Out of the Woods, by William D. Carl
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS From Publishers Weekly "Just before Halloween 1983, a mental hospital in rural Pennsylvania that’s about to be shuttered gets one final patient: Gary McCoy, who claims to be the harbinger of an unspeakable horror. Dr. Robert Gaskell sees a chance to make some money writing about McCoy’s delusions, but soon his greatest ambition is to stay alive in a horror story that uses familiar tropes to good effect. Using Gaskell’s first-person voice to keep the reader close to the terror, Carl (the Werewolf Apocalypse saga) provides vivid descriptions that will make even veteran horror readers wince. Gaskell is imperfect but likable, balancing ambition, love, and his own demons. In this world, everything Lovecraft wrote about is real, and the story builds to a climax with the protagonists trapped between cosmic creatures and insane, deformed humans who worship them. Horror aficionados will thrill to the heartbreaking final moments of this fast-paced novel, which is perfect for a dark and stormy night." Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. PRAISE FOR WILLIAM D. CARL "YOU’RE IN FOR ONE HELLUVA RIDE! Out of the Woods starts with a very disturbed new patient being admitted to St. Michael’s Hospital for Mental Illness, just before the facility is about to be closed down for good. He swears the world is about to end -- but it's just the rantings of a madman. Or is it? From there, the story surges forward like a giant serpent, moving at its own breakneck pace, daring us to follow. I loved this book, and William D. Carl is one helluva conductor on this crazy train speeding right to the heart of doomsday!" -- L.L. Soares, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of LIFE RAGE "This is a Halloween tale that will rattle you to your core with terror that ratchets up a few notches with each page. Breathlessly paced scare scenes, vividly realized characters, and a skin-crawling sense of dread…Out of the Woods is one hell of a page-turner. William D. Carl has written a future classic of fright literature. " -- Brad Carter, author of THE BIG MAN OF BARLOW, (DIS)COMFORT FOOD, and ONLY THINGS "Carl is an amazing storyteller without pretense. His previous books, BESTIAL (2010, Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster) and PRIMEVAL (2011, Permuted Press) brought a new approach to the tired werewolf trope and I suspect readers will discover he’s done the same with the asylum sub-genre.” PRODUCT DETAILS OUT OF THE WOODS has been described as Ed Lee meets HP Lovecraft via John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13. A psychiatrist at a closing mental hospital begins treating a young man who comes from a savage village where families have been inbred until a preacher/portal has been created to allow the Old Gods back into our world. On the last night the mental hospital is open, the villagers attack, attempting to get their portal back. Is the man mad or is this the beginning of the apocalypse?
Out of the Woods, by William D. Carl- Amazon Sales Rank: #2733461 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .73" w x 5.50" l, .82 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 292 pages
About the Author "William D. Carl is a freelance writer living in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Just...perfect. By misspider While this book delivered good dark horror as expected, at the same time it provided a subtle dose of humor - a perfect combination. If I had to name the perfect beach read for horror aficionados, 'Out of the Woods' would certainly fit the bill. The plot had all the right ingredients: a creepy (almost) abandoned mental institution; a village full of fanatical inbreds; monstrous creatures, and a motley group of people accidentally destined to save humanity.Reading the book was very fast-paced, but still each character was well-fleshed out and the reader easily and anxiously participated in the fight of good against evil. The story was told by the main character, and while it was full of dark suspense, it had a prevalent light undertone, alternating somewhere between irony and despairing humor, probably applied to help cope with the desperate situation. Fortunately, both plot and narrative style never turned ridiculous or exaggerated, which shows great skill on the author's side.On several occasions, Lovecraft and his Cthulhu myth are mentioned, but it is not necessary to have any knowledge regarding them (I had none) in order to follow this greatly entertaining book. Highly recommended.(I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A ROLLICKING "B" MOVIE OF A TALE!! By William C. Rasmussen William Carl's latest novel, OUT OF THE WOODS, was my first exposure to this talented author's work. I do believe I'll read more of his tales. From start to finish this 1980's-Lovecraftian story glued me to the pages. If you can picture John Carpenter's original movie, Assault on Precinct 13, in which an almost-closed-down police station in L.A. is set upon by a gang intent on retrieving a man seeking refuge in the station, you will have the basis of Carl's novel. Only this time around, the setting is an almost-shut down mental hospital near the woods, which is attacked by a group of inbred villagers trying to recapture one of their own, who just happens to be lodged in the facility, so he can open the portal for the Old One and his minions to return. It's a wild, captivating tale, that is both suspenseful and touching, with just the right amount of comic relief that you don't get depressed and bogged down by the unbelievable horrors. This story would make a great movie, and comes highly recommended!!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. For those of you who like 80's horror movies By Geeky Girl I received this book on Librarything in exchange for an honest reviewThis is a fast-paced Lovecraftian horror story. The book is heavy on action and gore and has a little psychological horror thrown in. The story line is simple and includes some familiar horror tropes: an abandoned mental institution with dangerous patients and inbred backwoods cultist freaks. I found the book a fresh take on these commonly used tropes.I did not like or identify with the main character. I found him obnoxious and did not like the way he called the patients derogatory names. I also found it hard to believe that he wanted to get famous by writing a book about a patient case. I might be biased since I work in mental health. Also, the book was set in the 1980’s and things were probably a little different then. As the story went on, the main character became more tolerable, probably because he was just reacting to the bad guys instead of talking about himself.The characters are about as fleshed out as characters in an 80's horror flick, and with the pacing of the book I could picture it as an eighties flick. Towards the end of the story there was a copious amount of gore. I wasn't overly attached to any of the characters, so I didn’t mind when they died.I wanted to touch on the Lovecraftian elements of the story. The characters talk about Lovecraft in the book, discussing how the cultists worshiped the Old Ones and this sounded like something out of a Lovecraft story. Lovecraft is described as a recluse who believed in the monsters he wrote about. I'm not sure if the character or the author was misinformed, but I want to mention these are common misunderstandings about HP Lovecraft! Lovecraft was actually quite social and did not believe in the creatures that he created. He wrote to pen pals prolifically and did much traveling in his later years. He was also a self-proclaimed agnostic/atheist, and did not believe in the creatures that he created.Overall, this book was enjoyable light read and I would recommend it to horror fans looking for some good summer reading!
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