Crystal Lake's first novel release of 2023 - Nightwood
Jan 23, 2023 19:18:31 GMT
Red Lagoe and nickcato like this
Post by Joe Mynhardt on Jan 23, 2023 19:18:31 GMT
Out now from Crystal Lake Publishing!
“History, trauma, and folklore intertwine in a Ukrainian immigrant’s American dream in Gomel’s novel. …the novel is unquestionably an intensely creative, hard-hitting work with a suspenseful storyline and empathetic yet critical deliberations on human suffering.”—Kirkus Reviews
“In Nightwood, Gomel masterfully combines the horrific elements of fairy tales with even more horrific history to create a chilling and atmospheric story that blurs the boundaries between story and reality.”—Gustavo Bondoni, author of Colony, Desert Base Strike, and Outside
All fairy tales were history once.
Ally is a Ukrainian bride who married a wealthy Californian, Carl Morris. Everything is strange in her new home: the shadowy redwoods, the peculiar neighbors, and the mystery surrounding the death of Carl’s first wife. But Ally is determined to leave her own tragic past behind and to be a good wife and a good American.
Escaping darkness is not so easy, however. Ally discovers that her house is situated on the borders of Nightwood, where fairy tales become nightmares and nightmares become reality. And the ruler of Nightwood has plans of his own.
When Carl is abducted by a forest monster, Ally follows him into the land where the Red, Black, and White Horsemen drag the sun in their wake. There she is taken prisoner by the ghoulish Little Mother and is forced to labor in a filthy farmyard filled with deformed human livestock. But Little Mother is not the most terrifying creature in Nightwood. The Ogre, squatting in the Castle with no Windows, is poised to invade our world. He has Carl; and he wants Ally.
Unexpectedly joined by new friends, Ally escapes to embark on a perilous journey across a dying land filled with mythical beasts and creatures from fairy tales. To save Carl, Ally will have to brave the horrors of Nightwood and uncover the shattering secret of her own identity.
Sink Beneath the Surface: getbook.at/Nightwood
“If Shirley Jackson and Lewis Carroll had a love child, it’d write a lot like Elana Gomel. In her mesmerizing dark fairytale, Nightwood, Gomel draws on Slavic folklore to blur the lines between horror and fantasy. Ally, a Ukrainian ‘mail order bride,’ ventures deep into the California redwoods and ‘through the looking glass,’ fighting shapeshifters, witches, ogres (and worse) in hopes of finding her husband…and herself.”—Josh Schlossberg, author of Malinae, editor of The Jewish Book of Horror, and undertaker at JoshsWorstNightmare.com
Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths (join the Crystal Lake journey for bonus content, special offers, in-depth articles from our authors, giveaways, and quite a few free eBooks: eepurl.com/xfuKP)
“History, trauma, and folklore intertwine in a Ukrainian immigrant’s American dream in Gomel’s novel. …the novel is unquestionably an intensely creative, hard-hitting work with a suspenseful storyline and empathetic yet critical deliberations on human suffering.”—Kirkus Reviews
“In Nightwood, Gomel masterfully combines the horrific elements of fairy tales with even more horrific history to create a chilling and atmospheric story that blurs the boundaries between story and reality.”—Gustavo Bondoni, author of Colony, Desert Base Strike, and Outside
All fairy tales were history once.
Ally is a Ukrainian bride who married a wealthy Californian, Carl Morris. Everything is strange in her new home: the shadowy redwoods, the peculiar neighbors, and the mystery surrounding the death of Carl’s first wife. But Ally is determined to leave her own tragic past behind and to be a good wife and a good American.
Escaping darkness is not so easy, however. Ally discovers that her house is situated on the borders of Nightwood, where fairy tales become nightmares and nightmares become reality. And the ruler of Nightwood has plans of his own.
When Carl is abducted by a forest monster, Ally follows him into the land where the Red, Black, and White Horsemen drag the sun in their wake. There she is taken prisoner by the ghoulish Little Mother and is forced to labor in a filthy farmyard filled with deformed human livestock. But Little Mother is not the most terrifying creature in Nightwood. The Ogre, squatting in the Castle with no Windows, is poised to invade our world. He has Carl; and he wants Ally.
Unexpectedly joined by new friends, Ally escapes to embark on a perilous journey across a dying land filled with mythical beasts and creatures from fairy tales. To save Carl, Ally will have to brave the horrors of Nightwood and uncover the shattering secret of her own identity.
Sink Beneath the Surface: getbook.at/Nightwood
“If Shirley Jackson and Lewis Carroll had a love child, it’d write a lot like Elana Gomel. In her mesmerizing dark fairytale, Nightwood, Gomel draws on Slavic folklore to blur the lines between horror and fantasy. Ally, a Ukrainian ‘mail order bride,’ ventures deep into the California redwoods and ‘through the looking glass,’ fighting shapeshifters, witches, ogres (and worse) in hopes of finding her husband…and herself.”—Josh Schlossberg, author of Malinae, editor of The Jewish Book of Horror, and undertaker at JoshsWorstNightmare.com
Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths (join the Crystal Lake journey for bonus content, special offers, in-depth articles from our authors, giveaways, and quite a few free eBooks: eepurl.com/xfuKP)