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    Sinkhole: A Novella of Terror
    Sinkhole: A Novella of Terror
    Sinkhole: A Novella of Terror
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    Sinkhole: A Novella of Terror

    By Grant Palmquist

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    On a lazy spring afternoon, a sinkhole opens up and swallows Bobby Page’s mother whole...

    Bobby thinks it must be a nightmare, but he’s never been a in a nightmare this real in all his fourteen years in Kinsale, Texas. When he edges closer to the hole in an attempt to save his mother, he sees something sinister lurking within it, something monstrous that threatens to destroy the whole town.

    Soon sinkholes are rapidly spreading, neighbors are disappearing, and parasitic monsters are swarming up from the holes to feed on humanity... and Bobby Page finds himself in a race to locate his little brother Ralph, the only person he has left in the world, before it’s too late.

    Part The Goonies, part Stand by Me, and all fun, Sinkhole is a fast-paced, horrific thrill ride that will leave you reeling.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGrant Palmquist
    Release dateOct 18, 2014
    ISBN9781310724343
    Sinkhole: A Novella of Terror
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    Grant Palmquist

    Grant Palmquist is the author of the science-fiction novel Azure and four horror novels: A Song After Dark, Permanent Winter, Dirge, and The Seer. His short stories have appeared in Chizine, Dogmatika, and Underground Voices.

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