Wildcat Thicket is out now in ebook and paperback! Get it here!
Here’s some praise and a blurb. Thanks again to Adam and Laura for taking a chance on this weird novella, and Laura for making such an awesome cover.
CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN, AUTHOR OF WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES:
“Wildcat Thicket calls back to Joe R. Lansdale’s best, characters scraping bone and sinew just to get by. This pre-historic Texas, cosmic cryptid creepfest is an absolute blast, that’ll have you seeing heatwaves scintillating straight off the page.”
From the author of Never Leaving, Apartment 239, and A Haunted Holiday, comes a blood-spattered journey of survival.
In the dying Texas town of Lagoe, Ry and Erin are just trying to survive. Trapped in a crumbling trailer, dogged by debt, and surrounded by ghosts of a better future. When their reclusive landlord vanishes deep within the woods of Wildcat Thicket, and something starts creeping towards their home at night, knocking, whistling, mocking; they realise their worst fears aren’t late bills or speeding fines.
Something is out there waiting for them, something pre-historic, mimicking, hungry.
Lock your doors. Trust the dog. Don’t answer the voices.
STEVE STRED, AUTHOR OF MASTODON AND CHURN THE SOIL:
“A rollicking, suspenseful novella with a very unique take on Bigfoot, Eflord delivers a story with heart, humour, and plenty of page-turning action.”
COY HALL, AUTHOR OF THE OWL MEN OF SHANIDAR:
“Wildcat Thicket is the home of a mysterious doorway through time, a monstrous cat, and a horde of bipedal apes. And yet, it’s still less scary than the surrounding world of AR-15 giveaways and overdue rent. Another darkly funny journey into the mind of Elford Alley.”
IVY GRIMES, AUTHOR OF THE GHOSTS OF BLAUBART MANSION:
“With wry observations and thrilling plot twists, Wildcat Thicket tells a marvelously relevant story about Ry and Erin; a couple trying to survive in a dying Texas town inhabited by mysterious creatures. Elford Alley weaves us an exciting story filled with the horrors of time-travelling beasts and late-stage capitalism.”
PATRICK TUMBLETY, AUTHOR OF THE OCTOBER CHILDREN:
“A creature feature with horror, humour, and heart. Elford has crafted a tall tale that still manages to be both relevant and timeless.”
