Dead Man's Song

Blues

“Maberry…delivers scare after scare.”

—Scott A. Johnson, author of An American Haunting

“Unputdownable!”

—Michael Penncavage, editor of Dark Notes from New Jersey

“Jonathan Maberry delivers! Echoes of King, Bradbury, Poe, Wellman, and Straub.”

—C. Dean Andersson, author of I Am Dracula and Raw Pain Max

“This is the best book I’ve read this year!”

—Dave’s News and Reviews

“Teeming with demons, brutality, and madness, but equally brimming with beauty, love, and wisdom.”

—Kim Paffenroth, Ph.D., author of Gospel of the Living Dead

“Dark, scary, and so darn well written, one might think this book was something Stephen King wrote and forgot about many years ago.”

—Michael Laimo, author of Dead Souls and The Demonologist

“Ghost Road Blues reminded me why I’m afraid of the dark.”

—Charles Gramlich, author of Cold in the Light

“Gruesome, scary, and bloody good fun.”

—Simon Clark, author of Vampyrrhic, London Under Midnight, and Night of the Triffids

“Ghost Road Blues will leave you breathless. Make sure you read it with the lights on.”

—David Housewright, Edgar Award–winning author of Pretty Girl Gone and Tin City

“Steeped in the blues and saturated with violence and foreboding.”

—Bev Vincent, author of The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King’s Magnum Opus

“Ghost Road Blues is a hell of a book.”

—Jemiah Jefferson, author of Wounds, Voice of the Blood, Fiend, and A Drop of Scarlet

“Evocative and chilling, Maberry’s fiction is the work of a dark magician with a poet’s soul.”

—Tim Waggoner, author of Darkness Wakes, Pandora Drive, and Like Death.

“Ghost Road Blues manages to touch every kind of horror from creepy chills to gruesome gore and builds to an unforgettable climax.”

—H. R. Knight, author of What Rough Beast

“Maberry writes with a kind of rhythmic, lyrical quality one might find in the work of Cady, Conrad, or even Faulkner.”

—Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Currency of Souls, The Turtle Boy, and Vessels

“A wonderful novel from a fresh new voice in the genre.”

—Nate Kenyon, author of Bloodstone

“Dark and mischievous…fun and inspired…Jonathan Maberry knows how to serve up the creepy goods!”

—Jim O’Rear, horror film stuntman and haunted attraction consultant

“Full of real characters and plenty of eerie atmosphere.”

—David Wellington, author of Monster Island and Monster Nation

“Ghost Road Blues is, hands-down, the best horror novel of 2006.”

—Bryan Smith, author of Deathbringer and House of Blood

“A chilling tale—lyrical, melodic, and dark. Maberry breathes new life into modern horror fiction.”

—Scott Nicholson, author of The Home and The Harvest

“A fine blend of authentic supernatural folklore and conventional villainy in a fully realized contemporary setting.”

—Don D’Ammassa, author of the Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction

“Ghost Road Blues is high-octane storytelling meant for chilly, full-moon nights.”

—W. D. Gagliani, author of Bram Stoker Award finalist Wolf’s Trap

“Vivid, fast-paced, and deliciously dark.”

—Bruce Boston, author of Flashing the Dark and Masque of Dreams

“This is a fun, fun read and creepy as hell.”

—Gregory Frost, author of Attack of the Jazz Giants and Other Stories

“Reading Maberry is like listening to the blues in a graveyard at the stroke of midnight.”

—Fred Wiehe, author of Strange Days and The Burning

“Unnerving and brisk!”

—Noreen Ayres, author of the Smokey Brandon mystery series

“Believable and nerve-shattering!”

—E. F. Watkins, author of Dance with the Dragon and Paragon