{"product_id":"wildcat-thicket-elford-alley-9798296505651","title":"Wildcat Thicket","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEARLY PRAISE FOR WILDCAT THICKET: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN, AUTHOR OF WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES: \u003cp\u003e\"Wildcat Thicket calls back to Joe R. Lansdale's best, characters scraping bone and sinew just to get by. This pre-historic Texas, cosmic cryptid creepfest is an absolute blast, that'll have you seeing heatwaves scintillating straight off the page.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of Never Leaving, Apartment 239, and A Haunted Holiday, comes a blood-spattered journey of survival. In the dying Texas town of Lagoe, Ry and Erin are just trying to survive. Trapped in a crumbling trailer, dogged by debt, and surrounded by ghosts of a better future. When their reclusive landlord vanishes deep within the woods of Wildcat Thicket, and something starts creeping towards their home at night, knocking, whistling, mocking; they realise their worst fears aren't late bills or speeding fines.\u003cp\u003eSomething is out there waiting for them, something pre-historic, mimicking, hungry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLock your doors. Trust the dog.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eDon't answer the voices.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEVE STRED, AUTHOR OF MASTODON AND CHURN THE SOIL: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A rollicking, suspenseful novella with a very unique take on Bigfoot, Eflord delivers a story with heart, humour, and plenty of page-turning action.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCOY HALL, AUTHOR OF THE OWL MEN OF SHANIDAR: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wildcat Thicket is the home of a mysterious doorway through time, a monstrous cat, and a horde of bipedal apes. And yet, it's still less scary than the surrounding world of AR-15 giveaways and overdue rent. Another darkly funny journey into the mind of Elford Alley.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIVY GRIMES, AUTHOR OF THE GHOSTS OF BLAUBART MANSION: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With wry observations and thrilling plot twists, Wildcat Thicket tells a marvelously relevant story about Ry and Erin; a couple trying to survive in a dying Texas town inhabited by mysterious creatures. Elford Alley weaves us an exciting story filled with the horrors of time-travelling beasts and late-stage capitalism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePATRICK TUMBLETY, AUTHOR OF THE OCTOBER CHILDREN: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A creature feature with horror, humour, and heart. Elford has crafted a tall tale that still manages to be both relevant and timeless.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elford Alley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798296505651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Elford Alley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517237899519,"sku":"9798296505651","price":10.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2a75eba4-ec2b-49f2-b622-820d5313e854.jpg?v=1778730840","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wildcat-thicket-elford-alley-9798296505651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}