LOGAN VS. KINGSBURG

Logan devoured Jim Donohue’s Kingsburg, but will you when it comes out at the end of the month?

TITLE: Kingsburg

AUTHOR: Jim Donohue

GENRE: Supernatural Thriller

PAGES: 172

FORMAT: E-book

PRICE: $1.99 e-book

Small towns are full of secrets. Full of things hidden for generations. As an Appalachian, I have quite a bit of experience with this having grown up in what I would call a small village. Thirty-five minutes from town either way.

So, when it comes to small town horror, it will always be my thing. The rumors the secrets, everything has a mysterious feel. I can’t help but devour the stories whole. When I had a chance to ARC read Kingsburg by Jim Donohue, I couldn’t pass it up. 

Kingsburg is a small bay town in New York, one very different from the ones I’m familiar with. However, that feeling of knowing everyone is the same no matter where you go.  We open with Roger returning to Kingsburg, the issue is the town won’t let him leave. Nor, will his memories. Going home isn’t always sweet, not in a town where historically every man in your direct line disappears into the bay.

This supernatural thriller grabs you from the first line as you try to learn the secrets with Roger. There also seems to be some fairly heavy IT influence in the book. However, if you are writing small town horror it will always seep in.

From the beginning Jim creates a constant sense of dread, and suspense. It stays with you through the whole novel. He also has a gift for picking the perfect time to give you the information needed to build that suspense even more. 

This is done using another POV character. Her chapters give you information that Roger doesn’t have; thus, it creates a fear that will seep into your very soul. You find yourself waiting for Roger to run into the truth that has been hidden within Kingsburg for years, and let me tell you, when the mystery all wraps up, and the boardwalk becomes silent you will wonder what was going on all along. 

I think that is what is so compelling about Jim’s writing, it is not just cinematic, but incredibly emotional. He has created a world so ingrained in our own that you begin to wonder what secrets could be hidden in your own towns. 

The thing I like most of all in this novel is the idea of generational trauma and issues or maybe it is more like paying for the sins of the father. Either way, Jim really makes you feel for Roger, and his extended family. He is the last but is still called to Kingsburg. Called to his destiny, to his purpose, but he fights against it. 

To find out more you need to read. This is probably his best work yet.  Check it out on June 30^th, or preorder it now,

The boardwalk lights flicker, as the voices enter my mind compelling me to the end of the boardwalk. I smile as the Ferris wheel comes into view, five different lights flick on blinding me. I fell to the ground and sank into the darkened boards. Becoming something more, becoming nothing.

Logan Patrick has earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association, and author of The Disappearing of Three Forks, and has been included in the Horrorzine. As well as a collection, Marked: Tales of S.T.A.N.G.E., Logan has a background in theater, from acting to directing. As well as a play that is still in development.

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