Death Instinct

"SOMEONE’S MOVING INTO THE LAUTER HOUSE..." Cathy was six when the man next door killed his wife and himself. It was early morning and she was playing outside when she heard the first shot. And then another shot. And another. The sounds echoed around the neighborhood like thunder. People came out of their houses to see what was happening. Later, she saw the blood and the bodies.... Now, the house is no longer vacant. Someone new has moved in. Something terrible is happening to the neighbors. And Cathy has a secret of her own...

Stephen King

“The horror poet laureate...a master of the macabre!”

Midwest Book Review

“[Bentley Little is] on par with such greats as Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Peter Straub.”

Publishers Weekly

“Little possesses the uncanny ability to take everyday situations and turn them into nightmares.”

Horror Reader

“Little has the unparalleled ability to evoke surreal, satiric terror.”

About the Author

Bentley Little is the author of numerous novels, short stories, articles, essays, and reviews. After earning a BA in communications and an MA in English, Little sold his soul and abandoned all artistic integrity, working for eight years as a bureaucrat for a midsized city in Orange County, California. His first novel, The Revelation, won the 1990 Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award for best first novel.

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