Carry Me to My Grave

Christopher Golden is the New York Times bestselling author of such novels as Ararat, Red Hands, Snowblind, Wildwood Road, The Boys Are Back in Town, The Ferryman, Strangewood, and Of Saints and Shadows. Golden co-created (with Mike Mignola) the comic book universe known as The Outerverse, featuring such characters as Baltimore, Joe Golem, and Lady Baltimore. As an editor, he has worked on the short story anthologies Hex Life, Seize the Night, and The New Dead, among others, and has also written and co-written comic books, video games, screenplays, a BBC radio play, and the online animated series Ghosts of Albion (with Amber Benson). A frequent speaker at conferences, schools, and libraries, Golden is also co-host of the podcast Defenders Dialogue, and the founder of the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival. The winner of the Bram Stoker Award for best novel in 2017 for Ararat, Golden has been nominated ten times in eight different categories, winning twice. He has also been nominated multiple times for the Shirley Jackson Award, sharing a win in 2020 with James A. Moore for the anthology The Twisted Book of Shadows.Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. His original novels have been published in more than fourteen languages in countries around the world. Please visit him at www.christophergolden.com

PRAISE FOR CARRY ME TO MY GRAVE:GOODREADS MOST ANTICIPATED HORROR 2026Some books are made from equal parts blood and adrenaline and wonder. Carry Me to My Grave is all of that, with heart to burn.-Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times-bestselling author of The Only Good IndiansHarrowing, terrifying, and utterly gripping, Carry Me to My Grave is a brilliantly written nightmare that will burrow deep into your subconscious. Christopher Golden's deft weaving of familial love, juxtaposed alongside the stark brutalities of survival, creates an atmosphere as poignant as it is chilling.-Monika Kim, author of The Eyes are the Best Part and MolkaCarry Me To My Grave is a propulsive combustion engine of horror akin to a cosmic Faulkner --imagine a supernatural As I Lay Dying -that also captures the fragile humanity of Bradbury. This novel never rests, and you won't either, once you start reading it, racing towards the end of one of Christopher Golden's absolute best.-Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your EyesA deeply unsettling horror novel that reads like a high-intensity thriller, Carry Me to the Grave is unputdownable. A dark and mysterious mother, a promise made on a deathbed, an edge-of-your-seat train adventure, and terrifying ancient evil are all thrown into Christopher Golden's writing cauldron, and what comes out is pure magic. Don't miss this one!-Jennifer McMahon, New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People and My Darling Girl.Carry Me to My Grave is an absolute barnburner of a book, giving us mystery, dread, action, deliciously complicated family dynamics, fight scenes that would be at home in an Indiana Jones or Repairman Jack adventure, monsters that would make TED Klein and Clive Barker cheer, and even some good old-fashioned smoldering romance. Once this train gets rolling, there's no stopping it. Golden has outdone himself with this one.-Nat Cassidy, USA Today-bestselling author of When the Wolf Comes Home and MaryGolden writes horror the way it should be written: propulsive, relentless, and monstrous. With prose as sharp as bones and tension that creeps under your skin and tangles through your veins, Carry Me To My Grave takes root in the dark-and refuses to die. A roaring, bloody, feral ride.-Lindy Ryan, author of Dollface and Bless Your HeartA thrilling odyssey with death in tow. Golden loads Carry Me to My Grave with fisticuffs, witchcraft, fiends, and fraught relationships from start to finish in a non-stop gauntlet. Go off the rails with this crazy train.-Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of All the Hearts You Eat