FLOATING HAIR
FLOATING HAIR
by ETHAN KOIL
If you loved the early Stephen King stories (you know, the ones with sharp teeth) you’ll loved this…
Lucy was dead: to begin with. Burned to conceal his crime. Ashes dumped. Gone forever. No-one cared.
Resurrected. Hungry for revenge. So very hungry…
Floating Hair is a bleak, brutal, and unsettling horror novel which includes doomed romances.
Okay, so you’ve clicked on “Read more” and want to know further details about my novel:
Floating Hair is a gothic horror novel, with a female perspective, set in north-eastern United States.
David, grieving for his lost wife, returns to Malsham: finding new love, and a town filled with romantic, sexual, and criminal lives.
And some bad men. Especially one…
In 1692, Lucy was burned as a witch to conceal his crime: the ravaging fire destroying every aspect of her identity. In the centuries that follow, no-one is held responsible. But now she is given a chance of retribution…
On a cold October night, there is a light in the sky. The population of Malsham watches its blazing progress, before it crashes into the lake. In that moment before impact, some become psychically bound: their lives forever linked.
The explosion resurrects Lucy as a relentless fire vampire. Initially unable to leave the waters, she births small dragons which feed upon those who will not be missed: the homeless, the friendless, the outsiders… She gains sustenance from their endeavours.
Rain deluges the region. Hauling herself from the lake, the rainwater coats her skin: churning from transparent into disparate dark colours. Allowing her to hunt.
Then, when she is strong enough, she summons the fearsome winter and…
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Trigger warning: This book features dragons. If you survived the burning of King’s Landing, please give this one a miss...