Mister Lullaby

A Novel

J. H. Markert

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Crooked Lane Books
22 October 2024

Horror & ghost stories

From J. H. Markert, the author Peter Farris calls the ""clear heir to Stephen King,"" Mister Lullaby brings our darkest dreams and nightmares to life.

In

the vein of T. Kingfisher and Christopher Golden, the boundary

protecting our world from the monsters on the other side is

weakening-and Mister Lullaby is about to break through.

From J. H. Markert, the author Peter Farris calls the ""clear heir to Stephen King,"" Mister Lullaby brings our darkest dreams and nightmares to life.

In

the vein of T. Kingfisher and Christopher Golden, the boundary

protecting our world from the monsters on the other side is

weakening-and Mister Lullaby is about to break through.

The small town of Harrod's Reach has seen its fair share of the macabre,

especially inside the decrepit old train tunnel around which the town

was built. After a young boy, Sully Dupree, is injured in the abandoned

tunnel and left in a coma, the townspeople are determined to wall it up.

Deputy sheriff Beth Gardner is reluctant to buy into the superstitions

until she finds two corpses at the tunnel's entrance, each left with

strange calling cards inscribed with old lullabies. Soon after, Sully

Dupree briefly awakens from his coma.

Before falling back into

his slumber, Sully manages to give his older brother a message. Sully's

mind, since the accident, has been imprisoned on the other side of the

tunnel in Lalaland, a grotesque and unfamiliar world inhabited by evil

mythical creatures of sleep. Sully is trapped there with hundreds of

other coma patients, all desperately fighting to keep the evils of the

dream world from escaping into the waking world.

Elsewhere, a man

troubled by his painful youth has for years been hearing a voice in his

head he calls Mr. Lullaby, and he has finally started to act on what

that voice is telling him-to kill any coma patient he can find, quickly.

Something is waking up in the tunnel-something is trying to get through. And Mr. Lullaby is coming.

By: J. H. Markert
Imprint: Crooked Lane Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 114mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 306g
ISBN: 9781639108817
ISBN 10: 1639108815
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 22 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

J. H. Markert is a producer, screenwriter, husband, and father of two from Louisville, Kentucky, where he was also a tennis pro for 25 years, before hanging up the racquets for good in 2020. He graduated with a degree in History from the University of Louisville in 1997 and has been writing ever since.

Reviews for Mister Lullaby: A Novel

Praise for Mister Lullaby: “[A] high-octane supernatural thriller . . . Markert evokes the style and substance of works from horror’s golden years.” —Publishers Weekly “The blend of folklore, thriller, fantasy and horror is nicely balanced . . . With a big finish that leaves the reader desperate for more.” —Horror DNA