Fearo by Ronald Kelly
1946. A sleepy Tennessee town. A young farm boy coming of age. And a creature of unspeakable horror. Ten-year-old Jeb Sweeny had troubles aplenty. A sick grandmother, a shell-shocked father with the mind of a child, and a terrifying creature that had appeared from nowhere, wreaking havoc in the darkness of night. At first it had devoured only farm animals, but now it had turned its sinister cravings upon human fare. Children began to disappear and spirited away to a hidden cave. including Jeb's best friend, Mandy. Jeb's only hope to defeat the evil critter is to journey into the dark heart of the monster's origin. a hellish providence known as Fear County. A place of shadow and depravity, filled with horrors so diverse and unimaginable that it boggled the mind and burdened the soul. Together, Jeb, his father, Sam, the traveling bluesman, Roscoe Ledbetter, and Jeb's bluetick hound, Buckshot, would cross the border into boundless evil and madness. in search of the fabled Granny Woman and the hope of a magic conjured of goodness and light.
Born and bred in Tennessee, Ronald Kelly is an author of Southern-fried horror fiction with thirteen novels, seven short story collections, and a Grammy-nominated audio collection to his credit. Influenced by such writers as Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Joe R. Lansdale, and Manly Wade Wellman, Kelly sets his tales of rural darkness in the hills and hollows of his native state. His published works include Undertaker's Moon, Fear, Blood Kin, Hell Hollow, The Dark'Un, Hindsight, Restless Shadows, After the Burn, Timber Gray, Mr. Glow-Bones & Other Halloween Tales, Dark Dixie, Midnight Grinding & Other Twilight Terrors, The Sick Stuff, and Cumberland Furnace & Other Fear-forged Fables. He lives in a backwoods hollow in Brush Creek, Tennessee with his wife, Joyce, and his three young'uns, Reilly, Makenna, & Ryan (aka Bubba).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780786013579 |
| ISBN 10 | 0786013575 |
| Title | Fearo |
| Author | Ronald Kelly |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pinnacle |
| Year published | 2001-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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