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Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past with his two daughters in tow. Having left his wife, his house, his whole life behind in Maryland, he's desperate for money—it's not easy to find steady, safe work when you can't provide references, you can't stay in one place for long, and you're paranoid that your past is creeping back up on you.

From the Bram Stoker award-nominated author of The Spite House comes a bone-chilling new novel about a private investigator hired by a mysterious billionaire to discover why he can’t die. When private investigator Shyla Sinclair is invited to the looming mansion of eccentric billionaire Saxton...

Sarita has been watched over by a guardian angel her entire life. She calls him Angelo, and keeps him a secret. But secrets can’t stay buried forever. When Angelo murders someone she loves, Sarita begins to see what's really been lurking in the shadows surrounding her. And she will have to embrace the evil within if she hopes to make it out alive. Johnny Compton, critically acclaimed author of The Spite House and master of dread, takes you on a terrifying race of one woman against the hordes of hell.

A man gets into a car that can take him anywhere he can imagine—including the past, into the worst mistake of his life, a memory he does not want to relive, cannot escape, and is even more afraid to alter. A seemingly harmless, forgettable film about “alien hand syndrome” inspires a wave of self-harm among viewers—and even stranger things among those who become obsessed with it.

About the Show: Conversations with creative guests, broadly, but not strictly about one of three possible subjects:I LOVED THIS! - In which the guest gets to gush about a story they are absolutely in love with.Author's Commentary - In which the guest author talks about deleted scenes, changed characters and other alterations they've mad to one (or more) of their stories.Studying the Scares - In which the guest picks a moment from a work of horror (or, perhaps, the entire work, if they just can't narrow it down) so we can talk about what makes it so effective and memorable, as well as the ...

Hosted by horror author Johnny Compton (THE SPITE HOUSE, releasing Feb 7 2023), Healthy Fears is a unique horror-discussion podcast that goes beyond reviewing horror in fiction. Each episode focuses on a specific fear and examines potential benefits, detriments, or both of said fear, while examining how it is featured in film, literature, television, lore and more.For sources, music licensing information and more, visit HealthyFears.com.For more about me as an author, visit JohnnyCompton.com.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/healthy-fears. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...