Wilt

by Austin King

Archie Evans knows his name sounds like it should belong to a cartoon character, but he doesn’t care. He’s old and ornery, and his bookstore business in Ocala, Florida, is failing. It’s the middle of the Recession and Florida’s housing market has crashed. He lives a fairly normal and uneventful life—except for the dead folks that show up at his doorstep expecting help. While helping a boy whose killer may never be caught, Archie learns of a family in trouble. He’s never dealt with hauntings, but Greg and Ann Fromm seem to be desperate for help. It is here, in the rural South Florida community of Turtle Creek, that something causes men and women to slaughter their families before taking their own lives. A dark presence looms over every house, and nothing ever feels quite right. Is this family making it all up? Or is this haunting all too real? The truth may be buried under acres of cleared land that was once a successful orange grove. Part ghost story, part detective novel, Wilt is a story about disease, death, mystery and malice.

232 pages, Paperback

Published March 28, 2016

About the author

Austin King has spent time as a musician, tutor, and teacher. He lives with his wife, Grace, in a house full of animals.

He is the co-author of the #1 Amazon bestseller, NIMBUS: A STEAMPUNK NOVEL. He is also the author of A SCATTERED WIND, the first book in his fantasy series The Hinterland. He has written the prequel novella to Nimbus, FRACTUS, and is currently working on the next book in The Hinterland series.