The Red Church - Softcover

Nicholson, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 145150702X ISBN 13: 9781451507027

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010

Synopsis

"The Red Church is a damn scary story well told." --Christopher Ransom, author of the international bestseller, The Birthing House. A Stoker Award finalist. For 13-year-old Ronnie Day, life is full of problems: Mom and Dad have separated, his brother Tim is a constant pest, Melanie Ward either loves him or hates him, and Jesus Christ won't stay in his heart. Plus he has to walk past the red church every day, where the Bell Monster hides with its wings and claws and livers for eyes. But the biggest problem is that Archer McFall is the new preacher at the church, and Mom wants Ronnie to attend midnight services with her. Sheriff Frank Littlefield hates the red church for a different reason. His little brother died in a freak accident at the church twenty years ago, and now Frank is starting to see his brother's ghost. And the ghost keeps demanding, "Free me." People are dying in Whispering Pines, and the murders coincide with McFall's return. The Days, the Littlefields, and the McFalls are descendants of the original families that settled the rural Appalachian community. Those old families share a secret of betrayal and guilt, and McFall wants his congregation to prove its faith. Because he believes he is the Second Son of God, and that the cleansing of sin must be done in blood. "Sacrifice is the currency of God," McFall preaches, and unless Frank and Ronnie stop him, everybody pays.

About this title

Review

"A wonderful storyteller, he is at the top of his game in The Red Church." -- Author Sharyn McCrumb

"Like Stephen King, he has an eye and ear for the rhythms of rural America, and like King he knows how to summon serious scares." -- Author Bentley Little

"Readers will sense echoes of Stephen King's classic 'Castle Rock' tales, but there's a tasty strain of Lovecraft here, too." -- Author Stewart O'Nan

"Scott Nicholson writes with a mixture of Clive Barker, H.P. Lovecraft and Manly Wade Wellman." -- Author Kevin J. Anderson

From the Author

To me, this a novel about faith, as the main characters try to make sense of the odd events around the rural Appalachian community of Whispering Pines. There's also a love story, a mystery, and the eternal struggle between good and evil. The story was inspired by locla legends surrounding an actual church near my home. I hope readers will get a sense of the mountain region in which I live and write, as well as experience a few thrills.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 145150702X
• ISBN 13: 9781451507027
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 286