Christopher Locke – författare

Vincent and The Dissidents is the thrilling second book of the acclaimed animal rights-themed YA series, The Enlightenment Adventures. If you haven''t read the first book, Persimmon Takes On Humanity, get your copy today!

In Book Two, while plucky raccoon Persimmon and her group of forest friends, The Enlighteners, continue their daring efforts to rescue all animals who are suffering at the hands of humans, little do they know that Vincent--the cunning mink who helped the team liberate a fur farm--has been assembling an army of formidable creatures. Vincent and The Dissidents are conducting their own rescue missions, but their violent tactics against humans are quickly leading to catastrophic consequences.

Meanwhile, just as Persimmon and The Enlighteners are mounting their most ambitious rescue so far, a tragic incident alters Persimmon''s life forever and jeopardizes the fate of The Enlighteners.

This house has seen things it won''t let you forget. When a new family moves into the house at 25 Trumbulls Road, the narrator''s vivid dreams of a teary-eyed, raw-smelling woman who lives beneath the floor turn chillingly real. Five years later, the house''s new set of inhabitants are visited by the spectral presence of the little girl they lost. In these five tales, linked by a single haunted house, the characters move through a world suspended between nightmare and loss, where the unexplainable and disquieting are fueled by ordinary grief and longing. Christopher Locke explores the ways in which our unspoken fears and everyday regrets sustain the darker heart of a home-its doorways and windows, its basements and lights-until it fills those corners of our lives with something close to terror. His stories ask: how does a home feed on this energy, growing stronger with each new, sinister end? As compulsively readable as it is unsettling, 25 TRUMBULLS ROAD takes us to the places we''re afraid to go, then leaves us at a destination where we are our most human.

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"A haunting, surreal, visceral collection of tales that is lyrical and poetic, while not losing its bite. Christopher Locke has channeled the ghosts of Matt Bell, Denis Johnson, and Jac Jemc, while retaining his own unique voice."

-Richard Thomas

"Locke is a master of the slow burn. The events at 25 TRUMBULLS ROAD will stick and cycle back through your head for weeks."

-Richard Peabody

"In 25 TRUMBULLS ROAD, Christopher Locke weaves together a series of eerily gorgeous narratives in which fathers, mothers, children, and dogs stumble into waking nightmares. Each ghostly flash glows with damage, mystery, and inevitability. This enchanting chapbook of tiny horror stories chills and entertains from beginning to end."

-Meg Pokrass