Creatures of the Night

The debut from fledgling publishing house, Wildlands Publishing, Creatures of the Night, by multi-award-winning author of Mighty Mary and Spirits of the Ice Forest, Max Davine.During the Klondike Gold Rush, a 14-year-old foundling escapes from a British Columbian orphanage and inadvertently joins a group of parlour actresses on their way to Dawson City, seeking their fortunes.They don't know she is being followed. A beast out of mythology will stop at nothing to possess her forever. Or destroy her and everything she loves.Creatures of the Night is a lycanthropic horror tale that blends the Canadian folklore of the Rougarou with toxic teenage love. The mythological shape shifter and the duality of the abusive lover combine in a deeply disturbing, slow-burn horror set in the isolated and exploitative world of the Klondike parlor actresses. Davine brings the empathy of Mighty Mary to his protagonists and the deeply evocative atmosphere of Spirits of the Ice Forest to their environment. Creatures of the Night is both a tale of terror and appeal to humanity.