{"product_id":"ash-wednesday-neil-jackson-9781637894323","title":"Ash Wednesday","description":"Scattered through the streets and homes of Merridale are glowing, transparent blue forms, frozen in their death agonies. They do not speak-and are all the more terrifying for their silence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMerridale's dead have returned. All hell is about to break loose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition of\u003ci\u003e Ash Wednesday\u003c\/i\u003e contains a final portion that was not included with the book when it was first published. It was removed due to an editorial decision to which I acquiesced. After the book appeared, the last chapter was published in Bill Munster's excellent small press magazine, \u003ci\u003eFootsteps\u003c\/i\u003e. The entire book as originally written appears here, and in the accompanying audiobook, for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsh Wednesday\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In a genre that spawns imitation Stephen King almost as fast as King himself produces the real thing, Chet Williamson has done something powerful and new. You will be haunted by this book.\" - Orson Scott Card, \u003ci\u003eMagazine of F\u0026amp;SF\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A rich, carefully constructed novel about the ravages of guilt and about the real horror of life...grim, unrelenting, and compelling.\" - Michael Morrison, \u003ci\u003eFantasy Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A riveting, descriptive account of the effect the dead have on the living...both thought-provoking and entertaining. I couldn't put the book down.\" - Betty Saputo, Rave Reviews \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A strong if necessarily macabre and uncomfortable tale of moral import.\" - Fritz Leiber \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Excellently written, painstakingly plotted, and thoroughly believable. A masterfully skillful book.\" - Peter Crowther \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The jacket copy claims '\u003ci\u003eAsh Wednesday\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful, literate work of fiction that addresses the fantastic and human character - one of those rare works of horror literature, such as Shirley Jackson's \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House \u003c\/i\u003eor Peter Straub's\u003ci\u003e Ghost Story, \u003c\/i\u003e that transcends genre.' Wow - a jacket quote that doesn't lie!\" - The Horror Show \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Disturbing, challenging, and anything but reassuring. A cold hard look at the everyday terrors of death, ghosts, and madness. A haunting vision of purgatory on earth.\" - Ramsey Campbell \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAsh Wednesday\u003c\/i\u003e is enough of a book to stand on its own without the intrusion of the supernatural. Yet its haunting image of the mute, motionless spirits that inhabit a small town remains lodged in the mind like a bullet in the brain. Chet Williamson has written a disturbingly memorable novel.\" - Les Daniels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Jackson,Chet Williamson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1637894325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637894323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Macabre Ink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.77d","brand":"Neil Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874672259327,"sku":"9781637894323","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ash-wednesday-neil-jackson-9781637894323","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}