A Cosmology of Monsters

"I loved it, and think you will, too."--Stephen King

Stephen King'sItmeetsStranger Thingsinatender and terrifying coming-of-age tale of haunted houses and the monster at the door.

Noah Turner's family are haunted by monsters that are all too real. This coming-of-age story tracks the Turner family, his bookish mother Margaret, Lovecraft-loving father Harry, and his sisters Sydney, born for the spotlight, and the brilliant but awkward Eunice, a natural writer and storyteller. As his father becomes obsessed with the construction of an elaborate haunted house - the Wandering Dark - the family tries to shield baby Noah from the staged horror.

As the family falls apart, fighting demons of poverty and sickness, the real monsters grow ever closer. Unbeknownst to them, Noah is being visited by a wolfish beast with glowing orange eyes. Noah is not the first of the Turners to meet the monster, but he is the first to let it into his room...