MAZYWOOD

From the Bram Stoker World Fantasy and Los Angeles Times Book Prize winning author of The Reformatory A gripping and thrilling supernatural horror and family saga about Mazelle Washington a child star of 1920s Hollywood and the legacy of her wishes generations later 1926 Gracetown Florida A young Mazelle sets out from her Florida home to find the Wishing Pool and make her wish for a better life A best friend forever who will love her better than anyone else When Scout the Wonder Dog appears it seems her wish has come true and she is suddenly a star of the silver screen her entire family lifted from poverty Johnny Washington Mazelle s grandson late in his screenwriting career needs a break after a major project falls through So he takes his wife and daughters out to Mazywood the remote retreat he inherited from his grandmother But wishes are tricky things and fame isn t always fortune Hidden in the forest around Mazywood is a legacy of pain and sorrow of a family turned against itself by legacies of racism As they uncover Mazelle s lost legacy a terrifying creature stalks the woods and Johnny and his family are thrust into a desperate fight for survival in the icy wilderness around Mazywood