The Smashed Man of Dread End: A Middle Grade Horror for Fans of R.L. Stine About a Sleepwalker and a Spooky Basement (Ages 8-12)

From USA Today bestselling author J.W. Ocker comes a chilling middle grade horror perfect for fans of R.L. Stine and Holly Black alike.

Noe Wiley couldn’t be more excited to move. After the slumber party sleepwalking incident of last year, she’s ready to make some new friends.

But Noe didn’t expect the sullen, strange girls who live on her new street. And in this suspenseful supernatural thriller, she certainly didn’t expect the strange warning they give her—to stay out of her basement, no matter what.

Noe’s not going to let these girls boss her around. She’ll go in her own basement whenever she wants.

So she does. And there he is.

And now there’s no going back.

• A Terrifying New Monster: Forget ghosts. The Smashed Man is flat, oozes from a crack in the wall, and only comes out at night.
• A Dangerous Secret: Noe and her little sister Len are both sleepwalkers, which makes a monster in the basement more than just a scary story―it makes it a nightly threat.
• Kids vs. Monsters: When the grown-ups' eyes turn a strange, shimmery purple, they can’t see the danger. The kids of Dread End are on their own.
• A Chilling Mystery: What really happened to Erica, the girl who lived in the house before them? And why is she now in a coma hundreds of miles away?

J.W. Ocker is the USA Today bestselling and Lowell Thomas– and Edgar Award–winning author of macabre travelogues, spooky kids’ books, and horror novels. His books include Poe-Land, A Season with the Witch, Death and Douglas, and The Smashed Man of Dread End. J.W. Ocker lives in New Hampshire.