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House of Leaves meets David Lynch in a surreal horror novel exploring generational trauma and the monsters it breeds, from Joshua Chaplinsky, cult author of Letters to the Purple Satin Killer.
The lives of three unlikely women unfold to reveal a shared history of neglect and abuse. At the center looms the Vogel House, a facade of rotten wood and sagging eaves that plays host to a parasitic dream—the malevolent entity known as The Man in the Watch.
After spending the night in an abandoned house, Jenna Thomas returns home haunted by someone else’s past. She revisits the scene in the hopes of exorcising her dreams, only to uncover something far worse. Mrs. Vogel receives an unexpected letter from her estranged daughter. It fills the old woman with hope for the future, even though her daughter is long since dead. Meanwhile, a young woman contends with the legacy of her father while simultaneously fighting for the future of her unborn child.
The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me at Night thrusts readers into a nightmarish dead zone of overlapping realities, presided over by a malignant force that manipulates memory and delights in human suffering.
"Reads like the novelization of a really fucked up cult movie. I was not okay after reading." —Sadie Hartmann, Bram Stoker Award®-winning author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered
"Chaplinsky has crafted a diabolical nightmare of a book, one so deeply woven in agony that not even a scrap of daylight can be glimpsed through the masterfully woven story on the page. The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me At Night is a deeply immersive and unsettling read which will have you gasping for breath as you travel the dark portal Chaplinsky has created." —Ross Jeffery, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of The Devil's Pocketbook
Praise for Letters to the Purple Satin Killer
"Letters to the Purple Satin Killer is in turns horrifying, illuminating, darkly hilarious, and always surprising." —Fangoria
"This book. It made me wince, cringe, chuckle, guffaw, check the locks on my doors, shake my head, and maybe utter a few swears at the author. Letters is a unique satire of an American nightmare." —Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World
"Chaplinsky breathes some much-needed life into the serial killer genre, taking the unique and utterly brilliant angle of turning the focus onto us, and our morbid fascination with these depraved individuals. This book ought to come with a bottle of bleach, to dip your soul in after you're done." —Rob Hart, author of Assassins Anonymous and The Warehouse