About this ebook
Read the suspenseful, slow-burn dark fantasy thriller about Bob Haung, an aspiring LGBTQ painter, who dreams of having his work on the walls of its premiere gallery, The Menagerie. Instead, he works in the gift shop and helps inventory the paintings that have made it up ahead of him. One of these paintings has begun to move at night. In it, a long row of theatre seats fade into the shadows of the bleachers behind, and in those shadows is a mass of violet flesh and shifting red eyes. At night, these eyes stare back at Bob, and The Menagerie is filled with haunting songs, scant whispers, and the faint sound of a baby crying. Can Bob unlock the mystery of the painting... or will they become part of the exhibit too?
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About the author
Matthew LeDrew holds an Honours Degree in English from the Memorial University of Newfoundland with a minor in Anthropology, and studied Journalism at College of the North Atlantic in Stephenville, Newfoundland. He was honoured to be a jury member of both the 2018 NLBA awards and the 2020 Arts and Letters Awards.
He has written twenty novels for Engen Books: the ten book Coral Beach Casefiles series, The Long Road, Cinders, Sinister Intent, Faith, Family Values, Jacobi Street, Touch Your Nose, Infinity, The Tourniquet Reprisal, and Exodus of Angels the latter three of which with co-author Ellen Curtis.
He lives in St. Johns, Newfoundland.
Since 2007 he has traveled all over Canada promoting his work as well as teaching seminars on writing and publishing. He also helps young Newfoundland authors become published through Engen Books.
