Scratch

Scratch (Cemetery Dance Signature Series #7)
by Brian Keene

Featured Artist: Russell Dickerson

About the Book:
April showers bring May flowers. But as the rain-swollen creeks recede, the residents of one rural town learn that April showers also bring something far worse than destructive floods and property damage. This year, the April showers have brought a cryptozoological nightmare... Scratch.

Bonus Feature:
This special edition also includes a reprint of Nick Mamatas's insightful interview with the author, which originally appeared in Cemetery Dance magazine.

Brian Keene is the author of over twenty books, including Darkness on the Edge of Town, Kill Whitey, Urban Gothic, Castaways, Dead Sea, Ghoul, Unhappy Endings and many more. He also writes comic books such as The Last Zombie and Dead of Night: Devil Slayer. His work has been translated into German, Spanish, Polish, French and Taiwanese. Several of his novels and stories have been optioned for film, one of which, The Ties That Bind, premiered on DVD in 2009 as a critically-acclaimed independent short. Keene’s work has been praised in such diverse places as The New York Times, The History Channel, The Howard Stern Show, CNN.com, Publishers Weekly, Fangoria Magazine, and Rue Morgue Magazine.

Published in two states:
• Hardcover Limited Edition of 550 signed and numbered copies bound in full-cloth and Smyth sewn with illustrated endpapers ($35)
• Traycased Hardcover Lettered Edition of 26 signed and lettered copies bound in leather and Smyth sewn with illustrated endpapers and a satin ribbon page marker ($175)

Lettered Edition Status:
The deluxe Lettered Edition of this book is currently with our traycase manufacturer who will begin building the traycases as he catches up on the projects we've sent him. We will update this page as the Lettered Edition progresses through production. Thank you for your patience.

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