Each autumn, among the falling leaves and the sounds of youth, they come to the university in their new clothes, with their special hopes and special insecurities. They want each other' approval. They want love, and power. Stitch will give them all that they could ever want: an education of the soul. Dan Latcher is a nerdy young college student until Stitch discovers him. Now Dan can work wonders and weave magic: Charismatic, he stands before a room full of adoring followers, turning his fingers into flames, immolating a fellow student before their eyes. Is it hallucination, or truth? Through Dan they shed their old lives and pass into a world of darkness. Through Dan, they take joy in acts of bloody self-mutilation, share rapt visions of death and pain and ecstasy. For Dan has blessed them with his charisma, taught them to sate the hunger of their weaknesses, and to discover the kingdom and the power and the glory of...Stitch.
Author
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Mark Morris became a full-time writer in 1988 on the Enterprise Allowance Scheme, and a year later saw the release of his first novel, Toady. He has since published a further sixteen novels, among which are Stitch, The Immaculate, The Secret of Anatomy, Fiddleback, The Deluge and four books in the popular Doctor Who range. His short stories, novellas, articles and reviews have appeared in a wide variety of anthologies and magazines, and he is editor of the highly-acclaimed Cinema Macabre, a book of fifty horror movie essays by genre luminaries, for which he won the 2007 British Fantasy Award. His most recently published or forthcoming work includes a novella entitled It Sustains for Earthling Publications, a Torchwood novel entitled Bay of the Dead, several Doctor Who audios for Big Finish Productions, a follow-up volume to Cinema Macabre entitled Cinema Futura and a new short story collection, Long Shadows, Nightmare Light.
