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Episode Thirteen

Craig DiLouie

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From the macabre mind of a Bram Stoker Award-nominated author, this heart-pounding novel of horror and psychological suspense takes a ghost hunting reality TV crew into a world they could never have imagined.

Fade to Black is the newest hit ghost hunting reality TV show. Led by husband and wife team Matt and Claire Kirklin, it delivers weekly hauntings investigated by a dedicated team of ghost hunting experts. Episode Thirteen takes them to every ghost hunter's holy grail: the Paranormal Research Foundation. This brooding, derelict mansion holds secrets and clues about bizarre experiments that took place there in the 1970s. It's also famously haunted, and the team hopes their scientific techniques and high tech gear will prove it.

But as the house begins to reveal itself to them, proof of an afterlife might not be everything Matt dreamed of. A story told in broken pieces, in tapes, journals, and correspondence, this is the story of Episode Thirteen—and how everything went terribly, horribly wrong.

“An epistolary descent into a living nightmare . . . well-written and genuinely unsettling. Fans of paranormal documentaries, ghost-hunting shows, and found-footage horror will lose their minds over this one.” —Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award winning author of Kin

“A beautiful Russian doll of a story… Episode Thirteen hooks you, creeps you out, and then it overwhelms you. It’s House of Leaves meets Haunting of Hill House, in all the best possible ways.” —Peter Clines, NYT bestselling author of The Broken Room

For more from Craig DiLouie, check out: The Children of Red Peak, Our War, One of Us

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ash.reads.horror\ \ ash\ \ • Jun 13

Poll:\ \ Next week's movie\ \ \ \ Movie: Shelby Oaks\ \ Where to watch: Hulu\ \ Plot: A woman's search for her long-lost sister becomes an obsession when she realizes a demon from their childhood may have been real, not imaginary.\ \ Run Time: 1 hr and 31 minutes\ \ Pre-Watch Thoughts: I love a found-footage/Mockumentray so I hope I love this one. I know I loved Lake Mungo!\ \ Spoiler Free Commentary While Watching:\ \ I got my candle lit, my red moodlights on, and my trusty Mochi by my side. So without further ado, let's do this.\ \ Glitchy video is never a good sign...\ \ The tension in the opening scene is fantastic\ \ Love the missing Paranormal Investigators. Makes me think of Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie.\ \ Also getting Lake Mungo vibes as well which I am all here for.\ \ Their videos are CREEPY\ \ OMG SIR SPOOKS. I've watched that youtube channel lol\ \ Oooh abandoned amusement park. Yes please\ \ I love footage where you have to look closely and see something creepy in the background. \ \ Gotta love when the childhood demon catches up to you.\ \ WTF JUST HAPPENED\ \ That took a CRAZY TURN\ \ Makes me never want to open my door again.\ \ OH whats he got there...\ \ Some Hell House LLC vibes as well\ \ OMG NOPE. The scene with the person on the porch was scary\ \ The jumpscare dun JUMPED ME GOOD\ \ EXCUSE ME.... That was not just there in the window\ \ Digging deep with some research. Time to connect some dots\ \ Dang husbands need to listen...\ \ OMG no thank you... go away dog.\ \ I would not be exploring a haunted, abandoned prison alone... no thank you\ \ BEHIND YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU\ \ RUNNNNN DON'T JUST SIT THERE\ \ I always wonder when people go this deep in investigation how they expect to survive.\ \ Now we getting blair witchy on this mo\ \ I don't know if I trust you Norma\ \ OH F NO\ \ EXCUSE ME\ \ Sure follow the creepy lady into the basement\ \ NOPE\ \ What in the...\ \ but is baby demon? \ \ alllllllrighty then....\ \ REVIEW\ \ 3.5 \ \ Shelby Oaks is a very tense horror movie at its core. The use of found footage and a documentary really helped make this movie feel real and grounded. Watching the horrors unfold as Mia looks for her missing sister held me captive the entire time. The direction of the film was not what I was expecting by the end, but overall I still enjoyed it.\ \ Watch Alikes: The Blair Witch, Hell House LLC, Lake Mungo\ \ Read Alikes: Rosemary's Baby, Episode Thirteen, Going To The Six\ \ Themes: Found Footage, Demons, Urban Exploration, Missing Person\ \ In the poll below, help me chose next weeks movie!

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