Ty Schwamberger is running his 3rd Annual Richard Laymon Book Contest. Ann Laymon graciously donated this year’s book …
the Cemetery Dance Publications August 2008 edition of Laymon’s The Woods Are Dark, featuring a special introduction by Kelly Laymon explaining the history of the manuscript, how this version came to exist, and why this edition is more than just 50 pages of deleted scenes added back in, but instead a totally different novel you’ve never read before!

About the Novel: Neala and her friend Sherri only wanted to do a little backpacking through the woods. Little did they know they would soon be shackled to a dead tree, waiting for Them to arrive. The Dills family thought the small motor lodge in the quiet town of Barlow seemed quaint and harmless enough. Until they, too, found themselves shackled to trees in the middle of the night, while They approached, hungry for human flesh….

When this classic novel was first published in 1981, it was heavily cut, with nearly fifty pages removed. What remained was rewritten by both Laymon and a Warner Books line editor. Now, for the first time ever, the missing text has been completely restored—along with Laymon’s original words and vision—and the novel can finally be read the way it was intended.

This Trade Hardcover edition was originally priced at $40.00 back in 2008, but now is your chance to get it for free.

So, how do you win, you ask? Simple.

Leave a Comment under THIS Post. Your entry must be received by Midnight on June 17th. One lucky person will then be chosen at random from all entries and the winner’s name posted on June 20th. Please, only one entry per person.

Good Luck!

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