Book of the Month
The OCTOBER Featured Book Of The Month Is:
The Man of Wind & Moss by Alex Gonzalez
The Blair Witch Project meets Cabin in the Woods by way of Grady Hendrix in this gruesome, mythology-inspired storm of witchcraft, demon curses, and millennial-age angst all wrapped in a folk horror tale about six college friends who go on a weekend getaway in the woods—and the supernatural deals they make to survive.
Marco Wonder is about to turn 30, and he hates it.
Without job prospects, without a girlfriend, without a sustainable future, he desires something to anchor him, to give him direction in life. Unlike his brother, who found his purpose by returning to Puerto Rico to discover himself, Marco has no such aspiration to return to his roots. Instead, Marco decides to risk it all and confess his love for his best friend Pansy during the last hurrah before their college friend group continue on their separate ways through life.
Except, he’s worried Pansy isn’t interested. She’s also pregnant, and an item with her on again, off-again
boyfriend Dean. But as Marco joins his friends for a weekend getaway to a cabin in upstate New York, they will soon discover a demonic creature older than forest, waiting to give direction to those who find
themselves lost, for a bloody cost.
As the group crumbles apart because of sexual escapades, misplaced confessions, and eerie mishaps, they soon find themselves at the mercy of the Man of Wind and Moss. After a heinous and tragic ordeal, only Marco, Pansy, and their friend Sasha, a witchy and headstrong academic, survive.
But their trauma does not end when they are released from the forest. Unbeknownst to Marco, Sasha may have made an impulsive decision to save them all. Because Dean also returns from the woods… Only he’s a little tweaked …missing some fingers…missing his eyes…and driven by the Man of Wind and Moss to enact its bloody purpose.
👀 The Twisted Retreat Exclusive Edition includes:
-Redesigned dust jacket with spot gloss and foiling by @littleforestcat_
-Fabric hardcase with foiling by @veronicalexgm
-Foiled endpages by @veronicalexgm
-Stenciled edges by @daydreamstd_
-Foiled signature page
-Ribbon bookmark
-Art in collaboration with the author
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE MONTH IS:
Cyanide Constellations by Sara Tantlinger
Enter into a wicked Eden of poisonous plants, radium kisses, and cosmic chaos. In this, her debut fiction collection, Bram Stoker Award-winning author Sara Tantlinger explores the poignant relationship between nature and horror, featuring four brand-new stories, including a Nathaniel Hawthorne-inspired novelette, "The Revenge of Rappaccini's Daughter." Just be sure to creep carefully through this garden. The flowers whisper, and the moon holds destructive secrets.
👀 The Twisted Retreat Exclusive Edition includes:
-Redesigned hardcover with foiling by Youness
-Metal corners
-Illustrated endpages (different front and back) by @alworkk and @lokilegioner
-Stenciled edges by @saipeace_
-Foil stamped signature on the endpage
-Art in collaboration with the author
Book 2 is only available in the full box.