E-copies of my literary horror Shantallow are on sale for $1.99 across major online booksellers for October. If teenage exes kidnapped for ransom and held in a malevolent abandoned house sounds like your thing this one's for you.
When Misha sees the girl from his recurring nightmares—a girl he's never set eyes on while awake—in a neighbour's front lawn he can't believe his eyes. The two tumble into an intense but ultimately toxic relationship.
Months after it's over, Misha still can't entirely let go. Driving past Tanvi's house he witnesses a kidnapping in progress—hers. When he attempts to intervene he's beaten, bound, and thrown into the back of a utility van with Tanvi, her ten-year-old cousin Lauren, and another teenager. The four are driven to a decaying, remote house, and told no one will be hurt if they cooperate. But soon the entire group is under siege from something far more sinister than the captors themselves.
As the house grows more hostile and the supernatural violence escalates, the fate of the kidnappers and the hostages entwine. Misha must not only fight for his life, but come to terms with the things he's done and the long shadow his father's abuse has cast over his life.
