809 JACOB STREET by Marty Young
Author: Marty Young
Fourteen year old Byron James wishes he’d never been dragged to Parkton.
It’s a crazy sideshow of a town in the middle of damn nowhere, and he’s stranded there. To make matters worse, his two new friends – his only friends – turn out to be class rejects with an unhealthy interest in monsters. They want to discover the truth to the infamous monster house at number 809 Jacob Street.
Joey Blue is an old bluesman who fell into his songs and couldn’t find his way out again. Now he’s a Gutterbreed, one of the slinking shifting shadows haunting the town’s alleys. When an old dead friend comes begging for help, Joey’s world is torn apart. He is forced to stare down the man he has become in order to rescue the man he once was – and there is only one place he can do that.
The house on Jacob Street calls to them all, but what will they find when they open its door?
“…I wasn’t quite prepared for how accomplished this little novel turned out to be. Evoking those stories of old with his motley crew of kids (1980’s horror fiction), Marty gives the reader a subtle coming-of-age tale while also delivering cerebral prose that becomes almost narcotizing after a while. Here, there is a slow build of tension that is somewhat effortless … as if 809 Jacob Street was a latter novel in the author’s resume.”
– Matt Tait – Hellnotes review
“Marty Young’s 809 Jacob Street dragged me through the gutter, and had me enthralled with every page. The story explores so thoroughly a nightmare of tortured emotions and madness that it’s hard to believe it isn’t autobiographical. The characters, especially Joey Blue, are that convincing. This is a writer cutting his own way through horror, and I can’t wait to see where his journey takes him. I, for one, will be watching from here on out, because he made me a fan with this book.”
– Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Flesh Eaters and Dead City
“By effectively blurring the line between the inner and outer worlds of its characters, 809 Jacob Street gives new life to the standard haunted house story. A dark and powerful tale of small-town paranoia, communal and personal terror, and the reality of monsters. Young has produced a refreshingly hypnotic tale that blends Monster Squad and the small-town coming-of-age themes of Stephen King to his own dark and surreal ends.”
– Robert Hood – author of Immaterial and Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead
Nominated a Notable Indie Book of 2013 in the category of Page Turners
– Shelf Unbound magazine’s writing competition.
“This book gets scary… You need to buy this book, you need to get it.”
– The Witching Hour Paranormal Radio Show on 4ZZZ (Broadcast on Nov 2, 2013)
“A slow burning exploration of psychic terror that builds to a startling climax and the beginning of an even deeper mystery. Recommended!”
– Greg Chapman, author of The Last Night of October
“Highly recommended.”
– Frank Michaels Errington, Horror-Web.com
“Marty Young is a writer of rare talent.”
– Kit Power, author of The Loving Husband and the Faithful Wife
Publisher: Black Beacon Books
Publication Date: October 9, 2013
