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A Misfortune of Lake Monsters
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| Author | Nicole M. Wolverton |
|---|---|
| Genre | YA – Horror |
| Release Date | July 2, 2024 |
| Publisher | Camcat |
Description
When legends bite back.
Lemon Ziegler wants to escape rural Devil’s Elbow, Pennsylvania to attend college―but that’s impossible now that she’s expected to impersonate the town’s lake monster for the rest of her life. Her family has been secretly keeping the tradition of Old Lucy, the famed (and very fake) monster of Lake Lokakoma, alive for generations, all to keep the tourists coming. Without Lemon, the town dies, and she can’t disappoint her grandparents . . . or tell her best friends about any of it. That includes Troy Ramirez, who has been covertly in love with Lemon for years, afraid to ruin their friendship by confessing his feelings. When a very real, and very hungry monster is discovered in the lake, secrets must fall by the wayside. Determined to stop the monster, Lemon and her best friends are the only thing standing between Devil’s Elbow and the monster out for blood.
For readers who enjoy Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis, House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland, Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain, and The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst.
About the Author
Nicole M. Wolverton grew up in the rural hinterlands of northeast Pennsylvania, wondering what lurked in the cornfields outside her bedroom window. Her curiosity about what terrible things might lay in wait in the dark only deepened after moving to Philadelphia after high school—to the point where she and her husband led their wedding guests on a ghost tour of Old Fort Mifflin during their reception.
Today, Nicole is a Pushcart-nominated writer of (mostly) speculative and horror fiction. She is the author of A MISFORTUNE OF LAKE MONSTERS, a young adult speculative novel due out on July 2, 2024 (CamCat Books), and THE TRAJECTORY OF DREAMS, a 2013 adult psychological thriller (Bitingduck Press). She also edited/curated the 2021 anthology of short fiction BODIES FULL OF BURNING (Sliced Up Press), exploring horror through the lens of menopause—the first of its kind. Her short fiction, creative nonfiction, and essays have appeared in over forty anthologies, magazines, and podcasts.
She lives in the Philadelphia area—in a creaky and mysterious hundred-year-old house—with her long-time and long-suffering husband and a sweet, goofy rescue dog. Nicole earned a B.A. in English from Temple University and a Masters of Liberal Arts in storytelling, horror, and society (with a creative writing certificate) from the University of Pennsylvania. She is an elections official, assistant magazine editor, and speechwriter, as well as a travel enthusiast (24 countries to date) and dragon boat steersperson, paddler, and assistant coach.
She still wonders what creeps in the dark.
