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A Season of Whispers

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Description

In the summer of 1844, Tom Lyman flees to Bonaventure, a transcendentalist farming cooperative tucked away in eastern Connecticut, to hide from his past. There Lyman must adjust to a new life among idealists, under the fatherly eye of the group's founder, David Grosvenor. When he isn't ducking work or the questions of the eccentric residents, Lyman occupies himself by courting Grosvenor's daughter Minerva.


But Bonaventure isn't as utopian as it seems. One by one, Lyman's secrets begin to catch up with him, and Bonaventure has a few secrets of its own. Why did the farm have an ominous reputation long before Grosvenor bought it? What caused the previous tenants to vanish? And who is playing the violin in the basement? Time is running out, and Lyman must discover the truth before he's driven mad by the whispering through the walls.

Product Details

PublisherAurelia Leo
Publish DateOctober 08, 2020
Pages130
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781946024831
Dimensions8.0 X 5.3 X 0.3 inches | 0.3 pounds

About the Author

Jackson Kuhl is the author of the Revolutionary War biography SAMUEL SMEDLEY, CONNECTICUT PRIVATEER, and the fiction collection THE DEAD RIDE FAST. Kuhl has written for Atlas Obscura, Connecticut Magazine, the Hartford Courant, National Geographic News, Reason, and other publications. He paddles the waters of coastal Connecticut. For more information, visit www.jacksonkuhl.com.

Reviews

"With a heart of mystery, a temperament of horror, and a persuasion of literary splendor, Jackson Kuhl's A Season of Whispers will lead you though slowly darkening twists until you've sunk inescapably into the sinister depths of Bonaventure Farm."


- Eric J. Guignard, award-winning author and editor, including That Which Grows Wild and Doorways to the Deadeye



"Channeling past masters of the Gothic-namely Hawthorne, Lovecraft, and Poe-Jackson Kuhl has fashioned a pitch-perfect narrative for which those scriveners would be proud."


- C.M. Muller, editor and publisher of Nightscript



"The monstrous forces that manipulate the Bonaventure commune are surpassed only by the evil that lingers at the heart of humanity: greed, power, and madness. By reaching into America's transcendentalist history, Kuhl has authored a novel that is strangely reflective of our modern world."


- Marc E. Fitch, author of Boy in the Box and Paradise Burns



"A Season of Whispers is as much a fascinating tour of an obscure Emersonian outpost in New England as it is a chilling tale of the darkness of a man's soul."


- Daniel Altiere, screenwriter of Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster

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