Morsel
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Carter Keane's Morsel is a delicious folk horror debut about learning to bite back when the world is determined to eat you alive.
Lou did what the children of parents with backbreaking, poorly paying jobs are supposed to do: pulled up her bootstraps, went to college, and got an office gig with coworkers who won’t stop talking about their multilevel marketing scheme disguised as self-betterment.
When Lou accepts a property appraisal assignment in the rural hills of Ohio, she knows it's her last chance to save her job and keep making rent. But she quickly finds herself stranded in the middle of nowhere with a sabotaged truck, her dog, and someone--or something--stalking her through the ancient Appalachian woods.
If she can’t escape the woods in time, she’ll see firsthand that her job isn’t the only thing that wants to eat her alive.
Morsel is The Blair Witch Project meets The Ritual, with a generous helping of The Menu, perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher, Cassandra Khaw, and Paul Tremblay.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Keane's confident debut heralds the arrival of a gifted horror author. Lucie Moore's work at an Ohio real estate firm has suffered from her need to spend time tending to her ill mother, who is vividly described as having been born "into a world that took little bites out of her body and mind every single day in exchange for the ability to pay rent." With Lucie's boss, Ellis Katsaros, indicating that her job is in jeopardy, Lucie sets out to demonstrate her worth by photographing an Appalachian land parcel as part of an appraisal being done for a conservation group—despite her friend Emma's warning that a man recently disappeared in the area. Upon arrival, Lucie discovers odd symbols adorning a fence and faces off with a possibly rabid coyote. She escapes the animal and finds temporary refuge in the home of a stranger before horrific violence finds her. Lucie proves a well shaded and sympathetic protagonist, making it easy to invest in her plight. Keane's talent for sunlight horror impresses as the plot builds to a genuinely surprising but fairly clued denouement. Richard Chizmar fans will be thrilled.
