Lost Man's Lane (preorder)

(preorder—to be published this Summer) 

Dust jacket and interior illustrations by François Vaillancourt

“Scary, and perfect reading pleasure.”
— Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author of You Like It Darker

Lividian Publications is pleased to announce our signed, numbered, and slipcased Limited Edition hardcover of Lost Man’s Lane by Scott Carson. Featuring a breathtaking full-color dust jacket by François Vaillancourt, along with thirteen striking black-and-white interior illustrations, this beautifully designed volume is a must-have for any serious horror collector. As a special bonus, this is the only edition in the world to include the original ending, which the author rewrote at the last minute after Stephen King said to save a character’s life.

About the Book:

Marshall Miller would’ve remembered her face even if he hadn’t seen it on a MISSING poster.

When a young woman disappears in his small town, the investigation hinges on Marshall’s haunted sighting of her, crying in the back seat of a police car driven by a cop named Maddox.

There’s only one problem: no local cop named Maddox exists.

But the speeding ticket he handed to Marshall certainly does.

Dealing with police and media is heady stuff for a teenager, the son of a single mother, but Marshall is sure he can handle it, until the shocking day when his reliability as a witness implodes. Now scorned and shamed, he finds unlikely allies as he confronts the ancient secrets behind his small town’s peaceful façade—and learns the truth about his own family.

Special Features:

• Full-color wrap-around artwork by François Vaillancourt
• Thirteen interior illustrations by François Vaillancourt
• Bonus Feature: the original ending that killed off a main character
• Includes a numbered collectible bookmark

Deluxe Production Features:

• Offset printed on an acid-free archival quality paper stock
• A fine cloth binding
• Hot foil stamping on the front cover and spine
• Smyth-sewn to create a more durable binding
• Twine head and tail bands
• Illustrated endpapers
• Sewn-in satin ribbon page marker
• Custom-made slipcase stamped with hot foil and featuring a unique die-cut window
• Signed by Scott Carson and François Vaillancourt
• Limited to 600 signed and numbered copies

Praise and Reviews:

“Scary, and perfect reading pleasure.”
— Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author of You Like It Darker

Lost Man’s Lane is Scott Carson’s finest achievement. It’s such an engaging read that it virtually turns its own pages for the reader.”
— Dean Koontz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The House at the End of the World

“Lost Man’s Lane is masterful storytelling—a heartfelt, deeply creepy tale of lost innocence and the evil that lurks beneath even the most placid American surfaces.”
— Justin Cronin, New York Times bestselling author of The Passage and The Ferryman

“I fell deep into this book and never wanted to come out. It’ll make you a Scott Carson fan for life.”
— Joe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Strange Weather

“A creepy, compelling coming-of-age story, as touching as it is terrifying.”
— John Connolly, #1 internationally bestselling author of the Charlie Parker series

“I’ve spent the last few nights completely enthralled by teenage private investigator Marshall Miller and his creepy coming-of-age horror story. Lost Man’s Lane made me feel like I was 17 all over again. It’s sweet, scary, nostalgic, and deeply unsettling—and I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough!”
— Jason Rekulak, nationally bestselling author of Hidden Pictures

“Scott Carson has done it again. Lost Man’s Lane is a richly imagined, terrifying trip down memory lane. High school keggers and small-town legends, first loves and heartbreaks, serpents and secrets—it’s all here in one action-packed story. Poignant, nostalgic, and profoundly unsettling, I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. Carson is a spellbinding storyteller, and Lost Man’s Lane is his best yet.”
— Richard Chizmar, New York Times bestselling author of Gwendy’s Final Task and Becoming the Boogeyman

“The best Scott Carson novel yet! Horror writers are always being compared to Stephen King, quite often without the quality to back up the comparison, but here we have the real deal! In this beautifully executed coming-of-age horror, Carson weaves a tale all his own, replete with unsettling evil and the questions of love and loss, of trust and family, that plague us all. Lost Man’s Lane creeped me out, and I loved every shiver!”
— Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of The House of Last Resort and Road of Bones

“With Lost Man’s Lane, Scott Carson fuses a gothic spellbinder steeped in old-American lore with the piercing ache of a coming-of-age story, bittersweet and filled with longing. With echoes of Ray Bradbury and Peter Straub, it’s a dazzling, genuinely terrifying novel that hovers darkly in your head long after you finish.”
— Megan Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of Beware the Woman

About the Author:

Scott Carson is the pen name for a New York Times bestselling author and screenwriter. He lives in New England.