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AS A BOY, HE VANISHED INTO THE WOODS. SOMETHING ELSE CAME BACK. In the tradition of Neil Gaiman The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Scott Smith The Ruins, and Jason Mott The Returned, award-winning playwright Robert Levy spins a dark tale of alienation and belonging, the familiar and the surreal, family secrets and the search for truth in his debut supernatural thriller. When up-and-coming chef Michael Blue Whitley returns with three friends to the remote Canadian community of his birth, it appears to be the perfect getaway from New York. He soon discovers, however, that everything he thought he knew about himself is a carefully orchestrated lie. Though he had no recollection of the event, as a young boy, Blue and another child went missing for weeks in the idyllic, mysterious woods of Starling Cove.



About the Author

Robert Levy

ROBERT LEVY is an author of unsettling stories and plays whose work has been seen Off-Broadway. A Harvard graduate subsequently trained as a forensic psychologist, his work has been called "frank and funny" (Time Magazine) , "idiosyncratic and disarming" (The New York Times) , "ambitious and clever" (Variety) , "smart" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction) and "bloody brave" (the UK's SFX Magazine) .

His first novel, the contemporary dark fairy tale THE GLITTERING WORLD (Gallery/Simon & Schuster) was a finalist for both the Lambda Literary Award and the Shirley Jackson Award. Shorter work has appeared in Black Static, Shadows & Tall Trees, and The Best Horror of the Year, among others.

Robert lives in his native Brooklyn near a toxic canal, where he is awaiting his mutant powers to develop any day now. He can also be found at TheRobertLevy.com.



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