Knock Knock, Open Wide

Neil Sharpson

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Knock Knock, Open Wide weaves horror and Celtic myth into a terrifying, heartbreaking supernatural tale of fractured family bonds, the secrets we carry, and the veiled forces that guide Irish life.

Driving home late one night, Etain Larkin finds a corpse on a pitch-black country road deep in the Irish countryside. She takes the corpse to a remote farmhouse. So begins a night of unspeakable horror that will take her to the very brink of sanity. She will never speak of it again.

Two decades later, Betty Fitzpatrick, newly arrived at college in Dublin, has already fallen in love with the drama society, and the beautiful but troubled Ashling Mallen. As their relationship blossoms, Ashling goes to great lengths to keep Betty away from her family, especially her alcoholic mother, Etain. Gradually, Betty learns her lover's terrifying family history, and Ashling's secret obsession.

Ashling has become convinced that the horrors inflicted on her family are connected to a seemingly innocent children's TV show. Everyone in Ireland watched this show in their youth, but Ash soon discovers that no one remembers it quite the same way. And only Ashling seems to remember its star: a small black goat puppet who lives in a box and only comes out if you don’t behave. They say he’s never come out. Almost never.

When the door between the known and unknown opens, it can never close again.

What I'm Reading This Week

Hello everyone and welcome back to what I'm reading this week! So sorry for the radio silence last week, but let me tell you...last week was the week from HELL at work. I came home every day EXHAUSTED and uninspired. I worked nearly 45 hours last week. Short staffed due to vacations. GOOD TIMES...

Anyway, I'm back at it this week. I have an interview with Adam Nevill in the works so stay tuned for that, along with some more book recs.

I also wanted to relaunch my book club here and was interested if anyone would be interested in joining? If so drop a comment down below!

A selection of books discussed:

1. Decomposition Book by Sara Van Os
   A woman discovers a corpse in the woods and subsequently forms an unusual connection with the deceased through their journal.

2. Corpse de Ballet by Megan Kearney
   A graphic novel perfect for fans of Black Swan and Suspira. A girl arrives mid year to a dancing boarding school only to find that one student went missing before she arrived.

3. The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kenndey
   A domestic housewife in the 1950s starts hearing voices from the other side from a local girl who was murdered.

4. Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson
   Seeped in Irish folklore, this novel follows a family two decades apart, all centering around a child's TV show with a sinister underlying plot.