Dark Coming of Age Series by Douglas Clegg

Handsome young Owen will do anything for love...even if it means murder.From New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg comes his classic dark psychological thriller of dangerous obsession and endless love.For fans of Patricia Highsmith, Ruth Rendell, and Gillian Flynn.This short novel is approximately 25,000 words in length or 120 pages if in print... moreHandsome young Owen will do anything for love...even if it means murder.From New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg comes his classic dark psychological thriller of dangerous obsession and endless love.For fans of Patricia Highsmith, Ruth Rendell, and Gillian Flynn.This short novel is approximately 25,000 words in length or 120 pages if in print. The Dark Coming of Age series books do not need to be read in any specific order -- they are stand-alones built around a theme of "dark coming of age."Owen Crites has grown up in the shadow of the Montgomery summer estate and has always been in love with beautiful Jenna Montgomery, who arrives each summer to her family's summer home on Outerbridge Island, just off the New England coast. Now, both of them teenagers, Owen -- the gardener's son -- begins to understand that Jenna is meant for a different life in adulthood than he's destined for -- and he knows that he must somehow keep her with him on the island until she no longer wants to leave.Enter handsome and wealthy Jimmy McTeague, the young tennis star from Manhattan, heir to a sporting goods fortune. Jimmy's also come to spend the summer with the Montgomery family. To Owen, this intruder is a rival for Jenna's love, but he soon discovers that Jimmy holds in a deep secret that could destroy him. Soon, a triangle of love, hate, and the darkest of human impulses emerges. less

Never speak them.Never whisper them.The Words.The Words is a novella of otherworldly terror and madness from Douglas Clegg, the award-winning author of The Priest of Blood, Isis, Purity, The Hour Before Dark and many others.The two teenagers invoke the words -- the names of those who walk beyond the veil, in the dark of the Nowhere...When Mark befriends outsider Dash, he believes his new friend to be an outcast rebel... moreNever speak them.Never whisper them.The Words.The Words is a novella of otherworldly terror and madness from Douglas Clegg, the award-winning author of The Priest of Blood, Isis, Purity, The Hour Before Dark and many others.The two teenagers invoke the words -- the names of those who walk beyond the veil, in the dark of the Nowhere...When Mark befriends outsider Dash, he believes his new friend to be an outcast rebel. But a dark mystery unfolds as Dash leads Mark into dangerous games and rituals involving stories of the occult and a strange drug that allows Dash to see into another world -- a world of absolute darkness and terror. “Your flesh will remember the words even if your mind forgets."One summer night, on their way with friends to a party, they make a fateful detour to a place where the words of Dash's secret ceremonies will bring a new terror into the world...and where Mark will face unspeakable horror as it comes to monstrous life.A tale of teen alienation at the crossroads of darkness and absolute brotherhood, The Words will get under your skin...and stay with you long after the lights go out. less

College students make a wrong turn into nightmare country in this all-out drive-in horror movie of a book from New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg. For fans of Richard Matheson, Guillermo del Toro and Stephen King.The Dark Coming of Age series books do not need to be read in any specific order -- they are stand-alones built around a theme of "dark coming of age."

Librarian note: An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.A triple-feature boxed set of three suspense and horror thrillers - Purity, The Words, and The Attraction. In these full-length novellas, bestselling and Bram Stoker Award-winning author Douglas Clegg's brings us three of his most frightening and fascinating chillers of suspense, horror and...coming of age.In Purity, the darkest force is love... moreLibrarian note: An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.A triple-feature boxed set of three suspense and horror thrillers - Purity, The Words, and The Attraction. In these full-length novellas, bestselling and Bram Stoker Award-winning author Douglas Clegg's brings us three of his most frightening and fascinating chillers of suspense, horror and...coming of age.In Purity, the darkest force is love. From award-winning author Douglas Clegg comes a twisting, dark psychological thriller of dangerous obsession. For Owen Crites, there is no girl for him but Jenna Montgomery. When he meets his rival, a rich young man named Jimmy McTeague, Owen discovers a hidden secret about this intruder. And Owen will stop at nothing -- including murder -- to keep Jenna all to himself.In The Words, two boys discover a secret realm of monsters...When teenager Mark befriends outsider Dash, he believes his new friend to be an outcast rebel. But a dark horror unfolds as Dash leads Mark into dangerous games and rituals involving stories of the occult and a strange drug that allows Dash to see into another world -- a place of absolute darkness and terror.The Attraction is a drive-in movie-style horror chiller of roadside terror. The signs along the desert highway read “Come See the Mystery!” But some mysteries should remain buried forever -- like the terrifying creature at the back of the Brakedown Palace Gas & Sundries Emporium. When a group of college friends on a road trip across country stop in to check out the roadside attraction, they unleash an ancient horror. less