Afterlife Horror Book Review

In this tense gothic thriller from award-winning author Douglas Clegg, Julie Hutchinson is driven to the edge of sanity when a brutal murder ignites a series of dark, erotic psychic invasions at her home.

Afterlife is a full-length novel, originally published in paperback and then in limited edition hardcover.

From the Publisher’s Weekly starred review for Afterlife:

” Stoker-winner Clegg (The Hour Before Dark) has an uncanny ability to frighten readers by chronicling everyday characters’ perilous descents into their own private hells. Julie Hutchinson mentally unravels after the brutal and mysterious murder of her husband, Jeff, in this stand-alone tale full of subtle suspense, inventive twists and credible characters. Julie has erotic nightmares and hideous hallucinations while slowly trying to piece together the decades-old puzzle involving her husband’s past….The book’s final sentence is guaranteed to unnerve readers and leave them wanting more.”

Praise for Clegg’s fiction from bestselling authors:

“Clegg is the best horror writer of the post-Stephen King generation.”
— Bentley Little, author of The Policy

“Clegg delivers!”
— John Saul, bestselling author of Faces of Fear and The Devil’s Labyrinth.

“A master of the genre. Absolutely thrilling! Douglas Clegg is the future of dark fantasy.”
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
New York Times bestselling author of the Dark-Hunters.

“Douglas Clegg has become the new star in horror fiction.”
— Peter Straub
author of Lost Boy, Lost Girl and the New York Times Bestseller Black House (with Stephen King)

“Clegg’s stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby.”
— Dean Koontz

“Clegg is one of the best!”
— Richard Laymon

“Douglas Clegg is a weaver of nightmares!”
— Robert R. McCammon
author of The Queen of Bedlam and Speaks The Nightbird.

About the Author:

Douglas Clegg is the award-winning and bestselling author of horror, fantasy, and suspense fiction, including The Priest of Blood, The Lady of Serpents, Afterlife, The Hour Before Dark, and Mordred, [**] Son among many others.

He also pioneered the e-book and e-serial on the internet, and launched the internet’s first publisher-sponsored serial novel in early 1999. Additionally, his novella, Purity, became the world’s first m-book—an ebook for mobile devices in the year 2000.

His fiction has won the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the Shocker Award. He was born in Virginia, but currently lives with his better half,  on the coast of New England with three wild things: a cat, a dog, and a rabbit.