{"product_id":"the-sundowners-dance","title":"The Sundowner's Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Todd Keisling is already a mainstay of modern horror, and this book proves why. A wildly original and unsettling tale, \u003cem\u003eThe Sundowner's Dance\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable journey of grief, cosmic horror, and making the most of the time we've got left. Pick up a copy of this book immediately.\" -Gwendolyn Kiste, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eReluctant Immortals \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Haunting of Velkwood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJerry Campbell just wants to be left alone. Grief-stricken over the death of his wife Abigail, the elderly widower and recent retiree is desperate for a change of scenery. When his realtor suggests a new home in Fairview Acres, a retirement community in the Poconos, Jerry figures it will be a nice place to spend the rest of his days in solitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil he moves in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeird neighbors. Nightly block parties. Strange noises across his rooftop at all hours. Worst of all is Arthur Peterson, chairman of the Fairview Acres Community Association, who seems obsessed with coaxing Jerry into participating in these neighborhood activities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first, Jerry shrugs off the incidents and eccentricities, telling himself he doesn't want to be the guy who complains about everything-but that all changes one evening when Katherine Dunnally appears on his doorstep with an ominous warning: \"You need to leave. The worms...they dance at nightfall...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis neighbors all say Katherine suffers from a form of dementia called Sundowner's Syndrome, but as the weeks progress and the strangeness mounts, Jerry begins to suspect there is something else going on in his neighborhood. Something that has to do with the huge stone in the community park...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeartfelt and unsettling, Todd Keisling's latest novel, The Sundowner's Dance, propels readers through a terrifying exploration of grief, dementia, and perhaps the greatest horror of all: growing old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Todd Keisling's \u003cem\u003eThe Sundowner's Dance\u003c\/em\u003e is a harrowing work of cosmic horror that masterfully inhabits a dark territory somewhere between John Langan and Bentley Little. Highly recommended.\" -Brian Keene\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reading \u003cem\u003eThe Sundowner's Dance\u003c\/em\u003e is a bit like casting a spell to ward off existential dread despite the greatest terrors of the novel evoking this very thing; the beauty and hopefulness at the core of the story refuse to be stamped out by either the wrath of an alien invader or the ravages of age. It's Todd Keisling at his absolute finest: dark, unflinching, visceral, and innovative. His pitch-perfect prose and masterful storytelling will leave you, quite literally, breathless.\" -Christa Carmen, Bram Stoker Award-winning and Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of \u003cem\u003eThe Daughters of Block Island\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2025 IngramSpark(R) Editorial Selection - Horror\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shortwave Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943369310439,"sku":"9781959565512","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_d9cef593-dc09-495a-a293-5533f33bf8ce.jpg?v=1775320737","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-sundowners-dance","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}