Grunch Road: A Novel

At Abramson High School in the young, booming middle-class community of New Orleans East, they say an unspeakable horror lurks in the untamed wilderness to the east, beyond the city’s outskirts, where a horrific monster from the bowels of hell feeds on unsuspecting young lovers who wander into its lair. But it’s just an old ghost story, a tall tale boys tell their girlfriends to frighten them into cuddling closer… right?Maybe not.Tom Perrault and Cindy Freeman are two wholesome, All-American kids in love, a perfect couple adored by everyone—except Tom’s unapproving parents. Then one night, while they’re on a date, their young lives are snuffed out in a brutal attack that has the community shocked and the police stumped. Everybody at school wants answers, especially Nick “Iceman” Eismann, a reporter for the school newspaper with a talent for getting into trouble. For Nick, it’s personal: Tom was his best friend.Nick takes on the case himself, picking up where the police gave up, and learns that Tom and Cindy are only the latest in a long line of unexplained deaths and disappearances in the area being covered up by the police. In his relentless search for the truth, Nick finds love when he least expects it, and comes face to face with the demon that inspires every teenager’s worst nightmares! But the real monster he should fear is a loose-cannon cop who will stop at nothing to protect the terrifying secret of Grunch Road!

About the Author

Matt Butts (1961-) is a writer, singer, and photographer living in Minneapolis with his best friend and roommate Jim and sings with the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus.

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