{"product_id":"wild-spaces-9781250866837","title":"Wild Spaces","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for the 2024 Philip K. Dick Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003eBest of Horror 2023 pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Without question, one of the most beautifully written books I've read this year.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Can a horror story be beautiful? \u003ci\u003eWild Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e tells a terrible truth in the most achingly beautiful way.\"--Alma Katsu, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Fervor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert R. McCammon's \u003ci\u003eBoy's Life\u003c\/i\u003e meets Lovecraftian horror in this foreboding, sensual coming-of-age debut in which the corrosive nature of family secrets and toxic relatives assume eldritch proportions.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn eleven-year-old boy lives an idyllic childhood exploring the remote coastal plains and wetlands of South Carolina alongside his parents and his dog Teach. But when the boy's eerie and estranged grandfather shows up one day with no warning, cracks begin to form as hidden secrets resurface that his parents refuse to explain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe longer his grandfather outstays his welcome and the greater the tension between the adults grows, the more the boy feels something within him changing --physically--into something his grandfather welcomes and his mother fears. Something abyssal. Something monstrous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eS.L. Coney obtained a master's degree in clinical psychology before abandoning academia to pursue a writing career. The author has ties to South Carolina, and roots in St. Louis. Coney's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Best American Mystery Stories 2017\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGamut Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tordotcom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607979790610,"sku":"9781250866837","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b1bc634b-2cd0-40c5-a7f7-1139f08813fc.jpg?v=1732316466","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wild-spaces-9781250866837","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}