Keith Deininger and Greg F. Gifune Nominated For Readers Choice Award
By: Christina Mancuso Aug. 06, 2013
2013 Q2 BEST NOVEL
The New Flesh by Keith Deininger
"A dark and sinister debut. Deininger's first novel will have you reading straight through the night." -Ronald Malfi, author of Floating Staircase and Snow
When Jake, a shy fourth grader, starts a fire in the woods behind his school that gets away from him, he's punished and forgiven. But his life is never the same. Three years after the incident, the dreams begin. Dreams of flames and a strange creature Jake calls The Melting Man. Waiting and watching with an insidious grin, it lures him deeper and deeper into his darkest fears, and closer to an otherworld of fire and torment. And then, Jake begins to see The Melting Man wherever he goes.
Come with me, Jake...Come and see...
As his dreams bleed into waking life, Jake realizes he's being dragged toward a very real apocalypse, and that The Melting Man's powers are growing stronger. Asleep, awake, or trapped between the two, Jake must fight to understand not only who and what The Melting Man is and what the dreams mean, but how this creature and Jake's mysterious family legacy ties into a disturbing, violent and enigmatic film associated with his father, a failed screenwriter.
But there may be no way to stop what has already begun...because this is a new nightmare...a new terror...a new Flesh...
THE NEW FLESH, the debut novel of horror, madness and suspense from Keith Deininger.
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2013 Q2 BEST NOVELLA
House of Rain by Greg F. Gifune
Gordon Cole is a tired and lonely old man. A troubled Vietnam vet and recent widower, he does his best to survive in an increasingly dangerous neighborhood while drowning in the nightmares of his horrific past and struggling with the death of his beloved wife Katy. And then the whispers begin calling to him from the shadows, terrifying visions stalk him relentlessly, the sounds of angelic singing haunt his every waking moment, and everyone in his life seems to be conspiring against him for reasons he cannot yet understand.
As the rains come, soaking the city, Gordon realizes he must face his past, and solve a dark mystery that has haunted him for nearly fifty years.
Who was the mystifying woman he met in a bar all those years ago? What happened in that seedy motel they went to? Did it even really happen at all?
As Gordon searches for answers, something within the mounting rain watches and waits, offering Gordon deliverance from his nightmare. But the keys to Heaven and Hell come with a terrible price.
Welcome home, Gordon.
Welcome to THE HOUSE OF RAIN.
"A masterful tale of love, loss, friendship, pain and suffering...a tale that will eviscerate you emotionally." -Peter Schwotzer, Famous Monsters of Filmland
"Another masterpiece of a tale of love and loss as Gifune delves to the heart of a topic that he seems to know so well." -Josef Hernandez, Examiner
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