{"product_id":"the-worm-and-his-kings-by-hailey-piper","title":"The Worm and His Kings by Hailey Piper","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York City, 1990:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen you slip through the cracks, no one is there to catch you. Monique learns that the hard way after her girlfriend Donna vanishes without a trace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnly after the disappearances of several other impoverished women does Monique hear the rumors. A taloned monster stalks the city's underground and snatches victims into the dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonna isn't missing. She was taken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo save the woman she loves, Monique must descend deeper than the known underground, into a subterranean world of enigmatic cultists and shadowy creatures. But what she finds looms beyond her wildest fears-a darkness that stretches from the dawn of time and across the stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This quick-paced novella is exactly the kind of fast-paced read that keeps you on the edge of your seat while reading, and it deserves an honored place on any horror fan's bookshelf.\" - Waylon Jordan, iHorror.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Hailey Piper's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Worm and His Kings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis haunting and beautiful, heartbreaking and triumphant, a story of harming and healing, of knowing when to hold on and let go. It is a story of transcendence in a way Lovecraft's work should have been. One of the best cosmic horror novels I've read in eons.\" - Mary SanGiovanni, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThrall\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hollower\u003c\/em\u003e, and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKathy Ryan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eseries\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Eerie and visceral, Piper combines the supernatural with the deeply human in a novella that explores the many faces of horror, at once haunting and familiar, yet utterly new.\" - A.C. Wise, Nebula Award-nominated author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCatfish Lullaby\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback \/ 124 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53536488456573,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9780578779799.jpg?v=1731155829","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/the-worm-and-his-kings-by-hailey-piper","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}