Willow Rose - by M Kevin Hayden (Hardcover)

About the Book

For lovers of Stephen Graham Jones and Nick Cutter, Willow Rose is an ode to the terror that comes for all of us in the night.

Book Synopsis

For lovers of Stephen Graham Jones, Jeff VanderMeer, and Nick Cutter, Willow Rose is a compulsively readable, literary ode to the terror of the unknown that comes for all of us in the depths of night.

A knock on the cabin door on indigenous land in the wintry woods of Minnesota.

Tap tap tap.

Driving down the boreal roads of rural Minnesota to his one-room cabin after a long ER shift, Dr. Alder's eyes snap open, his old Civic screaming to a stop in front of a massive bull elk, its head tilting back unnaturally, its maw open. Comet Goodwin, the closest comet to Earth in history, lights up the sky in an otherworldly greenish tint with its long, jagged tail of fire.

Tap tap tap.

Alder's world ignites in a blinding white flash. The car windows shatter inward. The elk is gone.

If he can get the car started again and get back to his cabin, maybe he can make sense of all this...but first he must survive the frozen silence of the night and the evil that stalks within it.

We must stay together always.

2025 IngramSpark(R) Editorial Selection - Horror

Review Quotes

"A contemporary horror yarn set in rural Minnesota...finely-crafted, enticing...A well-executed tale of terrifying possibilities."

- Kirkus Reviews

"A tense, eerie thriller that chills, unnerves, and refuses to let go."

-BookView Review

"Eerie, emotional, and impossible to put down."

-The Prairies Book Review

"The art of the scare reaches impressive new heights..."

-Readers' Favorite

"Willow Rose by M. Kevin Hayden literally gave me goosebumps."

-The Chrysalis BREW Project

"I closed the final page with my chest tight and my mind still buzzing."

-Literary Titan