Altar Author:Philip Fracassi "ALTAR is redolent of hard-edged supernatural horror from the golden days of McCammon and King..." -- Laird Barron, author of X's for Eyes — The nostalgia of a child's summer afternoon can be intoxicating. Tinkling ice cream trucks, games in the yard, young love, swimming pools. For one young boy and his family, days like these can be heaven. — ... more »Dream-like.
Like any dream, however, things can change. Heavens can fall into darkness, games turn deadly, love become hate. And the seemingly safest places of our world - filled with that sweet, sky-blue nostalgia - can curdle and implode, tearing the dream, and those caught inside it, to shreds.« less