THE FLOOD - BLACKWATER I
Discover the gothic horror phenomenon that is sweeping across Europe, with over 2 million copies sold
'RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT' STEPHEN KING
As the dark and menacing waters of the local river submerge Perdido, a small town in the south of Alabama, the Caskeys - a family of rich landowners - must confront the tide of damage caused by the flood. Led by Mary-Love, the powerful matriarch, and by Oscar, her devoted son, the family must pick itself back up. But what they haven't anticipated is the sudden appearance of Elinor Dammert - a mysterious but seductive young woman with a troubling past. Her sole ambition appears to be to infiltrate the very heart of the Caskey clan...
'Beyond any trace of a doubt, one of the absolutely best writers of horror' Peter Straub
'One of the genre's most underrated writers' Poppy Z. Brite
MICHAEL MCDOWELL
Michael McDowell was born June 1, 1950 in Enterprise, Alabama and attended public schools in southern Alabama until 1968. He graduated with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in English from Harvard, and in 1978 he was awarded his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Brandeis.
His seventh novel written and first to be sold, The Amulet, was published in 1979 and would be followed by over thirty additional volumes of fiction written under his own name or the pseudonyms Nathan Aldyne, Axel Young, Mike McCray, and Preston Macadam. His notable books include the Southern Gothic horror novel The Elementals 1981 , the serial novel Blackwater 1983 , which was first published in a series of six paperback volumes, and the trilogy of "Jack Susan" books.
By 1985 he was writing screenplays for television, including episodes for a number of anthology series such as Tales from the Darkside, Amazing Stories, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and Tales from the Crypt. He went on to write the screenplay for Tim Burton's Beetlejuice 1988 and The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 , as well as the script for Thinner 1996 . McDowell died December 27, 1999 from AIDS-related illness. Tabitha King, wife of author Stephen King, completed an unfinished McDowell novel, Candles Burning, which was published in 2006.
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