Old-school horror. STEPHEN KING
The ExorcistmeetsLord of the FliesinBoys in the Valley,a brilliant coming-of-age tale from award-winning author Philip Fracassi.
AnEsquireBest Horror Book of 2023! A British Fantasy Award finalist for Best Horror Novel!
A sublimely chilling story. Library Journal, STARRED review
St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys.
Early twentieth century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania.
Here, under the watchful eyes of several priests, thirty boys work, learn, and worship. Peter Barlow, orphaned as a child by a gruesome murder, has made a new life here. As he approaches adulthood, he has friends, a future...a family.
Then, late one stormy night, a group of men arrive at their door, one of whom is badly wounded, occult symbols carved into his flesh. His death releases an ancient evil that spreads like sickness, infecting St. Vincent's and the children within. Soon, boys begin acting differently, forming groups. Taking sides.
Others turn up dead.
Now Peter and those dear to him must choose sides of their own, each of them knowing their lives and perhaps their eternal souls are at risk.
PHILIP FRACASSI is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of the story collections
Behold the Voidand
Beneath a Pale Sky.His novels include
A Child Alone with Strangers, Gothic,and
Boys in the Valley. His stories have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies, including
Best Horror of the Year, Nightmare Magazine, Southwest Review,Interzone, and
Black Static. Philip lives in Los Angeles and is represented by Copps Literary Services.
Praise forBoys in the Valley
AnEsquireBest Horror Book of 2023!
Old-school horror. Stephen King
The prose is precise, the terrors exquisite, and Fracassis got his hand on the chisel goinglĂ
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