This book nearly defies description, but here goes. The novel is a spider web of small tales, each with an allegorical twist. Somewhere vaguely Germanic, or possibly in eastern European, is the small town of Hemmersmoor. These people live a simple, happy life. There are still stores on the main street – bakeries, hardware stores…
GIVEAWAY: YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE, YOUR CHILDREN ALL GONE
Just in time for Halloween, the kind folks at Penguin have sent me a giveaway copy of the new creepy book by Stefan Kiesbye, author of Next Door Lived A Girl. Here is what others are saying: “Creepy in a way that actually made me quite nervous.” —Ben Loory, author of Stories for Nighttime and Some for…