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Lingering Things

    Remember the scary stories you read as a kid huddled under the covers with only a trembling flashlight to keep the shadows at bay?

    Those nightmares are back, darker than ever. And they’ve been waiting for you to grow up.

    A boy’s experiments with a strange force in his basement lead to a horrific new law of physics. A veteran bouncer is followed by a naked man that no one else can see. After her partner is gruesomely killed by a bear, a woman must fight for survival against the elements and other dangers that lurk in the shadows. Criminals pose as authority figures to torment a group of teenage boys on a camping trip in the remote wilderness.

    In this collection of 18 uniquely terrifying tales, Dana Noraas resurrects the spirit of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark for an adult audience that knows true fear is far more than a bump in the night.

    Welcome back to the dark. It missed you.

    “I literally couldn’t put it down. A great read.”—Lyndsey Gallagher, author of Ruin Me

    “Dana Noraas is a writer talented at delivering the scares.”—Kathryn Grace Loves Horror

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    Collection, Horror / NoSleep

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    About the Author: Dana Noraas

    Dana Noraas is a horror writer with a love for eerie tales, unsettling atmospheres, and all things macabre—on the page and the screen. A lifelong "Constant Reader" of Stephen King, she also draws inspiration from classic horror anthologies like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and has an ever-growing collection of horror films, from cult classics to modern nightmares. In 2018, she published Lingering Things and Other Dark Tales, a collection of chilling short stories, and is currently working on its follow-up.

    When she’s not crafting unsettling fiction, Dana writes about film and television as a Senior Resource Writer for Collider, where she often explores horror movies and their lasting impact. She holds a BA in Strategic Communications from Temple University, where she originally studied Film and Media Arts before pivoting to writing.

    She resides in Northeastern Pennsylvania, often found in her cozy, dimly lit writing space with a glass of red wine, a horror movie playing in the background, and her two fuzzy companions by her side.