Lit

by Mark Anthony

Overview

"You do want me to go Niles, believe me you really do want me to go. Staying here would be so bad, so bad for you. You don't understand the danger, you can't understand and I can't stay here. . . I'm sorry."

Evil and merciless, Leviathans attach to souls of the damaged among us. They feed off the emotions of these "Conduits" but are always waiting. Anger can identify a target, light one for an eternity of pain. Once LIT, there is no way out.

Three Conduits face their ever present monster that inflicts their life with terror and loss. Friendships can be forged and alliances can be made. The event of the Circle is approaching when Conduit becomes the hunted by their own grotesque nightmare. Now something else is uprising. There are others in the world who hunt their own.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780228840008
Publisher:	Tellwell Talent
Publication date:	12/31/2020
Series:	LIT , #1
Pages:	366
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.82(d)

About the Author

Mark Anthony is a Registered Nurse and Author who resides in Perth, Western Australia with his partner and his 6-year-old son. An avid fan of the supernatural and dark fantasy genre LIT was written during the COVID Pandemic of 2020.

With a talent for writing strong characters and then creating macabre realities for them to live in; LIT is a psychological horror that collides two worlds with raw, eerie and terrifying consequences. When your anger literally raises hell, how do you live?

Editorial Reviews

2023-08-04
The effects of trauma, depression, anxiety, and human suffering manifest as literal monsters in this series starter from SF/fantasy author Anthony.

The story follows three remarkable characters from very different walks of life who have one thing in common: They’re haunted by terrible creatures called “Leviathans,” brought forth by extreme traumatic experiences and mental illness. Ellie Jameson is a school janitor who’s hounded by a giant Slender Man-esque Leviathan that destroys her family, causing a mental breakdown that forces her into state-mandated therapy; during on session, she can still hear the monster’s “rasping breath” and “feel its cold and smell its nauseating stench.” Sam Morris is a struggling advertising executive whose Leviathan manifests as a giggling, creepy little girl begging him to “come play” and victimizes family members and colleagues in Sam’s vicinity during times of extreme stress. Joshua Fielding is an 8-year-old with an alcoholic mother who has an abusive boyfriend; the youngster’s Leviathan emerges as a giant “Monster Dog” that follows him to school, where he tries to avoid prying questions from teachers and friends. Although the characters are from separate worlds, their stories begin to overlap as Ellie and Sam prepare for an upcoming event of horror and mayhem and Joshua encounters his Monster Dog for the first time. Debut author Anthony, a registered nurse, effortlessly interweaves together elements of mythology and dark SF to create a world in which trauma’s harm is far more than mere metaphor. The plot is consistently engaging, displaying an understanding of genre tropes, and the author shows a skill for storytelling that surpasses that of some more established authors. Most notable is Anthony’s ability to smoothly move between each character’s point of view, which not only gives the reader a complete story, but also a proper basis for understanding the detailed world the author has built in these pages.

A delightfully gruesome story that will continue to haunt readers long after they reach its end.

Kirkus Reviews