Storytellers

By Julie Anne Parks and Rick R. Reed

Braxton Defoe once ruled the bestseller lists with his novels of calculating horror. But now he and his wife, Piper, have fled to the desolate backwoods of North Carolina with nothing left between... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891946048
• ISBN13: 9781891946042
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Design Image Group Inc
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Great horor a la Stephen King

At one time, publishing firms battled with top dollars to obtain the latest horror manuscript from best-selling author Braxton DeFoe. Several of his novels have been turned into popular movies. However, Braxton seems weary and unable to produce any more as the fast lanes of Southern California have taken its toll. Heeding his wife?s advice that they all need a change in venue, Braxton and his spouse Piper flee decadent Los Angeles for the idyllic North Carolina mountains. Braxton hates the rural locale even after a warm welcome to Crooked Creek from their neighbors Mary Beth and Ren Wyatt, who is the local Storyteller. Ren turns into a catalyst of sorts as Braxton sees him as a rival in storytelling and for the affections of his wife. No one yet realizes the evil or is it jealousy that is now taking over Braxton?s every thought and action. The STORYTELLERS is a powerful drama that keeps the reader in a perpetual state of bewilderment between supernatural possession and insanity. The psychological or parapsychological tale works because the characters seem authentic, which turn their activities and interrelationships into quite a plot. Fans of psychological horror need to provide plenty of time to finish Julie Anne Parks? one-sitting novel because they will want to keep reading in order to decide whether Braxton is a lunatic or in need of an exorcist.Harriet Klausner

Evocative of NC Mountains and Native American Lore

I particularly enjoyed Parks' skillful evocation of the Blue Ridge Mountain milieu, and the sense of contact -- through the storyteller's tales and the events of the book alike -- with both human and elemental forces from times past.

A completely entertaining book

Storytellers is a suspense filled, fast-paced book that is hard to put down. Every reader can identify with Piper, the main character, who is torn between the way things are supposed to be and the way they really are. It's crisp yet brooding, almost poetic at times, while still raising goose bumps. I didn't want it to be over, even though the climax (totally unexpected) was very satisfying. All in all a completely entertaining book, and I'll be watching for more novels from this author.

A wonderful book that sends chills.

Some of the scenes in this book are simply fantastic. I enjoyed STORYTELLERS very much and was hooked all the way through. I look forward to reading more from new author Julie Anne Parks. This book gives the term failed marriage a new meaning.

an enthralling tale of love and terror

Storytellers is a compelling novel that weaves legend into the dynamic relationships betwen the characters. Like all good horror novels, the outcome is in question until the last page.