809 Jacob Street

Winner of the 2013 Australian Shadows Award for Best Horror Novel, and nominated a Notable Indie Book of 2013, 809 Jacob Street is a slow-burning roller coaster ride into terror and madness. Set in Parkton, a dark and dangerous town with a corrupted soul, the story explores the definition of a monster, and reveals that sometimes, it's the person sitting next to you that you need to be worried about the most...809 Jacob Street tells two loosely connected tales: 14-year old Byron James, who wishes he’d never even heard of Parkton, let alone live there; and Joey Blue, an old bluesman who fell into his songs and couldn’t find his way out again. For Byron, his two new friends – his only friends – turn out to be class rejects with an unhealthy interest in monsters. They want to discover the truth to the infamous monster house at number 809 Jacob Street. And when an old dead friend comes begging for help, Joey’s strange and pitiful world is torn apart. He is forced to stare down the man he has become to rescue the man he once was – and there is only one place he can do that. The house on Jacob Street calls to them all, but what will they find when they open its door?

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