Sign-In
Cart
Moonlit Massacre
Paperback
HorrorGLBTQIA EroticaLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $18.99
ISBN13: 9781943988433
Publisher: Literati Press Comics and Novels
Published: Oct 17 2024
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
In the summer of 1978, six employees of a Sirloin Stockade buffet restaurant found themselves forced into a walk-in freezer during a robbery, then executed, leaving no witnesses. The shocking events and resulting nine-month, nationwide manhunt left a deep scar in the psyche of Oklahoma City residents and served as inspiration for a new novel coming this October by English Professor and OKC City Councilor James Cooper.
Moonlit Massacre, Cooper's debut novel, draws inspiration from one of Oklahoma's most notorious crimes as well as other unsolved murders in the same time frame to knit together a story of a community gripped with fear. Rather than focus on the assailants, Cooper explores a young city rocked by tragedy.
Moonlit Massacre presents a diverse Oklahoma landscape overlooked by national news, utilizing elements of true crime, literary horror, and historical fiction to focus on the inner lives of Oklahomans from marginalized backgrounds. To bring this story to life, Cooper dedicated years to researching Oklahoma history and the Stockade murders before completing a Creative Writing MFA at Oklahoma City University. Similar books include Berney's November Road, Killers of the Flower Moon, Devil in the White City, the works of Stephen Graham Jones, and Jane Harper's The Dry.
Also in
Horror
The Amalfi Curse: A Bewitching Tale of Sunken Treasure, Forbidden Love, and Ancient Magic on the Amalfi Coast
Penner, Sarah
Hardcover
Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Stoker, Bram
Shelley, Mary
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Paperback
Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies
Esquivel, Laura
Paperback
The Putnams of Salem: A Novel of Power and Betrayal During the Salem Witch Trials
Houle, Greg
Paperback