
Beast - Six Stories (Paperback)
Matt Wesolowski (author)- In stock
***Winner of the Capital Crime Award for Best Independent Voice***
'Matt Wesolowski brilliantly depicts a desperate and disturbed corner of north-east England in which paranoia reigns and goodness is thwarted ... an exceptional storyteller' Andrew Michael Hurley
'Endlessly inventive and with literary thrills a-plenty, Matt Wesolowski is boldly carving his own uniquely dark niche in fiction' Benjamin Myers
'Beautifully written, smart, compassionate - and scary as hell. Matt Wesolowski is one of the most exciting and original voices in crime fiction' Alex North
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A frozen girl
A haunted town
A deadly challenge
Six Stories
Which one is true?
In the wake of the 'Beast from the East' cold snap that ravaged the UK in 2018, a grisly discovery was made in a ruin on the Northumbrian coast. Twenty-four-year-old Vlogger, Elizabeth Barton, had been barricaded inside what locals refer to as 'The Vampire Tower', where she was later found frozen to death.
Three young men, part of an alleged 'cult', were convicted of this terrible crime, which they described as a 'prank gone wrong'. However, in the small town of Ergarth, questions have been raised about the nature of Elizabeth Barton's death and whether the three convicted youths were even responsible.
Elusive online journalist Scott King speaks to six witnesses - people who knew both the victim and the three killers - to peer beneath the surface of the case. He uncovers whispers of a shocking online craze that held the young of Ergarth in its thrall and drove them to escalate a series of pranks in the name of internet fame. He hears of an abattoir on the edge of town, which held more than simple slaughter behind its walls, the tragic and chilling legend of the 'Ergarth Vampire...
Both a compulsive, taut and terrifying thriller, and a bleak and distressing look at modern society's desperation for attention, Beast will unveil a darkness from which you may never return...
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Praise for the Six Stories series
'Frighteningly wonderful ... one of the best books I've read in years' Khurrum Rahman
'Disturbing, compelling and atmospheric, it will terrify and enthral you in equal measure' M W Craven
'First-class plotting' S Magazine
'A dazzling fictional mystery' Foreword Reviews
'Readers of Kathleen Barber's Are You Sleeping and fans of Ruth Ware will enjoy this slim but compelling novel' Booklist
'Insidiously terrifying, with possibly the creepiest woods since The Blair Witch Project ... a genuine chiller with a whammy of an ending' C J Tudor
'Bold, clever and genuinely chilling' Deidre O'Brien, Sunday Mirror
'A genuine genre-bending debut' Carla McKay, Daily Mail
'Impeccably crafted and gripping from start to finish' Doug Johnstone, The Big Issue
'The very epitome of a must-read' Heat
'Wonderfully horrifying ... the suspense crackles' James Oswald
'Original, inventive and dazzlingly clever' Fiona Cummins
'A complex and subtle mystery, unfolding like dark origami to reveal the black heart inside' Michael Marshall Smith
'Haunting, horrifying, and heartrending. Fans of Arthur Machen, whose unsettling tale The White People provides an epigraph, will want to check this one out' Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Orenda Books
ISBN: 9781913193133
Number of pages: 320
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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“Each Episode Fills Me With A Sense Of Unease, I Love This Series.”
Scott King returns in this 4th series of Six Stories.
His face and story are well known now ( and I appreciated the nod to people who must have contacted the author after reading Changeling) he acknowledges those who...
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“Creepy and ingenious”
I am such a huge fan of Matt Wesolowski’s Six Stories series. Set out as podcasts, they are original, clever, dark and gut wrenchingly chilling. ‘Beast’ is book four in the series, they can be read as stand-alones but... More
“Incredible.”
These six stories are a great read. Beast is about vampires with a modern twist and the power of social media. Unbelievably gripping . Haunting and heartbreaking at the same time. I recommend these to anyone who likes... More
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