At first glance, Phil Pendleton and his son Adam are just an ordinary father and son. John Carpenters Night Terrors: Sour Candy (Paperback). Adding in a Lovecraftian pantheon of monsters, Burke creates a stomach-twisting ride through the depths of horror, breathing new life into an often-stagnant part of the genre. Read Sour Candy by Kealan Patrick Burke available from Rakuten Kobo. Explore books by Kealan Patrick Burke with our selection at. Burke’s writing is visceral Philip’s descent into madness is rendered in unnerving terms. John Carpenter’s Night Terrors: Sour Candy by Kealan Patrick Burke and Jason Felix Storm King Productions (March 2022) 104 pages 17.99 paperback Reviewed by Blu Gilliand Back in 2015, I had the pleasure of reviewing Kealan Patrick Burke’s then-new novella, Sour Candy. Bringing the evil-child trope to its devastating apex, Burke creates a horrific vision of what might happen if children utterly controlled their parents. Only Philip remembers the life he used to have, and those memories are no comfort as he becomes a prisoner in his own home, a slave to a demonic child. Since I started using Instagram more and following other readers I have come across books and authors that I may never have otherwise discovered.

No one who observes them has any idea that Philip has only known Adam for a short time, and this carefree life is really a living hell: after the two randomly meet at a store, Adam decides to make Philip his newest “parent,” using his terrible powers to completely rewrite Philip’s life so that everyone else thinks he’s always been there. Sour Candy has one of the best teaser lines ever, Four months to the day he first encountered the boy at Walmart, the last of Phil Pendleton’s teeth fell out. Philip Pendleton is an unexceptional man, living a carefree life with his young son, Adam. Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award-Winning author of Kin and Sour Candy Ditmar Awards 2021 Finalist Best Novella PRAISE FOR THE ROO Pulpy, violent, and fun.

Horror author Burke ( Kin) delivers an excellent terror-filled novella.