Two monsters, in fact.
A year later, though, theyโre still trying to settle into a โregularโ life. Dag is working hard in school. Itโs not going great. Eli is working hard atโฆbeing a better Eli. Heโs eating right. Most of the time. Heโs thinking about exercise in healthy ways. Heโs ok with how he looks, as long as he doesnโt walk past any mirrors.
He goes out some nights, though. He goes across the lake, back to Bragg, where the monsters were. And heโs not sure why. Heโs not sure what keeps calling him back.
When a woman is brutally murdered and an eyewitness claims to have seen the killer transform into a mysterious light, Eli and Dag are forced to set aside their own problems and face a difficult truth: there is another monster out there. Worse, there doesnโt seem to be anybody else who can stop it from killing again.
But not all monsters are the same, as Eli and Dag discover. And the most dangerous monster might be the one who can give you what youโve always wanted.
Gregory Ashe is a longtime Midwesterner. He has lived in Chicago, Bloomington (IN), and Saint Louis, his current home. When not reading and writing, he is an educator.