In Purity

by J.D. Midnight

Purity, Wisconsin is a tiny town locked in time. There's a movie theater with the marquee sign that plays the old classics. There's a cheap diner with a kindly old lady waitress. It's rustic, it's Midwest, it's salt of the earth Americana... you can't go wrong.

Colson and Trent track their missing friend to this small town paradise and discover something odd. Everyone in Purity is in love with, dating, or otherwise obsessed with a woman named Shannon...

Lovecraftian horror meets vampiric nostalgia in a horrific twist on one of those pleasant little places you pass by and think "Wouldn't it be nice to live here? Wouldn't it be nice to live... In Purity?"

59 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 30, 2024

Reviews

[High Lady of Delulu · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25

J.D.’s horror books have that very special ability to make me feel uneasy like looking at an especially grim and sinister piece of art sometimes does. It unnerves me, makes me squirm, but I still want to perceive it because it stirs some morbid part of me.

I love how they blur lines between bleak small town reality and delirious frenzy in this one and although I learned that J.D. likes to play with unconventional endings, they still always surprise me.

In Purity is as captivation as it is repelling and in retrospective, I am not quite sure how he managed to put this entire story in less than 60 pages.
Definitely worth a try for horror readers that are open for absolute madness and supernatural … surprises.

[Havoc Archives · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Tawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a short, creepy story with vibes of: the Twilight Zone, Children of the Corn, and Night of the Living Dead. The story follows Colson and Trent who are searching for their missing friend Rory. It includes a nostalgic love for movie theaters, a town bookstore with cats, weird cologne, popcorn for 75 cents, pay phones, and phone books. My favorite character is Trent, the bad ass. And the last line of the story is the best.

[Darkbookghoul · Rating 5 out of 5]

In Purity by J.D. Midnight is a horror novella and this was such a great story, I just devoured this one. Colson and Trent are searching for their friend Rory, and track him down in Purity, a small town in Wisconsin. When they get there they are told that their friend is with a woman called Shannon. When asking around they find that everyone is either dating or are in love with Shannon. This is a short story with culty vibes and it was such a good read! I would recommend this one!

[M · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have so many questions. Mainly, what in the world. This one will keep you on your toes and have you wondering what in the heck is going on in Purity! Definitely a fun, and mildly terrifying, horror story written by J. D

[Megan White · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this. In Purity melted my brain. It stroked my heart. I have questions.

[Lucy · Rating 5 out of 5]

In Purity by JD Midnight 👁️

This book was creepy and very weird! Two of my favorite things to read.
In purity has an eldritch horror lovecraftian vibe and follows two men looking for their missing friend which leads them to this very strange midwestern small town called Purity.
Purity’s residents are odd and seem like they’re following a cult and the town itself is stuck in the past with no modern updates giving it a 1980s vibe.

I loved this and cannot wait to read more weird horror! I’m most definitely in my horror reading era and this scratched all of the itches.

Thank you JD for this little masterpiece.

[Blackclaws · Rating 4 out of 5]

That was bizarre. I don’t know how to describe it, a small town nightmare? A small town eldritch horror romance? I have no idea, but it was creepy. And I loved it.

Super short, super weird, with an ending so simple yet so unexpected.