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Friday night in Beast House : includes the bonus novella The wilds by Laymon, Richard is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From Publishers Weekly In February of this year, Laymon, then president of the Horror Writers Association, died of a heart attack at age 53. A few weeks ago, the last of his novels to be published before his death, The Traveling Vampire Show, won the HWA's Stoker Award for best novel of the year. Soon after Laymon died, Cemetery Dance, which issued that award winner, brought out Night in the Lonesome October. But it turns out that wasn't the last we'll see of Laymon, nor is this new, enjoyable short novel. The Beast House Chronicles, launched in 1979, made Laymon's reputation. This novella is the slightest of the series four entries, emotionally as well as in page length, but it features all the trademark Laymon touches. There's a horny teen protagonist, Mark, and a spooky adventure, as Mark accepts the dare of the girl of his wet dreams, Alison, that he help her sneak into Beast House, scene of several horrific murders during past decades and now a major tourist attraction in the small West Coast town where it stands. There are plenty of suspenseful and scary moments as Mark breaks into the Beast House and hides in the Beast Hole, and a particularly shocking twist at book's end.

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Author
Laymon, Richard
Publisher
Leisure Books
Published
2010
Language
EN
ISBN
9780843961423
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
Rating
3.42 / 5 (81 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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