Little wraps a fascinating supernatural mystery in a suffocating cocoon of horror. Daniel Martin is a typical Southern California kid in the 1980s, until his parents decide to purchase a vacation home in rural Arizona. Their new house will be constructed from a prefab kit and the strange handyman across the street offers to build it for a low price. Little do Daniel and his innocent family realize that everyone who comes into contact with weird and evil Frank Watkins meets malevolence sooner or later. After Frank moves away, the corpse of a child is found in the basement of his old home. Shortly thereafter, Daniel's brother dies gruesomely. And that's just the beginning. As the story unfolds, readers see that the evil Frank causes has popped up across the country and over decades. With each taut chapter, Little skillfully reels in the reader, climaxing in an oddly believable paranormal finale. Little's horrifying tale will entice even readers who are not fans of the genre, and stay with them for a long time to come. --Publishers Weekly
And you thought your contractor was bad? Little, one of the most dependable tanks in horror fiction, follows such delightful jobs-from-hell shockers as The Mailman (1991) and The Consultant (2015) with a story of a simple handyman named Frank Watkins. Or Watson. Or Wilton. Or Wilson. Depends on where he pops up, see. Daniel Martin was just a little kid when Frank built a vacation house for the Martin family a house that had dead dogs buried under it and suffered a structural collapse that killed Daniel's brother. Years later, Daniel, now in real estate, happens across other so-called 'Frank houses,' structures of shoddy build that always manage to kill their occupants. Teaming up with a paranormal TV show called Ghost Pursuers (Little cleverly credits Frank's supernatural activity as causing the rise of such shows), Daniel hits the road to track down this hammer-swinging, cement-pouring, child-killing fix-it man. Though Little appears to lose interest during the mumbo-jumbo-filled final battle, this is far from a fixer upper. It's a finished mansion full of sick, playful rooms for you to explore. --Daniel Kraus in Booklist
The horror poet laureate. --Stephen King
Daniel Martin has never forgotten his childhood encounters with Frank Watkins, the man who built his family a summer home out of cardboard and plywood. Frank's gaze was oddly confusing, as if he was attempting to discern the proper way to behave because he didn't know how to respond in a human manner, almost like an alien trying to pretend to be human. Since Frank obviously wasn't an alien, Daniel thought maybe the man was crazy. In the end, young Daniel would learn the terrifying truth about Frank Watkins . . . And as an adult, Daniel is about to discover there are more of them out there . . .
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. First Edition Thus. First edition thus, hardcover, signed by Little and numbered 254/450 on the limitation page, the book has a slight lean to the binding, mild bumps to the spine ends and lower cover corners, and a hint of rubbing to the covers. Overall, a Very Good+ copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has a touch of rubbing to the covers, and slight wear to the spine ends, cover edges, and corners. Nº de ref. del artículo: 205912
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Hardback. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Signed Numbered Limited. A UK Signed Numbered Limited Edition hardback (450 copies only) with a stated First Edition May 2018 and a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. The title was originally published in the US by Cemetery Dance. Unread. Book #244 of 450. SIGNED by Bentley Little on the limitation page. Artwork and six interior illustrations by Ben Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: "Daniel Martin has never forgotten his childhood encounters with Frank Watkins, the man who built his family a summer home out of cardboard and plywood. Franks gaze was oddly confusing, as if he was attempting to discern the proper way to behave because he didn't know how to respond in a human manner, almost like an alien trying to pretend to be human.Since Frank obviously wasn't an alien, Daniel thought maybe the man was crazy. In the end, young Daniel would learn the terrifying truth about Frank Watkins.And as an adult, Daniel is about to discover there are more ofthemout there." Packed weight 870gms. IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH . Nº de ref. del artículo: 14434
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Hardcover. Condición: As new. Estado de la sobrecubierta: as new. First Edition. Short, Scary Tales Publications, 2018. first printing. #69/450 Numbered copies. Signed by Bentley Little on limitation page. Nº de ref. del artículo: 108108
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