An all new novella and the 1st book in our hardcover novella series by Kealan Patrick Burke featuring all new cover art and interiors by Caniglia and an introduction from Norman Partridge.

Limited edition:  $35.00 US
Lettered edition: SOLD OUT

School is out and summer has begun. For eleven year old Timmy Quinn and his best friend Pete Marshall, the dreary town of Delaware Ohio becomes a place of magic, hidden treasure and discovery. But on the day they encounter a strange young boy sitting on the bank of Myers Pond – a pond playground rumor says may hide turtles the size of Buicks – everything changes. For it soon becomes apparent that dark secrets abound in the little community, secrets which come cupped in the hands of the dead, and in a heartbeat, Timmy and Pete’s summer of wonder becomes a season of terror, betrayal and murder.

450 limited hardcover signed and numbered by Kealan Patrick Burke.

26 Lettered hardcover metal traycase edition signed by Kealan Patrick Burke,
Caniglia and Norman Partridge.

Each lettered copy will contain a Giclee print from Caniglia and an original manuscript page from the story signed by Kealan. The Giclee prints will be made of one special image from the book. Only the lettered edition will have these prints. No more will ever be made.

'The Turtle Boy is a fine example of the Dark American Pastoral--not the heart of darkness, a dead end of absolute despair, but a more shadowy realm that is equally troubling for its mingling of the sad and the sinister, of dreams and the things that kill dreams.''
               - Thomas Ligotti
               Author of My Work Is Not Yet Done and The Nightmare Factory

'Kealan Patrick Burke's 'The Turtle Boy' is a tale of dark secrets that combines skillfully etched characters with rich, evocative prose to create a haunting depiction of relationships shredded by violence and the supernatural. A highly memorable and disquieting work'
                - Chet Williamson
                Author of Second Chance and Ash Wednesday

'Strange and out-of-kilter, a cold breeze come from nowhere on a sultry day; The Turtle Boy is a tale that takes your hand and leads you to a creepy, unforgiving place, a place you can never leave.'
                - Michael Marshall Smith
                Author of The Straw Men and Only Forward

At a time in Fabulist fiction when genuine vision has been replaced with nebulousness and affectation, Kealan Patrick Burke's The Turtle Boy is a startling breath of fresh air whose intensely-focused style borders on revelation; not only is this story scary and atmospheric, but it's also poignant and wise, and will haunt both your days and dreams for a very long time. Easily one of the finest novellas I've ever read in any genre.'
                - Gary A. Braunbeck
                Author of In Silent Graves & Graveyard People:
                The Collected Cedar Hill Stories Vol. 1

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