Joshua Chaplinsky

Please wait... This may take a moment. Cover Votes: 42 9 Please sign in to submit your valuable feedback. Sign In or Register Now. Talking about this book? Use #TheManintheWatchStillVisitsMeatNight #NetGalley. More hashtag tips! House of Leaves meets David Lynch in a surreal horror novel exploring generational trauma and the monsters it breeds, from Joshua Chaplinsky, cult author of Letters to the Purple Satin Killer.

Puddock went a-courtin’ and he did ride, like a shot across the plains, Miss Mouse thrown across the back of his horse, Uncle Rat’s gold jangling in his pocket. He dug in heels splashed with would-be suitors’ blood, urging the flagging beast on. The sun would soon dip below the horizon, and that night was his wedding night. He rode hard through rain and mud, didn’t stop till he reached The Slop Bucket in Hollow Tree. His poor horse dropped dead the second he dismounted.

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