Catch Lorne Dixon’s Slippery Blue Eel on November 30th
According to Lorne Dixon, author of the upcoming psychedelic thriller Blue Eel, which Cutting Block Books is releasing on November 30th, it’s time for a new kind of horror book. A proponent of “progressive horror,” a subset of the genre rooted in current social anxieties, Dixon believes the time of traditional monster novels and rewritten urban legends is over.
An established author whose titles include Snarl, The Lifeless, and Eternal Unrest, Dixon’s latest work focuses on the more realistic fears that plague today’s society.
“Blue Eel sits at the crossroads of horror and noir, presenting characters in various stages of moral decay,” Dixon reveals. “Millennials and GenX readers especially will respond to the novel’s modern sensibilities and themes. There are no creaking castle doors or cursed family trees here. The fears on display reflect the anxieties manifesting in today’s society—and tomorrow’s.”
If Blue Eel sounds up your alley, then you can pre-order it from Amazon now.
Synopsis:
Long suspected of guilt in his daughter Madeline’s disappearance, Branson Turaco takes an abrupt turn in his life when a lock of Madeline’s hair is found in a child predator’s home. Branson buys an unlicensed handgun, enlists the help of a disgraced filmmaker and a desperate intern, and heads out onto the open road.
Clinging to the dim hope that his daughter might still be alive, Branson finds himself pursued by a team of post-human assassins with glowing skin and a symbiotic relationship with a mysterious species of eel. Lost in a psychedelic world of uncontrollable substances and bizarre evolutions, he must decide how much he is willing to sacrifice in order to unravel the mystery of Madeline’s disappearance.
What remains of a man once he sheds his humanity in the name of vengeance?
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