Yesterday I started the April 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club posts with Creatures of the Pool by Ramsey Campbell. Today we look at Dweller by the humorous horror author Jeff Strand.
I gave this book to a co-worker who wanted something bloody and gory and funny. She’s a third of the way in and is thoroughly enjoying it.
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DwellerAuthor: Strand, Jeff |
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Toby was just a boy the first time he saw the creature in the woods. His parents convinced the terrified child it was only his imagination. The next time Toby saw the creature he was a lonely, unhappy teenager without friends. But the creature would be his friend. It would be there when Toby needed someone to talk to. And it would take care of the bullies who wouldn’t leave Toby alone. After all, the creature needed to eat. And during their macabre, decades-long friendship, there will be other meals . . . |
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March 2010 (Mass Market Paperback — Leisure Books)
March 2010 (Mass Market Paperback — Leisure Books)Jeff Strand’s Dweller was also published in limited hardcover editions by Dark Regions Press.
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When Toby Floren was eight years old, he discovered a monster living in the woods behind his house. A ghastly, frightening creature with claws, fangs, and a taste for human flesh. As he ran out of the forest, screaming, Toby felt that he’d been lucky to escape with his life. Years later, Toby finds comfort with the creature. It’s his own special secret — something that nobody else in the world knows about. Somebody to talk to. Somebody to confide in. Sure, Toby has concerns about his own sanity, but really, what boy wouldn’t want to be best friends with a monster in the woods, especially if he’s being tormented by bullies? The creature, who he names Owen, may be the answer to his problems . . . From Jeff Strand, the author of Pressure, comes the story of a macabre, decades-long friendship. A relationship that will last their entire lives, through times of happiness, tragedy, love, loss, madness, and complete darkness. Dweller. The lifetime story of a boy and his monster. |
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May 2010 (Signed Limited Hardcover — Dark Regions)Website:
Jeff Strand has a website where you can get up to date information about his books and maybe a chuckle to two. It’s called Gleefully Macabre and its coming to an Internet browser near you.
Jeff Strand wrote a brief essay called “On Sympathetic Monsters…” which you can read on the Leisure Books website.
BookBrowse Reader:
If you’d like to check out the first bit of Dweller, try this book browser app. and read up to page 34.
Book Trailer:
There are two versions of the Dweller book trailer. Below is the version for Leisure books. The song is by the mighty Trevor Strong of the Arrogant Worms. Video by the mighty Terri Garey. This version was posted on YouTube on January 19, 2010.
Here is the book trailer for the Dark Regions Press version of Dweller. This version was posted on YouTube on February 05, 2010.
- April 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: Creatures of the Pool
- April 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: Dweller
- May 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: The Bridge
- May 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: Sparrow Rock
- June 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: Night Souls
- June 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: Joyride
- July 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: The Killing Kind
- July 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: Wolf’s Bluff
- August 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: Siren
- August 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: A Gathering of Crows
- September 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: Audrey’s Door
- September 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: The Blood Artists
- October 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: The Damnation Game
- October 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club: The Disappearance
- November 2010 Leisure Horror Book Club
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