The Tent - Softcover

Burke, Kealan Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1985863782 ISBN 13: 9781985863781

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

The perfect getaway... The perfect place to hide... Hocking Hills, Ohio is an oasis for campers, hikers, nature enthusiasts, and for those who just want to get away and lose themselves in the wild. And as long as you follow your guide's advice and stay within the permitted areas, you can expect to survive the night. Because deep within the dark woods, something insidious awaits, something few have ever seen, something ancient, unknowable, and insatiable. If you go down to these woods today, you won't live to see the sunrise...

About this title

About the Author:

Born and raised in a small harbor town in the south of Ireland, Kealan Patrick Burke knew from a very early age that he was going to be a horror writer. The combination of an ancient locale, a horror-loving mother, and a family full of storytellers, made it inevitable that he would end up telling stories for a living. Since those formative years, he has written five novels, over a hundred short stories, six collections, and edited four acclaimed anthologies. In 2004, he was honored with the Bram Stoker Award for his novella The Turtle Boy.

Kealan has worked as a waiter, a drama teacher, a mapmaker, a security guard, an assembly-line worker at Apple Computers, a salesman (for a day), a bartender, landscape gardener, vocalist in a grunge band, curriculum content editor, fiction editor at Gothic.net, associate editor at Subterranean magazine, and, most recently, a fraud investigator.

When not writing, Kealan designs book covers through his company Elderlemon Design.

A number of his books have been optioned for film.

Visit him on the web at kealanpatrickburke.com

Review:

"If JAWS was the story that made people stay away from the ocean, THE TENT is the mean little novella that will keep them out of the woods." - Norman Partridge, author of DARK HARVEST.

"Burke has concocted a tasty mix of The Thing meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets The Twilight Zone, and he made sure to marinate it in a couple of gallons of blood before setting it free." - Fearnet

"If you like horror, you need to check out The Tent.  If you enjoy well paced stories with gut wrenching action (umm, literally?) then you also should read The Tent.  If you just plain appreciate superior writing of any genre, you owe yourself to experience The Tent.  Just don't do it if you plan on going camping in the near future.  Honestly." - Litstack
"...packs a wallop in terms of emotional tension and fright.  And it also possesses one of the most extraordinary and unique monsters I think I've ever read in a horror story." - Horror World
"The thing that stood out and to me that is probably most memorable about this story, is the way the characters are written and how their dire situation brings out the truth in their relationships. The author does a fabulous job writing the troubled husband and wife, and the agony of their troubles extend far beyond the terrible situation they found themselves in." - The Horror Booth

"...it should give every potential camper pause before you go into the woods,thinking nature is pretty and a can of Deep Woods Off will really protect you. It won't. Nothing will. Lars Von Trier said that "nature is Satan's church." Well, Burke's story proves it, amplifies it and slams it straight down your throat...where it proceeds to lay eggs in your chest." - Brutal As Hell

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1985863782
• ISBN 13: 9781985863781
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64