Girl in the Creek

by Wendy N. Wagner Narrated by Not Yet Available

Overview

Girl in the Creek by Hugo Award winner Wendy N. Wagner is an atmospheric and eerie story about a Pacific Northwest forest that seems to be devouring all who enter. A perfect read for fans of T. Kingfisher and Jeff VanderMeer's cli-fi cosmic horror.

Mt. Hood National Forest has always been a sanctuary for evil-human and alien.

The shadows of looming trees and long-abandoned mines shelter poachers and serial killers alike. Then there's the ruined hotel on the outskirts of picturesque small town Faraday, Oregon, nestled in the foothills of Mt. Hood. The one drowning in mushrooms and fungus not even the local expert can identify.

Not to mention the stacks of missing persons cases.

Freelance writer Erin Harper arrives in Faraday to find out what happened to her brother, whose disappearance in the forest has haunted her for years. But someone else has gone missing. And when Erin finds her in the creek, the girl vanishes again - this time from the morgue, and days later her fingerprints show up at a murder scene.

Maybe it's a serial killer, or maybe it's the spores infecting the forest and those lost inside. Erin must find answers quickly, before anyone else goes missing. But she might be next...

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Praise for Wendy N. Wagner:

“Wagner's eerie, gorgeously rendered tale goes all in on gothic decadence...The evocative prose and insightful heroine make this a treasure.”
—Publishers Weekly on The Secret Skin

“All of Wendy Wagner's stories feature a rare and precious element: tremendous heart.”
—Fran Wilde, Nebula Award-winning author on An Oath of Dogs

"Wagner effortlessly mixes football and folk horror in this terrifying new novel."
—Angela Slatter, award-winning author of The Briar Book of the Dead on The Deer Kings

“Fast-paced and exciting, An Oath of Dogs is an inventive sci-fi novel about nature, science, corporations, and the drive for survival in us all.”
—Bustle

"Masterful...This is a compulsively readable novel with strong characters that live and breathe on the page and a richly detailed and evocative Pacific Northwest setting."
—Bram Stoker Award-winning author Tim Waggoner on The Deer Kings

Product Details

BN ID:	2940192401910
Publisher:	Macmillan Audio
Publication date:	02/18/2025
Edition description:	Unabridged