The Devoted (18 page)
Authors: Eric Shapiro
HOUSE OF QUIET MADNESS – Mikita Brottman
“Sleek, cool and claustrophobic, Brottman’s book is a masterful tale of anxiety, entrapment and dread. I haven’t felt safe since finishing
House of Quiet Madness
.”
–Amy Wallace, author of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
“Like the best Ira Levin –
Rosemary’s Baby
,
The Stepford Wives
– Mikita Brottman’s
House of Quiet Madness
is a subtle, sneakily psychological shocker that will give women nightmares for years to come.”
– John Skipp, from his introduction
When Ruth’s empty-nest depression hits perilous depths, her pastor husband suggests Windfall Lodge: a lovely rustic estate/ house of rest, where she and other emotionally troubled wives and mothers might find the treatment they need, the peace and purpose they crave.
But there is something unsettling in Windfall’s cryptic therapy and isolating rules. And slowly, suspicion turns to dread, as Ruth begins to discover the terrible fate that she and the rest are actually being prepared for.
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DIE, YOU BASTARD! DIE! – Jan Kozlowski
“This is not gentle horror. This is a quick dip into hell, marked by the author’s absolute refusal to flinch at any point. I am looking forward to finishing the rest of the books in the new line.”
– Adam-Troy Castro, The Shallow End of the Pool
Claire is a first-rate paramedic, with a heroic devotion to saving lives. She is also a survivor of unspeakable abuse, who has rebuilt herself entirely, as far from home as she could get.
But when her aged father is hospitalized, Claire is dragged back into a brutal nightmare of sexual depravity, and deepest betrayal where the only question left is, “How can I possibly survive?”
The only answer is, “DIE, YOU BASTARD! DIE!”
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“Human monsters don’t get more humanly monstrous than Big Daddy. And it don’t get much rougher and tougher than Jan Kozlowski’s violently matter-of-fact, emotionally ass-kicking, downright incendiary son of a bitch.”
– John Skipp, from his introduction
About the Author
Eric Shapiro’s acclaimed 2005 novella,
It’s Only Temporary
, was on the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Award in Long Fiction. He directed and produced the motion picture
Rule of Three
(2010), which had its world premiere at the Fantasia Festival and its U.S. Premiere at Fantastic Fest before being released on DVD and Netflix Instant. In 2010, Permuted Press published an omnibus collection of Eric’s three short novels and a handful of selected short stories called
Stories for the End of the World
. Eric lives in Los Angeles with his wife and producing partner, Rhoda Jordan, and their son, Benjamin Shapiro.
Copyright Information
A Ravenous Shadows™ Original Publication
The Devoted
Copyright © 2012 by Eric Shapiro
Ravenous Shadows™
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Beverly, MA 01915
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher, except by reviewers who may quote brief excerpts in connection with a review.
ISBN-13: 978-1-60777-485-3
This book is a work of fiction, and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
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