American Ghoul
A young punk rocker
comes of age by accepting who he is
on the way to
becoming the ghoul he wants to be.
In the Summer
of 1977 Howard Pickman loses both of his parents in a fire. In a moment he
finds himself leaving the deep south, bound for New Jersey. Within a few days
Howard moves in with his grandmother and learns that they share the same dark
family secret.
Living as a
family of ghouls in a small town in New Jersey is difficult, but keeping up
appearances turns out to be harder when Howard finds himself starting his
senior year at a new school.
“Forget vampires, zombies, and
werewolves. Ghouls are the new face of monster horror. And in AMERICAN GHOUL,
Walt Morton has written the Urtext of ghoul fiction. Not since Mary Shelley's
FRANKENSTEIN has an author penned such an original tale of macabre terror. The
creep factor in Morton's debut novel is off the charts, the humor is dark, and
the characters are disturbingly real. For every geek, nerd, or outsider
who's been bullied
in high school, this book is for you. For everyone
else, you'll want
to be
cremated after you die."
- Eric Coyote, author of THE LONG DRUNK
Walt
Morton is a writer, photographer, and artist. AMERICAN GHOUL, his debut novel,
has been called “The Tom Sawyer of horror fiction.” With this book he is
continuing a decade-long exploration into the macabre via photography, film,
painting and writing. Walt has lectured at the British Film Institute and
studied intensively in five martial arts.
AMERICAN GHOUL is his first of a planned sextet of books that reinvent
the supernatural horror genre. Born and raised in rural Pennsylvania, he now
lives in Venice, California with his dog, Juniper.
American Ghoul is currently
available in Kindle format on Amazon.com. The paperback edition will be
available to order from January 15th, 2013!
Ghouls - creepy! I don't think I've read anything about ghouls before! Interesting how it's set in 1977 :)
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