{"product_id":"malice-house-9781368090643","title":"Malice House","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe adult horror novel from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHour of the Pumpkin Queen\u003c\/i\u003e -- a complex tale of dark magic, family secrets, and monsters that don't stay on the page. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A propulsively charming nightmare, pooling like spilled ink across your imagination\" -- Kiersten White (\u003ci\u003eHide\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Haunting and beautifully written\" --Megan Miranda (\u003ci\u003eAll the Missing Girls)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"One step away from our world lies another: a land of violent fantasies, of sharp-toothed delights. . . .\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf all the things aspiring artist Haven Marbury expected to find while clearing out her late father's remote seaside house, \u003ci\u003eBedtime Stories for Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e was not on the list. This secret handwritten manuscript is disturbingly different from his Pulitzer-winning works: its interweaving short stories crawl with horrific monsters and enigmatic humans that exist somewhere between this world and the next. The stories unsettle but also entice Haven, practically compelling her to illustrate them while she stays in the house that her father warned her was haunted. Clearly just dementia whispering in his ear . . . right? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReeling from a failed marriage, Haven hopes an illustrated \u003ci\u003eBedtime Stories \u003c\/i\u003ecan be the lucrative posthumous father-daughter collaboration she desperately needs to jump-start her art career. However, everyone in the nearby vacation town wants a piece of the manuscript: her father's obsessive literary salon members, the Ink Drinkers; her mysterious yet charming neighbor, who has a tendency toward three a.m. bonfires; a young barista with a literary forgery business; and of course, whoever keeps trying to break into her house. But when a monstrous creature appears under Haven's bed right as grisly deaths are reported in the nearby woods, she must race to uncover dark, otherworldly family secrets--completely rewriting everything she ever knew about herself in the process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMegan Shepherd\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling and Carnegie Medal-nominated author who grew up in her family's independent bookstore in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is the author of many acclaimed novels and now lives and writes on a historic farm outside Asheville, North Carolina, with her family, an especially scruffy dog, and several ghosts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthor Website: https: \/\/www.meganshepherd.com\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hyperion Avenue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50619523465490,"sku":"9781368090643","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9e38e4f4-f427-4e31-96a2-6e2b2aa3e739.jpg?v=1770135173","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/malice-house-9781368090643","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}