Description
A bullied teen mistakenly summons a powerful demon in this dark fantasy for fans of Robert R. McCammon by the author of Enter, Night.
Dark secrets run deep in the isolated, rural town of Auburn, Ontario. But everyone knows about Mikey Childress.
Sixteen-year-old Mikey isn't like the other boys, who play hockey and chase girls. He's skinny, wears black, reads horror novels, listens to Madonna, and idolizes Hollywood actresses. He's "different," and the bullies at school won't let him forget it. Only his best friend, Wroxy, has any idea of the depths of Mikey's pain and how desperately he desires to be loved.
And not even Wroxy knows what Mikey's truly capable of-until one night when his abusers go too far. Then all the pain and loneliness inside Mikey push him to make a pact with evil to bring vengeance down upon his enemies. Being a teenager had been a nightmare before, but soon Mikey unleashes something that will make it hell on Earth . . .
"Rowe's talent shines through in this terrifying story of social persecution, black magic, and desire gone horribly wrong." -Lee Thomas, Bram Stoker and Lambda Literary Award-winning author
"Michael Rowe is one of those writers who can swing from the eloquent prose of a Peter Straub to the brutality of a Richard Laymon." -Monster LibrarianAbout the Author
Michael Rowe was born in Ottawa, and has lived in Beirut, Havana, Geneva, and Paris. He is the author of the novels Enter, Night; Wild Fell; and October; and created and edited the anthologies Queer Fear and Queer Fear 2. An award-winning journalist and essayist, Rowe is also the author of the nonfiction books Writing Below the Belt, Looking for Brothers, and Other Men's Sons. He has won the Lambda Literary Award, the New Millennium Writing Award, and the Publishing Triangle Award; and was a finalist for the National Magazine Award, the International Horror Guild Award, the Sunburst Award, and the Shirley Jackson Award. Rowe lives in Toronto and welcomes readers at www.michaelrowe.com.
Reviews
"Michael Rowe's talent shines through in this terrifying story of social persecution [and] black magic." -Lee Thomas, Lambda Literary and Bram Stoker Award-winning author
"Michael Rowe is one of those writers who can swing from the eloquent prose of a Peter Straub to the brutality of a Richard Laymon. His novels Enter, Night, and Wild Fell were excellent examples of pushing the envelope while holding onto what makes the genre so good. October is the best of Rowe's writing yet." -MonsterLibrarian.com
"The kind of horror novel a lot of adults needed when they were kids. Michael Rowe understands that while it gets better for some people, not everyone can afford to sit back and wait if they want to survive. A powerful and powerfully frightening tale about making hard choices in the name of survival, and what those choices cost." -Bracken MacLeod, author of 13 Views of the Suicide Woods
Book Information
ISBN 9781504063944
Author Michael Rowe
Format Paperback
Page Count 166
Imprint Open Road Media
Publisher Open Road Media
