{"product_id":"the-dark-walk-forward-paperback","title":"The Dark Walk Forward - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn S. McFarland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Literate and suspenseful... complex and lyrical... drawn from traditions of Southern Gothic horror.\" Elizabeth Donald, author of \u003ci\u003eNocturne, Setting Suns, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cold Ones\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe small town of Ste. Odile in America has experienced the Great War in ways that no one should ever have to endure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoctors must tend to births and deaths that make their most difficult cases seem benign. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn 1880s schoolteacher is faced with the worst blizzard of her time and must save the children under her charge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young man searches for his father the abandoned orphanage the older man owns... and both know they will despair at what they find. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA primitive woman experiences colonization and the stereotypes of men, yet finds her own method of retribution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"McFarland's writing is lush and sensual, filled with textures, sounds, smells, and primal terrors that have lurked beyond the firelight since prehistory.\" Kenneth Anderson, Editor of \u003ci\u003eCharon II\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn S. McFarland has slogged through his characters' woes and woven them into sweetly emotional yet acutely distressful tales. We as readers are forced to understand the pain, the despair, and sometimes the hope of his creations.We realize we are lucky to live in the era we do. We also realize anything can change to tear us apart. Is it fate? Destiny? Or do we bring about these changes on our own? McFarland will let us know. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"McFarland tempers his frights with the mercy of familial love and sympathy for outsiders and victims. Horror readers will be riveted.\" Publishers Weekly\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461283299506,"sku":"9781951716141","price":22.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2f68331371b1921118e931541c3c3233.webp?v=1778945112","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-dark-walk-forward-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}