The Ones Who Got Away
Stories
Stephen Graham Jones
- Thirteen
- stories
- of
- monsters,
- murder,
- and
- mayhem
- from
- a
- master
- of
- horror,
- the
- New
- York
- Times–bestselling
- author
- of
- I
- Was
- a
- Teenage
- Slasher.Stephen
- Graham
- Jones
- takes
- familiar
- horror
- tropes—zombies,
- camping
- mishaps,
- damaged
- children—and
- intertwines
- them
- with
- the
- dark
- forces
- of
- human
- nature
- to
- create
- unique
- and
- unforgettable
- short
- fiction.
- These
- thirteen
- tales
- run
- the
- gamut,
- immersing
- you
- in
- worlds
- you
- think
- you’ve
- seen
- before,
- but
- with
- outcomes
- you’ll
- never
- see
- coming.In
- “Father,
- Son,
- Holy
- Rabbit,”
- a
- dad
- and
- his
- child
- are
- lost
- in
- a
- snowstorm
- and
- learn
- what
- the
- true
- cost
- of
- survival
- is.
- A
- snake-oil
- salesman
- makes
- his
- way
- across
- Arizona
- territory,
- peddling
- his
- wares
- to
- unsuspecting
- customers—and
- leaving
- ghost
- towns
- in
- his
- wake—in
- “Lonegan’s
- Luck.”
- While
- in
- “Raphael,”
- four
- twelve-year-old
- outcasts,
- seemingly
- invisible
- to
- everyone
- around
- them,
- make
- up
- a
- “scare”
- club,
- pushing
- themselves
- further
- and
- further
- into
- the
- unthinkable.As
- Laird
- Barron
- says
- in
- his
- introduction,
- “The
- Ones
- Who
- Got
- Away
- is
- a
- slippery
- collection;
- it
- resists
- and
- gnaws
- at
- the
- bonds
- of
- genre,
- yet
- may
- be
- the
- most
- pure
- horror
- book
- I’ve
- come
- across.”Jump
- in
- and
- hold
- on
- for
- your
- life
- .
- .
- .“The
- twisty
- endings,
- villainous
- characters,
- and
- truly
- shocking
- scenarios
- make
- several
- of
- these
- disturbing
- stories
- truly
- unforgettable.”
- —Publishers
- Weekly“Readers
- looking
- for
- horror
- can’t
- go
- wrong
- with
- Stephen
- Graham
- Jones
- and
- diving
- into
- these
- thirteen
- collected
- short
- stories
- is
- the
- perfect
- way
- to
- countdown
- to
- Halloween
- night.”
- —Bookish“The
- Ones
- Who
- Got
- Away
- is
- the
- perfect
- showcase
- for
- [Jones’s]
- wide-array
- of
- literary
- acrobatics.”
- —Dark
- Scribe Magazine
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