Forsaken

Forsaken

Andrew Van Wey

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YOU’RE LIVING THE DREAM... A beautiful house, a loving wife. Two kids, a dog, and a tenure track professorship teaching art at the local university. Your name is Daniel Rineheart. You’ve got it all. ...BUT ALL DREAMS MUST END. For this autumn heralds the arrival of a mysterious painting. No name. No date. No signature or frame. A disturbing work of grotesque perfection: two children with cruel eyes, a window onto an endless field, and a dying tree on top of a hill. A work of art... that changes with each viewing. SO BEGINS THE NIGHTMARE... ...Where wretched children crawl from a canvas prison to stalk the quiet halls of this happy home. ...Where painted clocks tick-tock away in the dark hours before dawn, and a missing dog whimpers from between the walls. ...Where all answers lead to a dark artist and an impossible creation, a cursed canvas with a twisted past... ...AND A HORROR THAT WILL DEVOUR ALL. Curl up, if you dare, with a dark novel readers are calling: “Beautifully written” — “A Must Read!” — “Stunning” — “The Scariest book EVER!” FORSKEN is an intelligent blend of ghost story, suburban supernatural thriller, haunted house, and mystery. Perfectly written for fans of early Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Peter Straub, it’s a terrifying tale of secrets and lies, of nightmares made flesh; where the scariest stories are the ones that coldly whisper into your ear until madness and death are a welcome rest. Lock your door.
 Turn on the lights.
 Do NOT read FORSAKEN late at night.

Publication Year: 2021


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  • celestialviolence
    Jan 01, 2025
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    Definitely a good read! The characters were engaging and enjoyable, the worldbuilding was solid, and the descriptions of the horrors is enough to keep you up at night. Some of the twists were a little predictable if you're paying close attention, but that also helps keep them from seeming to come out of nowhere. I would highly recommend it as a solid, quick, fast-paced horror read.

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