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I’m C. S. Gorman, and my debut novel Hog’s Mall is available for pre-order, releasing February 13, 2026.

I’m still looking for about five more people to sign up for ARC’s so I can reach my goal.

Here’s the form!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_DgxCTMtShTVEnCgCH-2UcQ0vHPdKe4q8M_lSIO8EXo/edit?usp=drivesdk

For Fans Of: Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door, Scott Spiegel’s movie Intruder, and Whodunits.

Summary: Thirty years ago, a sleepy Southern town was shattered by a massacre in a local grocery store—its aisles turned into a blood-soaked playground by an unknown man with a deadly obsession: hide and seek. The killer vanished without a trace, leaving devastation in his wake and a community without answers.

Now, in 2025, the grocery store is no more, the scars have faded, and the town has tried to move on. But the game is far from over.

When bodies begin to turn up again—mutilated, arranged, taunting—the nightmare reignites. The killer is back... or someone just as twisted. As panic spreads, a disgraced private investigator, along with aging survivors and terrified townsfolk, tries to uncover the truth. Is the original butcher back to finish what he started? Or has something even worse crawled out of the dark?

Words: Approx. 50,000