“Douglas Clegg knows exactly what scares us, and he knows just how to twist those fears into hair-raising chills…” – Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series.Julie thought she had a perfect life: a great husband – a doctor, a wonderful but troubled stepson and a beautiful daughter.

But now, it’s all changed.

“Clegg’s stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby.”
— Dean Koontz

Someone is breaking into her house at night — while everyone is asleep.

Someone who brings a horrific message in a whisper of terror…

Afterlife is a full-length novel, approximately 300 pages in print. Exclusively published by Alkemara Press for ebook.

Look for other books (fiction) from Alkemara Press, including:

The Children’s Hour
Goat Dance
Purity
Dark of the Eye
The Words
Wild Things

With more to come…

Praise for Clegg’s fiction from bestselling authors:

“Clegg is the best horror writer of the post-Stephen King generation.”
— Bentley Little, author of The Policy

“Clegg delivers!”
— John Saul, bestselling author of Faces of Fear and The Devil’s Labyrinth.

“A master of the genre. Absolutely thrilling! Douglas Clegg is the future of dark fantasy.”
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
New York Times bestselling author of the Dark-Hunters.

“Douglas Clegg has become the new star in horror fiction.”
— Peter Straub
author of Lost Boy, Lost Girl and the New York Times Bestseller Black House (with Stephen King)

“Clegg is one of the best!”
— Richard Laymon

“Douglas Clegg is a weaver of nightmares!”
— Robert R. McCammon
author of The Queen of Bedlam and Speaks The Nightbird.

About the Author:

Douglas Clegg is the award-winning and bestselling author of horror, gothic, fantasy, thriller and suspense fiction, including Goat Dance, Purity, The Words, The Children’s Hour, Breeder, Neverland, The Hour Before Dark, You Come When I Call You, The Machinery of Night, Bad Karma, Nightmare House, Naomi, The Nightmare Chronicles, The Attraction, Dark of the Eye, Mischief, The Infinite, The Abandoned, Red Angel, Night Cage — and more.

His fiction has won the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the Shocker Award.