We are so, so happy to finally say these words: As of today, E. M. Roy’s debut queer-as-fuck small-town mystery horror novel Let the Woods Keep Our Bodies is officially available wherever books are sold.
In the small town of Eston, Maine . . . weird things happen sometimes.
Leo Bates knows what’s behind every corner in her hometown, where she’s lived her whole life. Some disjointed memories and grief for her late parents, sure, but nothing dangerous. Nothing unexplainable.
But the familiar becomes strange the longer you look at it. When Tate Mulder goes missing and Leo is pinned as the prime suspect, she can only watch as the town she thought she knew deteriorates around her. She is forced to confront the truth about her parents, Eston, and her relationship if she is to survive an onslaught of conspiracies, cryptic monstrosities, and whatever is hiding in the woods where Tate was last seen. Finding the girl she loves may be the only way to restore balance to Eston—if such a thing ever existed to begin with.
We have been pitching this book as Twin Peaks meets My Best Friend’s Exorcism and we dare you to disagree with us after finishing it.
We personally recommend scooping a copy either right here on GHOULISH.RIP, or stopping by our physical bookstore in Selma, TX—otherwise, we encourage everybody to request their local bookshop to stock it if they already aren’t. Also, if you’re near Portland, Maine, consider attending the book launch TODAY at Longfellow Books!
Check out this interview with Ellie over on Frightful Horror, and listen to the author discuss David Cronenberg’s THE DEAD ZONE on a recent episode of the My Horror Confessional podcast.
There are so many ways we could introduce this novel to you, but none would compare to this bizarre and mysterious “welcome video” we accidentally stumbled upon in the woods over the weekend.
Enjoy the ride, ghouls.
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