"Serial"
#1 Amazon Kindle Bestseller
By Jack Kilborn and Blake Crouch
Designed by Jeroen ten Berge, published as an eBook by Jack Kilborn and Blake Crouch, and distributed with the kind assistance of our publishers, Grand Central Publishing and Minotaur Books
Publication Date: May 12, 2009
Available as a free eBook on www.blakecrouch.com, www.jakonrath.com, www.amazon.com, and numerous other online vendors.
My good friend, Jack Kilborn (aka J.A. Konrath) and I turn our attention to the twin golden rules of hitchhiking:
# 1: Don’t go hitchhiking, because the driver who picks you up could be certifiably crazy.
# 2: Don’t pick up hitchhikers, because the traveler you pick up could be a raving nutcase.
So what if, on some dark, isolated road, Crazy #1 offered a ride to Nutcase #2?
When two of the most twisted minds in the world of horror fiction face off, the result is SERIAL, a terrifying tale of hitchhiking gone terribly wrong. Like a deeply twisted version of an “After School Special,” SERIAL is the single most persuasive public service announcement on the hazards of free car rides.
Beyond a thrilling piece of horrifying suspense, SERIAL is also a groundbreaking experiment in literary collaboration. Kilborn wrote the first part. Crouch wrote the second. And they wrote the third together over email in 100-word exchanges, not aware of each other’s opening section. All bets were off, and may the best psycho win.
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SERIAL contains the novella, SERIAL, a Q&A with Kilborn and Crouch, author bibliographies, and excerpts from their most recent and forthcoming works: Kilborn’s AFRAID and Crouch’s ABANDON.
The web designer for www.blakecrouch.com, the immensely-gifted Jeroen ten Berge came up with the badass design for the eBook.
And finally, a warning about SERIAL from the authors…
SERIAL is a horror novella written by masters of the genre Blake Crouch and Jack Kilborn.
But just because it is 100% free doesn’t mean you should automatically download it.
This is disturbing stuff. Perhaps too disturbing.
If you can handle horrific thrills, proceed at your own risk.
But if you suffer from anxiety attacks, nervous disorders, insomnia, nightmares or night terrors, heart palpitations, stomach problems, or are of an overly sensitive nature, you should read something else instead.
The authors are in no way responsible for any lost sleep, missed work, failed relationships, or difficulty in coping with life after you have read SERIAL. They will not pay for any therapy you may require as a result of reading SERIAL. They will not cradle you in their arms, rock you back and forth, and speak in soothing tones while you unsuccessfully try to forget SERIAL.
Yes, it’s free. But free has its price.
You have been warned.
Jack Kilborn & Blake Crouch