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In October of 2003, a 19 year old named Cody considers joining the Army to fight in the Iraq War so that he can escape the boredom of small town Woodville, New Jersey. He finds a mysterious book that a strange man leaves behind at his mother’s job. The book is about the Jersey Devil, a legendary demonic creature that haunts the Pine Barrens, a desolate wilderness that spans the middle of the state. The book inspires Cody to explore the Pine Barrens in search of the Jersey Devil. What he ends up finding changes his perception of reality. The Beast in the Pines is a disturbing novel that delves deep into the human psyche and bridges the gap between the psychological and supernatural horror genres.
Praise for The Beast in the Pines
Emily Rapp wrote, “You enter a forest that forges you, and eventually escape it to enter another.”
Follow S.W. Lynch’s young protagonist into the Pine Barrens in his debut novel, which—if you’re an elder millennial like me—will take you back to a simpler time of T-9 texting & the belief that GW Bush was the worst possible president. I’m hardly a horror nut, but I love a novel written by a poet, I love weird New Jersey lore, and I love [Lynch’s] dark sense of humor & excellent literary citizenship.
Pick up a copy & take a little journey into the woods (we have to every now & then…)
-Amy Saul Zerby, author of Paper Flowers Imaginary Birds, Deep Camouflage, and Choose Your Own Beginning.
A very, very dark book, with the shades of night deepening as you read. It gave me the willies! Read it.
-Anne-Adele Wight, author of An Internet of Containment
The Beast In The Pines was honestly fantastic. I don’t normally read the psychological horror genre but it was incredibly captivating. For fans of books about New Jersey, Cults, and the Jersey Devil.
-Augusta Koch, singer/songwriter of Cayetana, Gladie
THE BEAST IN THE PINES is scary good!! A Jersey Devil tale!! Soon to be known as The Jersey Devil tale! How can someone write such beautiful heartfelt poetry one day and an edge of your seat mildly gory horror story the next??!!
-Tom Martin, Founder of The Free Books Project
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