Carson Winter's A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING GREENTREE is out today
Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow, This land fed a nation, this land made me proud, And son I'm just sorry there's no legacy for you now
The snippet of quite-apropos lyrics up there is from “Rain on the Scarecrow” by John Carson Cougar Mellencamp; somehow I grew up in the 70s and 80s never having heard that song before. It’s a good one! Something I can’t say often about Mellencamp; he’s always just been knock-off Bruce Springsteen to me.
(Even funnier: I just googled “poor man’s Bruce Springsteen”; check out the first hit.)
What the hell does this have to do with anything? Nothing at all!
A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING GREENTREE is out today, though; direct from us, or anywhere that you buy books!
About A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING GREENTREE:
REAP WHAT YOU SOW
In the wake of a series of panic attacks, isolated and introverted Carina takes a friend up on an offer: go to Greentree, Oregon, escape her abusive ex, and start a new life.
But upon arrival, the town is stranger than Carina could have ever imagined.
For one, they still have a video store. For two, everyone is rich.
For three, what’s up with all these scarecrows?
As Greentree’s secrets begin to unravel, as the autumn sun bends below the corn, as scythes sharpen in the night—a violent revolution stirs.
Cover art by Stefan Koidl.
Interior illustrations by Matt Blairstone.
“Intriguing and a helluva lot of fun. Winter delivers so much more than the reader expects. I f$%king loved it and I’m still thinking about it. Highly recommended.”
Laurel Hightower, author, Below and Day of the Door
There’s a deep dive on the roots of GREENTREE here.
Read about some of Carson’s influences for this novel over on Horror DNA.
And you can still get the patch/book combo, or just the book, direct from us.
That’s it, that’s all, that’s the mission for today. Take a little trip to Greentree; just don’t dig too deep, don’t stay too long, and for gods’ sake, stay out of the cornfields.
Hail Indie Horror.
Hail the Tenebrous Cult.
Hail Greentree.
Matt + Alex + Carson