This first-ever reprint features deliciously creepy new cover art by Mike Mignola. Ĭold Moon Over Babylon (1980), the second novel by Michael McDowell (1950-1999), author of Blackwater and The Elementals and screenwriter of Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas, is a chilling Southern Gothic tale of revenge from beyond the grave that ranks among his most terrifying books. And when the full moon rises over Babylon, it will seek a terrible vengeance. Night after night it will pursue the murderer.
And beneath the murky surface of the river, a shifting, almost human shape slowly takes form. Margaret Larkin has been robbed of her innocence - and her life. Description Terror grows in Babylon, a typical sleepy Southern town with its throbbing sun and fog-shrouded swamps. Now they are about to endure another: fourteen-year-old Margaret Larkin will be robbed of her innocence and her life by a killer who is beyond the reach of the law.īut something strange is happening in Babylon: traffic lights flash an eerie blue, a ghostly hand slithers from the drain of a kitchen sink, graves erupt from the local cemetery in an implacable march of terror. View source Cold Moon Over Babylon is a novel written by Michael McDowell. This first-ever reprint features deliciously creepy new cover art by Mike Mignola.Welcome to Babylon, a typical sleepy southern town, where years earlier the Larkin family suffered a terrible tragedy. Ĭold Moon Over Babylon (1980), the second novel by Michael McDowell (1950-1999), author ofBlackwater and The Elementals and screenwriter of Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas, is a chilling Southern Gothic tale of revenge from beyond the grave that ranks among his most terrifying books.
Now they are about to endure another: fourteen-year-old Margaret Larkin will be robbed of her innocence and her life by a killer who is beyond the reach of the law.īut something strange is happening in Babylon: traffic lights flash an eerie blue, a ghostly hand slithers from the drain of a kitchen sink, graves erupt from the local cemetery in an implacable march of terror. Welcome to Babylon, a typical sleepy Alabama small town, where years earlier the Larkin family suffered a terrible tragedy. "McDowell has a flair for the gruesome." - Washington Post "Readers of weak constitution should beware." - Publishers Weekly "The finest writer of paperback originals in America." - Stephen King
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