Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson

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.
As their relationship blossoms, 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 dona't behave. They say hea's never come out.
Almost never.
When the door between the known and unknown opens, it can never close
again

Neil Sharpson lives in Dublin with his wife and their two children. Having
written for theater since his teens, Neil transitioned to writing novels in 2017,
adapting his play The Caspian Sea into When The Sparrow Falls .
A huge fan of animation, Neil writes Unshaved Mouse, a comedic review blog
mostly focusing on animated film and comic book movies.

Tor
On Sale: Sep 26/23
5.38 x 8.25 • 336 pages
9781250785428 • $38.99 • CL - With dust jacket
Fiction / Horror