The Faces

"Hypnotic, haunting...high-test nightmare fuel!" — Richard Chizmar, author of Gwendy's Button Box (with Stephen King).What's the terrifying secret of the Faces? Are they watching you? Nothing goes right for Harold until he finds the mask from the once-notorious comic strip. Joe Face and his family offered nice smiles no matter the worst that life could throw their way—in the funny pages. But in the real world, someone or something begins following him at night, turning Harold's life inside out, showing him the face of horror. A novella of approximately 100 pages in print."Hypnotic, haunting, and compulsively readable, The Faces is high-test nightmare fuel! I couldn't turn the pages fast enough." — Richard Chizmar, author of Gwendy's Button Box (with Stephen King) and Chasing the Boogeyman."The Faces seems whimsical at first...until the story turns nasty and profoundly disturbing. The social satire is the real horror here, making us dread what lurks behind the faces of our closest friends and loved ones. Another masterful novella from Douglas Clegg." — Norman Prentiss, author of Odd Adventures with Your Other Father and The Apocalypse-a-Day Calendar."Exceeds expectations...A suspenseful tale of mounting terror..." -- Rue Morgue Magazine.

From the Back Cover

The Face of Nightmare... In this heart-pounding novella of paranoid horror from bestselling and award-winning author Douglas Clegg, a costume party opens the door to a nightmarish world. The Face of Fear... Nothing goes right for Harold until he finds the famous mask based on his father's favorite old-time comic strip. Joe Face and his family all showed nice smiles and easy-going attitudes toward the worst life could throw their way -- in the funny pages. But soon enough, someone -- or something -- begins following Harold at night, turning his life inside out, and showing him... The Face of Horror

About the Author

Douglas Clegg is the bestselling and award-winning author of more than thirty novels and collections, including The Hour Before Dark, The Children's Hour, and Neverland.  He began writing at age five and never stopped, typing his stories by age eight, his first short novel by seventeen, and publishing novels and stories from his twenties onward. He lives on the coast of New England with his husband of 30+ years in a house called Stonehaven within woods between a river and the sea. His novels have been published by Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Bantam Doubleday Dell, Dorchester, Alkemara Press, Cemetery Dance Publications, Subterranean Press, and several others.  He is currently finishing up his next book, called Mrs. Bluebeard, which is but one in a line-up of several novels, novellas and stories he's worked on in private for the past decade without attempting to publish them...until now.

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