Dark, tense, and threatening, Hunger by Samuel Best is a horror novelette about parenting, fear, and loss.
Steven lifts his phone up, raising the torchlight from the floor to the window. There’s something out there. He knows it. He walks over and presses his phone to the glass. He stands, stunned for a second, before fumbling for the button to turn the light off.
Steven and Claire have a nice life with their new baby and fixer-upper house. But when Steven finds a wooden box hidden under the old floorboards, he awakens something ancient and starving.
Something which threatens everything he holds dear.
Something which won't rest until it's fed.
Praise for Hunger
"With a tangible atmosphere of dread and the macabre that plucks at the hairs on the back of your neck, Samuel Best's Hunger revels in mystery and mistrust. A terrifying glimpse of madness and the worst fears a man can face when it comes to his own family." - Brennan LaFaro, author of the Slattery Falls Trilogy
"Unsettling and creepy. Hunger really gets under the skin, causing the reader to feel all the fear and anxiety on the page!" - Ross Jeffery, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Tome and The Devil’s Pocketbook
"Haunting and hypnotic. You will lose yourself in Samuel Best's terrifying story." - Katherine Silva, author of The Wild Dark
"A spine-tingling story where the supernatural and parenthood collide. You'll experience fear, uncertainty, and the unknown in reading this chilling tale. Best has expertly combined the horrors of a haunted house with the thrill of becoming a new parent. Read at your own peril." - A Douglas, Divinations Magazine
"A beautifully understated and deeply uncanny novelette which skewers a parent’s worst fears. Disturbing and genuinely unsettling, and luckily, the perfect length for a one-sitting read, because I really couldn’t put it down." - Lucie McKnight Hardy, author of Water Shall Refuse Them and Dead Relatives
Praise for Samuel's novel, Shop Front
"A howl and a sigh from Generation Austerity. Samuel Best is there on the ground, finding jewels among the shattered graduate dream. Best is a bold, new, Scottish voice that tells it like it is and keeps us enthralled in the process." - Alan Bissett, author of Boyracers, Pack Men and Death of a Ladies' Man
"A brilliant read that will surprise, shock and have you choosing a character to root for - and rooting for them come hell and high water." - Our Book Reviews Online
"a humorous, human and at times darkly gritty story." - Undiscovered Scotland
"Shop Front is an important novel of its time and place, while also amusing, tender, and hopeful." - Subtle Melodrama
"This is a must read for anyone who wants to understand masculinity, Scotland and the way out of the traps that men sometimes let themselves fall into because they have to prove that they are 'real men' - whatever that means." - whichbook
"The novel’s speciality is the way that it gazes at the stars" - Epic Volumes
Genre: Horror
Steven lifts his phone up, raising the torchlight from the floor to the window. There’s something out there. He knows it. He walks over and presses his phone to the glass. He stands, stunned for a second, before fumbling for the button to turn the light off.
Steven and Claire have a nice life with their new baby and fixer-upper house. But when Steven finds a wooden box hidden under the old floorboards, he awakens something ancient and starving.
Something which threatens everything he holds dear.
Something which won't rest until it's fed.
Praise for Hunger
"With a tangible atmosphere of dread and the macabre that plucks at the hairs on the back of your neck, Samuel Best's Hunger revels in mystery and mistrust. A terrifying glimpse of madness and the worst fears a man can face when it comes to his own family." - Brennan LaFaro, author of the Slattery Falls Trilogy
"Unsettling and creepy. Hunger really gets under the skin, causing the reader to feel all the fear and anxiety on the page!" - Ross Jeffery, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Tome and The Devil’s Pocketbook
"Haunting and hypnotic. You will lose yourself in Samuel Best's terrifying story." - Katherine Silva, author of The Wild Dark
"A spine-tingling story where the supernatural and parenthood collide. You'll experience fear, uncertainty, and the unknown in reading this chilling tale. Best has expertly combined the horrors of a haunted house with the thrill of becoming a new parent. Read at your own peril." - A Douglas, Divinations Magazine
"A beautifully understated and deeply uncanny novelette which skewers a parent’s worst fears. Disturbing and genuinely unsettling, and luckily, the perfect length for a one-sitting read, because I really couldn’t put it down." - Lucie McKnight Hardy, author of Water Shall Refuse Them and Dead Relatives
Praise for Samuel's novel, Shop Front
"A howl and a sigh from Generation Austerity. Samuel Best is there on the ground, finding jewels among the shattered graduate dream. Best is a bold, new, Scottish voice that tells it like it is and keeps us enthralled in the process." - Alan Bissett, author of Boyracers, Pack Men and Death of a Ladies' Man
"A brilliant read that will surprise, shock and have you choosing a character to root for - and rooting for them come hell and high water." - Our Book Reviews Online
"a humorous, human and at times darkly gritty story." - Undiscovered Scotland
"Shop Front is an important novel of its time and place, while also amusing, tender, and hopeful." - Subtle Melodrama
"This is a must read for anyone who wants to understand masculinity, Scotland and the way out of the traps that men sometimes let themselves fall into because they have to prove that they are 'real men' - whatever that means." - whichbook
"The novel’s speciality is the way that it gazes at the stars" - Epic Volumes
Genre: Horror
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