Face the Night

★ HOFFER AWARD WINNER - 2022 Best Commercial Fiction ★ 100 Best Indie Books of the Year - Kirkus Reviews (Starred)

"Outstanding...Reminiscent of early Stephen King. An impressive, complex horror tale-two (rotting) thumbs up." - Kirkus Reviews, starred She has an eerie gift for drawing faces. Will one terrifying vision tear apart everything she loves? Ohio, 1987. Adriana Krause hasn't slept in weeks. Desperate for work to keep her three-year-old son out of her powerful father's controlling clutches, her vivid illustrations land her a job as a police sketch artist. But the only image she can draw is the shockingly mangled visage from her recurring nightmare. With her disturbed nights spiraling into violent episodes, Adriana's unique talents pull her into the tight-knit small-town's buried secrets. And now fearing she'll lose her little boy to the madness sucking her down, she's convinced that the monstrous likeness she can't stop scrawling holds the answer to a brutal crime. Can this struggling mother solve a dark puzzle before her family is destroyed? Face the Night is a bone-chilling supernatural thriller. If you like complex characters, lived-in settings, and tension dripping from every page, then you'll be transfixed by Alan Lastufka's gripping tale. "Great for fans of My Heart Is a Chainsaw." (BookLife) "Reminiscent of early works by Stephen King and Peter Straub." (Kirkus Reviews, starred) "Like a grown-up version of Stranger Things." (IndieReader) ★ FINALIST 2022 American Fiction Awards - Best Supernatural Horror Novel ★ FINALIST 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards - Best New Horror Novel ★ FINALIST 2022 Da Vinci Eye Award ★ SEMI-FINALIST 2022 Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize - Thriller/Mystery

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Alan Lastufka is a multimedia content creator living in Oregon. He writes horror, supernatural, and magical realism stories. He is also half of the rock band The Caulden Road. When he's not writing or recording, Alan enjoys walking through Oregon's beautiful woods with his partner Kristen.

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"This outstanding novel is reminiscent of early works by Stephen King and Peter Straub. An impressive, complex horror tale-two (rotting) thumbs up." - Kirkus Reviews, starred

Rookie sketch artist Adriana just drew the wrong face. A face with no name, with no voice, but with one hell of a secret...

Adriana Krause has a talent for bringing subjects to life. Until she draws a rotting, mangled face instead of the described suspect. Shocked, she realizes she's drawn the man who haunts her nightmares. No one has seen this face before-except Adriana. With few allies on the force, Adriana is alone in her pursuit of the hellish figure from her dreams, while battling her father-the mayor-as he tries to take custody of her young son. She needs this job to save her family, but now the unknown man is all she can draw. When her nightmares become waking dreams that lead to a series of violent outbursts, Adriana turns to near strangers for help. She must keep her son, unlock the mysteries of this strange face, and uncover one of the darkest secrets ever buried in her small town. "Suspenseful...shocking...engaging small-town thriller. Great for fans of Stephen Graham Jones's My Heart Is a Chainsaw." (BookLife) "Like a grown-up version of Stranger Things." (IndieReader) This gripping thriller will lure readers into the false comfort of small-town life, before dropping the kind of scares that'll make your nightmares rival Adriana's.