by Joseph A. Citro
1987, Zebra Books
Mysterious deaths in rural Vermont, possibly connected to mysterious ancient stone structures. Slow moving, but with a surprisingly good payoff. The tone kind of depressed me, as it accurately captured a certain small town sadness. Not in a David Lynch kind of way, just old folks drinking hard liquor, pretending to work on cars, and avoiding their wives while they slowly wait to die.
Citro does a great balancing job with a lot of his elements. Just enough violence without getting silly, just enough explaining without spoiling the mystery. Given that Citro is primarily a "non-fiction" writer on Unexplained Vermont, he didn't go overboard on the exposition.
No clowns, but props on having evil fairies. Not enough evil fairies in horror literature. Guardian Angels is a sequel.
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