For most of her fourteen years, Tasha Davis has languished in the rural-suburban town of Skillute, Washington. Her parents offer plenty of comfortable—if stifling—emotional support, but what she needs is a best friend.
In her final year at Clark Middle School, Tasha meets a strange, new classmate. Briar Kenny is the self-styled rebel Tasha wants to be, and the Davises are the kind of close-knit family Briar covets. A moment of unexpected violence spawns a secret between the two girls and awakens a mystery from the past.
Unknown to Tasha and Briar, their secret also attracts something monstrous from a forgotten corner of Skillute. The town is haunted by its history, scarred with the lingering spirit of broken and scattered families, abandoned real estate ventures, and old scores never settled between neighbors. But there’s more to the place than memory and legend. Beneath the landscape something malignant rages, and it will stop at nothing to find a route into the physical world.
Coming February 22, 2019 from Trepidatio Publishing.
Cover art by Mikio Murakami.
Very nice blurb. It’s going to be a great read!
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This looks fun! I haven’t read the other Skillute stories yet; are they necessary to understand this? I’ve enjoyed your short fiction and found a lot to ponder in “I Wish I Was Like You.”
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Thank you. I hope each book is a stand-alone but they overlap and connect in what should be interesting patterns.
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Thanks, I look forward to checking them out.
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Excited for this!
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