The Devil's in the Next Room
By John Durgin
2025
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4.02
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On an isolated farm deep in the New Hampshire woods, Brian Davidson spends his days caring for his brother Bo, who suffers from a childhood head injury, and their ailing mom. Together, the brothers have managed to live a peaceful life, but the shadows around their home have begun to shift. Dead bodies start turning up horrifically twisted, covered in carved symbols, mouths agape in frozen screams. As the disturbing events creep closer to home, Brian begins to sense that his family's past might hold the key to this hideous mystery. The bonds of family are brutally tested as darkness closes in, and some secrets refuse to stay buried.
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Author
John Durgin
Author · 11 books
John is a proud HWA member and lifelong horror fan who decided to chase his childhood dream of becoming a horror author. Growing up in New Hampshire, he discovered Stephen King much younger than most probably should have, reading IT before he reached high school—and knew from that moment on he wanted to write horror. He co-founded Livid Comics in late 2020, co-creating and writing his debut comic titled Jol (pronounced Yule), a Christmas horror series for all ages. After publishing that, the itch to expand his writing was one he had to scratch. Through Livid, he wrote his second comic due to be released this winter titled Dead Ball. John also co-launched a podcast called The Livid Comics Lair, where they talk with many of todays best horror authors, comic creators, and all things that go bump in the night like UFO and paranormal investigators. His true passion was always to write horror novels, and in 2021 he started submitting short stories in hopes of getting noticed in the horror community and launching a career. He had his first story accepted in the summer of 2021 in the Books of Horror anthology, and an alternate version of the story in the Beach Bodies anthology from DarkLit Press. His debut novel, The Cursed Among Us released in June of 2022. His second novel, Inside The Devil's Nest releases through D&T Publishing in January of 2023.
