The Twisted Ones
T. Kingfisher
Oct 2019 ¡ Simon and Schuster ¡ Narrated by Hillary Huber
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Winner of the RUSA Award for Best Horror
When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmotherâs home in rural North Carolina, she finds long-hidden secrets about a strange colony of beings in the woods in this chilling novel that reads like The Blair Witch Project meets The Andy Griffith Show.
When Mouseâs dad asks her to clean out her dead grandmother's house, she says yes. After all, how bad could it be?
Answer: pretty bad. Grandma was a hoarder, and her house is stuffed with useless rubbish. That would be horrific enough, but thereâs moreâMouse stumbles across her step-grandfatherâs journal, which at first seems to be filled with nonsensical rantsâŚuntil Mouse encounters some of the terrifying things he described for herself.
Alone in the woods with her dog, Mouse finds herself face to face with a series of impossible terrorsâbecause sometimes the things that go bump in the night are real, and theyâre looking for you. And if she doesnât face them head on, she might not survive to tell the tale.
From Hugo Awardâwinning author Ursula Vernon, writing as T. Kingfisher, The Twisted Ones is a gripping, terrifying tale bound to keep you up all nightâfrom both fear and anticipation of what happens next.
When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmotherâs home in rural North Carolina, she finds long-hidden secrets about a strange colony of beings in the woods in this chilling novel that reads like The Blair Witch Project meets The Andy Griffith Show.
When Mouseâs dad asks her to clean out her dead grandmother's house, she says yes. After all, how bad could it be?
Answer: pretty bad. Grandma was a hoarder, and her house is stuffed with useless rubbish. That would be horrific enough, but thereâs moreâMouse stumbles across her step-grandfatherâs journal, which at first seems to be filled with nonsensical rantsâŚuntil Mouse encounters some of the terrifying things he described for herself.
Alone in the woods with her dog, Mouse finds herself face to face with a series of impossible terrorsâbecause sometimes the things that go bump in the night are real, and theyâre looking for you. And if she doesnât face them head on, she might not survive to tell the tale.
From Hugo Awardâwinning author Ursula Vernon, writing as T. Kingfisher, The Twisted Ones is a gripping, terrifying tale bound to keep you up all nightâfrom both fear and anticipation of what happens next.
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4.2
16 reviews
Stephanie Foster
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October 5, 2019
The narrator's voice is hard to sit through and I hate the way this story is written it's written like a dear diary, random inside my head, I got 3 minutes in and had to remove the download.
Yeshua Montano (Yoshi)
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May 21, 2023
I loved the story but the ending felt rushed đ
About the author
T. Kingfisher, also known as Ursula Vernon, is the author and illustrator of many projects, including the webcomic âDigger,â which won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story and the Mythopoeic Award. Her novelette âThe Tomato Thiefâ won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette, and her short story âJackalope Wivesâ won the Nebula Award for Best Story. She is also the author of the bestselling Dragonbreath, and the Hamster Princess series of books for children. Find her online at RedWombatStudio.com.
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