Ravenous

Publisher Marketing: In "When Emily Crane s car breaks down on a dark, lonely road at night, she is attacked and raped by a man she kills in self-defense. That night, the dead rapist walks out of the morgue. Later, Emily begins to experience strange cravings and her body undergoes terrifying changes. When brutal killings leave victims partially eaten in the northern California coastal town of Big Rock, Sheriff Arlin Hurley scoffs at the talk of werewolves . . . until a tuft of wolf s fur is found on a victim. It soon becomes clear that whatever is responsible for the killings, it is not alone. There are more than one. And they are doing something much worse than killing and eating people. Nearly twenty-five years ago, Ray Garton reinvented the vampire mythos with his erotic novel Live Girls. Now he has updated the curse of the werewolf in Ravenous. Ray Garton is the author of sixty books, including horror novels such as the Bram Stoker Award nominated Live Girls, Crucifax, Lot Lizards, and The Loveliest Dead; thrillers like Sex and Violence in Hollywood, Murder Was My Alibi, and Trade Secrets; and seven short story collections. He has also written several movie and TV tie ins and a number of young adult novels under the name Joseph Locke. In 2006, he received the Grand Master of Horror Award. He lives in northern California with his wife."" Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/11/2008 pg. 56 (EAN 9780843958201, Mass Market Paperbound) Contributor Bio:  Garton, Ray Ray Garton is the author of 60 books, including horror novels such as the Bram Stoker Award-nominated LIVE GIRLS, CRUCIFAX, LOT LIZARDS and THE LOVELIEST DEAD; thrillers like SEX AND VIOLENCE IN HOLLYWOOD, MURDER WAS MY ALIBI, LOVELESS and TRADE SECRETS; and seven short story collections. He has also written several movie and TV tie-ins and a number of young adult novels under the name Joseph Locke. In 2006, he received the Grand Master of Horror Award. He lives in northern California with his wife. "Ray Garton is, and always has been, one of horror fiction's great innovators." -- F. Paul Wilson "Garton never fails to go for the throat!" -- Richard Laymon "Garton has a flair for taking veteran horror themes and twisting them to evocative or entertaining effect." -- Publishers Weekly "Razor-sharp and gut-punch brutal, Garton will scare you." -- Mark Kidwell, Fangoria magazine "Garton does not even know that there is top to go over." -- Rick Kleffel, The Agony Column "Ray Garton has consistently created some of the best horror ever set to print." -- Cemetery Dance magazine