Mister Pockets

Pine Deep

by Jonathan Maberry

In this chilling story from New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry, a young paperboy discovers that a random act of kindness may have greater consequences - especially as night falls in Pine Deep.

Genres: Horror, Audiobook, Fiction

Audiobook

First published May 7, 2015

About the author

JONATHAN MABERRY is a NYTimes bestselling author, #1 Audible bestseller, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, 4-time Scribe Award winner, Inkpot Award winner, comic book writer, and producer. He is the author of more than 50 novels, 190 short stories, 16 short story collections, 30 graphic novels, 14 nonfiction books, and has edited 26 anthologies. His vampire apocalypse book series, V-WARS, was a Netflix original series starring Ian Somerhalder. His 2009-10 run as writer on the Black Panther comic formed a large chunk of the recent blockbuster film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. His bestselling YA zombie series, Rot & Ruin is in development for film at Alcon Entertainment; and John Wick director, Chad Stahelski, is developing Jonathan’s Joe Ledger Thrillers for TV. Jonathan writes in multiple genres including suspense, thriller, horror, science fiction, epic fantasy, and action; and he writes for adults, teens and middle grade. His works include The Pine Deep Trilogy, The Kagen the Damned Trilogy, NecroTek, Ink, Glimpse, the Rot & Ruin series, the Dead of Night series, The Wolfman, X-Files Origins: Devil’s Advocate, The Sleepers War (with Weston Ochse), Mars One, and many others. He is the editor of high-profile anthologies including Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird, The X-Files, Aliens: Bug Hunt, Out of Tune, Don’t Turn out the Lights: A Tribute to Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Baker Street Irregulars, Nights of the Living Dead, Shadows & Verse, and others. His comics include Marvel Zombies Return, The Punisher: Naked Kills, Wolverine: Ghosts, Godzilla vs Cthulhu: Death May Die, Bad Blood and many others. Jonathan has written in many popular licensed worlds, including Hellboy, True Blood, The Wolfman, John Carter of Mars, Sherlock Holmes, C.H.U.D., Diablo IV, Deadlands, World of Warcraft, Planet of the Apes, Aliens, Predator, Karl Kolchak, and many others. He the president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, and the editor of Weird Tales Magazine. He lives in San Diego, California. Find him online at www.jonathanmaberry.com

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lefty grows up in a smalltown in Pennsylvania. A couple of years ago the town was shocked by 'The Big Trouble', people killing each other pretending to be werewolves. Now a new strange death occurs. What has Mr Pocket to do with it (the snickers scene is superb!) and what is Mrs Conner's role? Great fine crafted characters in a very intriguing story. It starts slow but then an extreme creepiness is sinking in. This little well done story makes you afraid of the dark outside. Really enjoyed the tale and can highly recommend it!

[Steph · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read Oct. 18, 2020. This is a short story that was part of the novel Darkness on the Edge of Town, and was reviewed by that title.

[Gareth Is Haunted · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now I'm excited to read more from the Pine Deep series. A creepy, strange and curious short story. Plenty there to sink your teeth into :-)

[Devanshi Mehta · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am very interested to know more about the "trouble". I liked the Mister Pockets character and hope to get to know him in other books. The fact that this book was about Mister Pockets but was told from someone else's POV was also interesting. I related to the main character and admired Mr. Pockets because of the way it was written. This was my first book by this author so I will be reading all of their works.

[Scott Benoit · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love these short stories, spin offs of pine deep.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was a short and strange story. I liked the way it ended with a creepy factor. Good story.

[Craig Robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bravo.....

[NayDoubleU · Rating 2 out of 5]

I kinda want more.. i want details on the town.. i have questions

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

fom Darkness On The Edge Of Town: Stories of Pine Deep