Title: NoroAuthor: William F. Gray
First Published: February 21, 2025
Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications
Pages: 150
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Format: Ebook
Source: Kindle Unlimited
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Synopsis:
As a blizzard hits their rural Wyoming homes, Jonah Miller and his neighbor Con think the worst thing they have to worry about is being trapped and isolated with their dogs.
Then Con’s German Shepherd gets out in the middle of the storm after a mysterious meteor crashes out in the woods, forcing Jonah and Con to learn that there’s far more to fear than the cold and the snow piling up outside their doors...
John Carpenter’s THE THING meets CUJO and THE TROOP in NORO, a horror novella about two men’s fight for survival against an alien parasite searching for its perfect host.
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Noro is a sci-fi horror novella overflowing with dread. The story centers on two men and their dogs, trapped in a snowstorm with an alien parasite. The comparisons to classics like The Thing and Cujo are spot on, Gray doesn’t reinvent the wheel but deftly weaves these inspirations to deliver a pulse-pounding thrill ride. This book was action packed and violent, the body horror made my stomach turn but I ate it up.
I read the full release version of the book and I hate to say that an editor is badly needed to clean up the text. Portions of the story read like an uncorrected proof glaring grammatical errors that should have been taken care of before publication. The book is excellent and deserves that extra bit of polish. It is worth noting that readers that are sensitive to any harm coming to dogs would do well to avoid this one.
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“Fresh blood poured from his muzzle as he—the thing controlling him—learned how to growl.”
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About William F. Gray
William F. Gray is the author of three horror novels included The Devil Within Us All and the upcoming novel Our Fathers’ Burden. He currently lives in West Virginia and works full-time as a pharmacy technician at an independent pharmacy while raising his two children with his wife. In his free time, he enjoys outings with his family, reading, and playing music.
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