The Girl in the Basement

A terrifying tale from a Bram Stoker Award?nominated author who ?has consistently created some of the best horror ever set to print? (Cemetery Dance). ? Foster care is like Russian roulette, says fifteen-year-old Ryan Kettering, who?s spent most of his young life in largely abusive homes. Sometimes the hammer clicks and you?re fine. Sometimes it?s a bullet to the brain. This time it seems the hammer has clicked. Living with the Prestons in a rambling two-story house in Shasta County, the chores are split between Ryan and five other foster kids. Not counting nine-year-old Maddy. Not much is expected of her. She stays in the basement. ? The other children don?t know much about Maddy. But what they do know, they don?t like. She?s just not right. She speaks in a strange, gravelly adult voice. Maybe Ryan can make a difference. Spend time with her. Get acquainted. He understands what it means to be lonely. That?s when he decides to do what no other child in the house dares: Ryan?s going down to the basement. ? From the author of Live Girls and The Loveliest Dead, a recipient of the World Horror Convention?s Grand Master Award, this is a chilling story of supernatural terror. ?