“You would think that after years of rural horror we would know that corn is bad and yet… This book was creepy and tense and fantastic!” –Jaime Melville, San Diego

“[An] unholy mash-up of creepy, high-body-count paranormal thrills… Readers will find themselves well sated before the end.” –Publisher’s Weekly

Would you like to win an Advanced Review Copy of Jason Offutt’s upcoming rural horror novel, “The Girl in the Corn”? Just ask. All we ask in return is a fair review. A drawing for the three available ARCs will take place Dec. 25, so for three of you, Merry Christmas. Please include a mailing address in the below form.

When young Thomas Cavanaugh follows a strange girl into a cornfield, he doesn’t realize that moment will haunt him the rest of his life. After a troubled childhood, a mental hospital, and a series of dead-end jobs, he’s lost. When he’s visited by the Girl in the Corn, he discovers she seeks his help to destroy a dark entity. What Thomas doesn’t understand is why she needs him. What new mistake in a life full of mistakes will this mysterious person lure Thomas to make next?

Bobby Garrett is a strange young man who barely survived a strange childhood. He’s lived as a victim, but that’s going to change. With the help of the Girl in the Corn’s dark entity, Bobby vows to never be a victim again.

What happens when Thomas, Bobby and the Girl in the Corn’s entity meet? Can the universe survive?