Gorilla

THE MONSTER IS ALREADY HERE

From the author of the classic true-life haunted house book "The Uninvited" and the terrifying horror-thriller "Glow," best-selling horror author Steven LaChance presents his most frightening work yet: "Gorilla," the second book in his Modern Monsters series.

What if the U.S. government's MK-Ultra drug-and-mind-control experiments never ended but instead fell into the hands of a crazed Christian evangelist named Michael Neville?

Detective Vincent Rossi returns to the shadows of St. Louis, racing against time to stop an experiment that could turn the world upside down. As brutal killings erupt across the city and the boundary between science and nightmare dissolves, Rossi uncovers a conspiracy stretching from classified archives to modern-day manipulation. "Gorilla" unleashes hordes of killers onto the masses and shatters every false sense of security.

Fast-paced, shocking, and unflinching, "Gorilla" isn't just a story-it's a warning. The monsters have always been here, lurking in our shadows and inside our minds.

Brace yourself-if you thought "Glow" was scary or "The Uninvited" kept you up at night, you haven't seen anything yet. Will you listen before it's too late?

Gorilla is a blistering supernatural thriller that explores the horror of what hate creates within institutions, communities, and ourselves. Unflinching and unapologetic, this is the rawest installment of the Modern Monsters series, a world where horror is real, history is weaponized, and monsters wear human faces.

NOW IS THE TIME FOR MONSTERS

Praise for Gorilla
"A necessary nightmare... LaChance holds nothing back."
"Emotionally savage and eerily plausible. Gorilla gets under your skin and stays there."
"It's not just horror—it's a mirror."

Trigger Warning: Gorilla contains graphic violence, psychological distress, and themes related to trauma, religious extremism, and mind control. It is intended for mature readers.

Steven LaChance is known for telling the kind of horror stories that refuse to let go. He first gained national attention with The Uninvited, his true account of a haunting that became a defining work in the true horror genre.

Since then, he's continued to explore the darker corners of human experience, often blending the supernatural with real-world trauma, injustice, and survival. With Gorilla, Steven pushes even further, turning horror into confrontation.

This is storytelling with teeth. Brutal. Honest. Unapologetically human. As a queer writer and survivor, his work often challenges systems of power and asks what happens when the people we trust become the ones we should fear. His writing is raw because life is raw. Whether chronicling true events or creating terrifying fiction, Steven's goal remains the same: to reveal the truth hiding inside the nightmare.

He splits his time between writing, speaking, and advocating for those whose voices are too often ignored. Gorilla is the second novel in his Modern Monsters series, but each book stands on its own.

Steven believes horror should do more than scare you. It should mean something.