BOOKS
When it was first published in 1796, M.G. Lewis’ gothic masterwork, The Monk, was considered blasphemous for its depiction of an abbot overcome by demonic forces. Often overlooked, the book also hinted at the tragedy of a young couple named Raymond and Agnes, yet large parts of their tale went untold. Until now.
While the fires of the Inquisition rage through sixteenth-century Europe, the young couple unleashes an ancient evil in an attempt to escape the wrath of the church. Part travelogue, part chiller, this is the tale you haven’t yet heard from a centuries-old horror classic — an exploration of the dark places the dead keep.
Hixson Pyke
Todd Morehead
While working for a rowdy weekly newspaper with ambitions larger than its budget, Todd Morehead captured stories that run the gamut from outlandish to truly bizarre. The Order of the Loko covers everything from nanotech and the nuclear industry to elderly mall walkers and Christian secessionists. He recounts a boat trip gone awry while searching for a monkey-inhabited island off the South Carolina coast, meets a man who cashed in his lotto millions to start a bikini wrestling show and explores the Machiavellian underbelly of a nudist colony’s annual chili cook off (and that’s not even the weird stuff).
Also includes a section of previously unpublished “quasi-fiction.”
(2025)
(2011)
Advance Praise from Local Readers
“…an abomination.”
“They must have been abused as children.”
“I hope someday you will tell God that you are sorry.”
