From the press release:
Title: Nocturnal Offerings
Author: Alan Draven
Publisher: Black Bed Sheet Books
ISBN: 978‐0615906843
Price: $17.99 US
Publication date: October 2013
Availability: Everywhere online
Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Nocturnal‐Offerings‐Alan‐
Draven/dp/0615906842/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1382735847&sr=1‐
1&keywords=alan+draven
Publisher Website: http://www.downwarden.com/blackbedsheet
SYNOPSIS
Bitternest’s favorite radio disc jockey and debunker of supernatural myths Nick
Kubrick is on vacation and on his way to Montreal to surprise his big brother.
When he gets there, he finds his brother’s mailbox overflowing with mail and
the lawn hasn’t been mowed in weeks. No sign of him anywhere. He decides to
stick around town and try to find out where he is.
Nick rapidly realizes that the city of Montreal isn’t so different from his spooky
hometown of Bitternest as a string of bizarre, gruesome murders are shocking
the city. After bumping into an old high school buddy named Lance, Nick is
invited to a gated community that Lance and his wife designed. It’s a postcard‐
perfect spot, but there is definitely something odd about the place. No one’s
over forty, there aren’t any kids anywhere, and its residents all look like
supermodels.
Things come full circle when Nick returns to eerie Bitternest and is approached
by private eye Jim Coffin who requests his assistance to investigate a series of
strange, ghastly murders. Are these murders linked to the ones in Montreal?
Meanwhile, a mysterious traveling carnival rolls into town. Nick and Jim are in
for a few surprises and when all will be said and done, Nick will never be the
same again….
AUTHOR BIO
Alan Draven was born the same year Canadian slasher film “Black Christmas”
hit theatres. He lives in Montreal, Canada. His stories have been published
online, in magazines, and anthologies and can be found in two collections: The
Bitternest Chronicles and Spooky Showcase. His two first novels, Bitternest and
Fractured Time were published in 2007 and 2011 respectively. In 2008, he
edited the gothic anthology Sinister Landscapes which went on to become a
number one Amazon bestseller. Nocturnal Offerings is his third novel. He can
be reached 24 hours a day via Facebook at facebook.com/bitternest and on his
blog at http://bitternest.blogspot.com
REVIEWS
“Draven romps through Bitternest in the same eerie, devilish way Lovecraft
trod through Providence and Stephen King through Castle Rock.”—Mass
Movement
“… one author I always make room for is Alan Draven.”—Dread Central
“Alan Draven skillfully mixes genres in this time‐travel dark fantasy.”—Scott
Nicholson, author of They Hunger and Liquid Fear on FRACTURED TIME
“Draven’s debut novel is a well written worthwhile read and a refreshing
breather from the paranormal romances plaguing the genre.”—Vampress.net
on BITTERNEST
“Wonderful debut from an extraordinary talent!”—Brandon Ford, author of
Splattered Beauty and Merciless on BITTERNEST
