The Firebug of Balrog County

The Firebug of Balrog County
Author: David Oppegaard
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2015-09-08
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0738746541

While his family is haunted by his mother’s recent death, Mack Druneswald looks for something to burn. When he encounters Katrina, Mack sets out on a path of pyromania the likes of which sleepy Balrog County has never seen.

The Suicide Collectors

The Suicide Collectors
Author: David Oppegaard
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2008-12-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429982756

The Despair has plagued the earth for five years. Most of the world's population has inexplicably died by its own hand, and the few survivors struggle to remain alive. A mysterious, shadowy group called the Collectors has emerged, inevitably appearing to remove the bodies of the dead. But in the crumbling state of Florida, a man named Norman takes an unprecedented stand against the Collectors, propelling him on a journey across North America. It's rumored a scientist in Seattle is working on a cure for the Despair, but in a world ruled by death, it won't be easy to get there.

The Town Built on Sorrow

The Town Built on Sorrow
Author: David Oppegaard
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2017-09-26
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1635830079

Sixteen-year-old high school reporter Harper Spurling unknowingly befriends a teenage serial killer who is terrorizing the strange, isolated small town of Hawthorn.

Wormwood, Nevada

Wormwood, Nevada
Author: David Oppegaard
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2009-12-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429980524

Tyler and Anna Mayfield have just relocated from Nebraska to the sun scorched desert town of Wormwood, Nevada. They find themselves in a strange new landscape populated with old school cowboys, alien cultists, meth dealers, and doomsday prophets. Loneliness and desperation pervade Wormwood, and when a meteorite lands in the center of town, its fragile existence begins to unravel as many believe the end of the world is near, while others simply seek a reason to believe in anything at all.

The Raft

The Raft
Author: S. A. Bodeen
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0312650108

Robbie's last-minute flight to the Midway Atoll proves to be a nightmare when the plane goes down in shark-infested waters. Fighting for her life, the co-pilot Max pulls her onto the raft, and that's when the real terror begins.

Claw Heart Mountain

Claw Heart Mountain
Author: David Oppegaard
Publisher: CamCat Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2023-01-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0744307538

“Claw Heart Mountain is beautifully written.” —HorrorDNA “Anyone looking for gripping natural horror should check this out.” —Publishers Weekly What happens when good people make one bad decision? Imagine you are on the way to a remote mountain cabin with your friends. Upon arrival, you discover an abandoned armored van with fifteen million dollars on board. Would you take the money? Nova and her friends answer with a resounding yes. Perhaps their answer would have been different had they known that a professional killer was already tracking down the money. Or that a legendary creature known as the Wraith roams the mountain, ravenous with hunger. Thinking they’re safe and anonymous, Nova and her friends divvy up the stolen cash, unaware who or what is after them, unaware that soon they will be fighting for their lives. For readers who enjoy The Ritual by Adam Nevill and The Terror by Dan Simmons.

I Crawl Through It

I Crawl Through It
Author: A.S. King
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2024-10-08
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0593855469

A new edition of Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King's brilliant and bizarre story of teenage trauma and standardized tests. "Kurt Vonnegut might have written a book like this.”—New York Times Book Review Four accomplished teenagers are on the verge of explosion. The anxieties they face at every turn have nearly pushed them to the point of surrender: senseless high-stakes testing, the lingering damage of trauma, the buried grief and guilt of tragic loss. They are desperate to cope—but no one is listening. So they will lie. They will split in two. They will turn inside out. They will build an invisible helicopter to fly themselves far away from the pressure…but nothing releases the pressure. Because, as they discover, the only way to truly escape their world is to fly right into it. A.S. King reaches new heights in this groundbreaking work of surrealist fiction; it will mesmerize readers with its deeply affecting exploration of how we crawl through traumatic experience—and find the way out.

Stupid Fast

Stupid Fast
Author: Geoff Herbach
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2011-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1402256302

Just before his sixteenth birthday, Felton Reinstein has a sudden growth spurt that turns him from a small, jumpy, picked-on boy with the nickname of "Squirrel Nut" to a powerful athlete, leading to new friends, his first love, and the courage to confront his family's past and current problems.

And the Hills Opened Up

And the Hills Opened Up
Author: David Oppegaard
Publisher: Burnt Bridge
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2014-03-18
Genre: Company towns
ISBN: 9780615598772

When the Dennison Mining Company tunnels too far, a bloodthirsty creature is set loose upon the isolated mountain town of Red Earth, Wyoming. If a reluctant alliance of outlaws, miners, misfits, and whores cannot stop the Charred Man, everyone in Red Earth will be dead by morning. A blend of old school horror and gritty Western shootout, And the Hills Opened Up is about fighting for life in the midst of death.

The Wine of Astonishment

The Wine of Astonishment
Author: Earl Lovelace
Publisher: Heinemann
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1986
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780435988807

Charts the history of a Spiritual Baptist community from the passing of the Prohibition Ordinance in 1917 until the lifting of the ban in 1951.