Feareater

by Steve Wands, Gregory Lockard (Editor)

FEAREATER is a supernatural thriller in which Anissa Jones, wanting a better life for herself and her mother, runs away. Anissa leaves her mother to choose between a loving daughter or an abusive husband. With her best friend Geraldine in tow they find shelter at a nearby abandoned housing development. They are not alone, however. In the woods is a woman that feeds on fear. She is little more than a ghost story, a demon of sorts, and the next night, when Anissa returns alone, she reveals herself. Unbeknownst to each other, her best friend, an angry stepfather, the friendly neighborhood drug dealers, and a pair of concerned police officers search for her. Before they find Anissa, the woman in the woods finds them. She amplifies their fears. Manipulating them to converge in a fatal confrontation forever changing their lives.

51 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 31, 2020

About the author

STEVE WANDS is the author of the STAY DEAD series of short stories, collections, and novels (STAY DEAD, GRAVEYARD, KINGS OF THE CASTLE, THE STRANGER, etc.). Many of his titles have hit Amazon's 100 best selling lists for their respective categories.

He is currently hard at work on the second novel in the STAY DEAD series, a new collection and a promising collaboration with an indie publishing heavyweight. For 2012 he plans to release a new short story every month.

Steve lives in New Jersey with his wife and son. When he's not writing he's lettering Comic Books and Graphic Novels for DC Comics, BOOM! Studios, and Random House on titles like Batman, Green Lantern, Scalped, American Vampire, The Rinse, Malignant Man, Ice Age, WordGirl, Mardock Scramble and--coming soon--Jeff Lemire's The Underwater Welder.