The California Butcher

A troubled schoolteacher stumbles upon a fetish website and begins a journey of pleasure and madness. In this modern-day version of Sacramento, deeply flawed people search for love while a serial killer stalks the State of California.

Horror author Stephen Rhoades delivers a terrifying and dark novel that will linger in your mind long after you put the book down. A psychological thriller from one of the newest voices in horror.

"This novel is a creepfest. It combines psychological horror and brutally gruesome scenes that will leave you feeling like you've been through an emotional wringer. I mean that in a good way of course." - Dave, Horror Reads.

Stephen Rhoades is the author of such novels as The California Butcher, The Paranormal and Normal Investigators, and Rat Droppings. His stories have been included in horror anthologies such as Inanimate Things: Volume One. He lives in the darkest parts of Alabama with his wife and family. Follow him on X (Twitter) at @BStephenRhoades. If X no longer exists, then find him on any other social media that is popular at the moment. Get access to exclusive Stephen Rhoades fiction and commentary on his website: www.buttinchair.com.