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The Attraction

Bonus Novella: The Necromancer
Author: Clegg, Douglas
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Type: Novel
Page Count: 324pp.
Pub. Date: April 4, 2006
Publisher: Leisure/Dorchester Publishing.
Links: The Official Website of Douglas Clegg.
Links: The Attraction Webpage.

The Attraction

Author: Clegg, Douglas
Format: Hardcover
Type: Novel
Page Count: 151pp.
Pub. Date: March 2004
Publisher: Delirium Books.
Links: The Official Website of Douglas Clegg.
Links: The Attraction Webpage.

The signs all along the desert highway read Come See the Mystery! But some mysteries should remain buried forever. Charlie Goodrow, owner of the Brake Down Palace Gas and Sundries, tells anyone who stops for a fill-up about the mysterious attraction in back. It’s the mummified remains of an ancient legendary flesh-scraper, whose job had been to scrape the flesh off the bones of human sacrifices. . . .

When a car filled with teenagers gets a flat tire out in the middle of the Arizona heat, the kids figure they have time to check out the Mystery. Behind the curtains, in a glass case, lies a small, withered corpse with very long fingernails. Above it, tacked on the wall, is a sign: Do Not Touch. Do Not Feed. But it has to be a hoax, right? How could the kids know that feeding the Mystery will be the worst mistake of their lives? How could they know that the flesh-scraper is hungry for flesh?

Mr. Hands

Bonus Novella: Kiss of the Mudman
Author: Braunbeck, Gary A.
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Type: Novel
Page Count: 368pp.
Pub. Date: July 31, 2007
Publisher: Leisure/Dorchester Publishing.
Links: Gary A. Braunbeck — Official Site.
Book List for Gary A. Braunbeck.
Series List for The Cedar Hill Stories.

This book also contains the author preferred version of Kiss of the Mudman, the 2005 IHG Award winner Recognizing Outstanding Achievement in Long Fiction.

The doll is odd, carved out of wood, with long arms and huge hands. Little Sarah named it Mr. Hands and loved the doll until the day she was murdered. Now her mother, Lucy, discovers something amazing about Sarah’s doll — it allows her to control another Mr. Hands. This Mr. Hands is a living, terrifying being with horrendous power. At Lucy’s command he will do whatever she tells him — even kill. This is Lucy’s chance to see justice is done. She decides who will live and who will suffer a horrible death, and Mr. Hands carries out the sentences without mercy. But once Mr. Hands is unleashed, will anyone be able to stop him?