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WETBONES
By John Shirley

What truths underlie horror?
What lies underneath despair?

Into a Southern California rife with the machinations of Hollywood, the lure of drugs, and the slick sheen of sex, comes a nameless ancient evil, a destroyer that completely ravages its victims body and soul, leaving behind only...wetbones.

Blending Lovecraftian supernatural horror with razor-sharp, outlaw street savvy, John Shirley presents a visceral, terrifying tale sure to sear the psyche. No one can truly be prepared for...WETBONES

Wetbones, the acclaimed and viscerally powerful work by John Shirley, has been released in a new edition and, for the first time, as an ebook.

  • Completely revised and approved by the author.
  • Includes the companion novella, Sweetbite Point.
  • Available as a trade paperback and as (for the first time) as a multiformat or Kindle ebook.

    • REVIEW EXCERPTS (First Edition)

    • John Shirley is an adventurer, returning from dark and troubled regions with visionary tales to tell. Wetbones is a wild and giddy ride, confronting the reader with marvels and horror in equal measure. I heartily recommend a journey with John Shirley at your side.-- Clive Barker

    • In Wetbones John Shirley serves up the bloody heart of a sick and rotting society with the aplomb of an Aztec surgeon on dexadrine... --ALA Booklist

    • Readers who enjoy living a little dangerously are likely to appreciate the sheer, headlong exuberance of Shirley's imagination. Wetbones is nightmarish pleasure. -- San Francisco Chronicle

    • [Wetbones] has a cast of characters and a set of interesting plotlines that would do credit to any bestseller. Shirley's tapestry is tightly knotted and leaps to livid, vivid life from the first scene... The author does a bravura job of peeling away the plot like the layers of an onion. Utterly convincing and terrifically fascinating...Wetbones is a knock-down, kick-ass piece of writing. -- Ed Bryant, Locus

    • Sizzling superb writingthat makes the most of the riffs the author executes...Hear the Music for yourself. Read it! -- OMNI (Full Review)

    FULL REVIEWS of the MASS MARKET
    • Publishers Weekly: Shirley's near-legendary horror novel at last reaches a mass readership. Even eight years later, the novel glints on the razor's edge of the field, artfully employing some of the most gruesome imagery ever placed between two covers to catalyze a potent tale of physical, psychological and spiritual depravity and redemption...This is horror at its most visceral and true. (Full Review)

    • Hellnotes: [I]f you missed out on this neon and blood-soaked marvel you've been given a second chance...succeeds as both entertainment and important social commentary. Don't miss this second opportunity to view the world through the darkly shaded eyes of John Shirley. (Full Review)

    • HorrorOnline: [A]n entertaining yet metaphysically complex novel of darkness and redemption that few writers of any stripe can equal...Shirley mixes his noted heat-up-the-amps and lay-down-the-riffs writing style with visceral, kick-out-the jams imagery for a set you'll never forget. Wetbones is not to be missed. (Full Review)

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