollar, convinced his new work will be a hit, and Tyson will do whatever it takes to protect his newfound success. Even if it means the destruction of the ones he loves.
Even if it means his own sanity.
For more information on GOTHIC, please visit my BOOKS page.
To order GOTHIC, please visit Cemetery Dance. The book is available for preorder in hardcover and paperback, and an eBook will be available closer to its release date of February 3, 2023.
Full cover
My thanks to Kevin Lucia for acquiring the novel and shepherding its ghastly rise, to publisher Richard Chizmar for bringing me into the CD fold, to Kealan Patrick Burke / Elder Lemon for a wonderful cover and Gail Cross at Desert Isle for the interior design, and to my agent, Elizabeth Copps, for making the deal.
I hope readers enjoy Tyson’s story, and have fun reading about the meanest desk in history. Trust me folks — it’s nasty.
—PF