Night of the Beast

Slightly camp as well as spooky, the novel 'Night of the Beast' was a loving, over-the-top homage to pulp writing and the 1970's-80's mass-market horror explosion. It cheerfully saluted virtually every well-worn trope in the genre. The novel has become something of a cult classic. It was award-winning author Harry Shannon's first full-length book. Welcome to the dying little town of Two Trees, Nevada--built in a place the Native Americans called 'The Valley of the Bones.' Something evil has awakened, something that feeds on the darkest of human emotions... "A superbly rendered, teeth grinding, tour-de-force of pulp horror." -William F. Nolan, 2001 Grand Master, International Horror Guild. "Shannon is a writer who is never afraid to walk into the shadows and drag the things living there kicking and screaming into the light." - Brian Keene "Harry Shannon takes age-old themes and gives them a new and fearsome bite. Vividly realized, his writing is controlled, assured, and filled with the kind of spooky atmosphere that used to make you hide your head under the bedcovers on wind-wracked nights." - Tom Piccirilli "Shannon is a writer of incredible energy who never blinks his eye for detail." -Gary A. Braunbeck

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