The Bloody Bucket

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Nat's dream job comes calling when a college needs someone to take charge of an annual haunt. One year before, Nat's predecessor went inside the haunt-but he never came out. Soon, Nat finds herself confronting the ghosts of her own past as well as curses bubbling forth from the land itself. "Douglas Ford's The Bloody Bucket is a potent blend of history, hauntings, twisted horns, and ancient evil in a dark academia tale that is steeped in Florida unease and stained with blood. Full of stories inside stories, of goats and crows, possession and poetry, sacrifices and open wounds, The Bloody Bucket is a masterpiece of the occult and deeply, deeply disturbing. Expect to see this one on all the award lists."- Lee Murray, five-time Bram Stoker Award®-winning author of Grotesque: Monster Stories "Where do you find inspiration for a deeply terrifying haunt? Sometimes it's there in the history of the land right under your feet, in the