In a single week, The Staircase within the Woods seems within the mist. Beckoning you to stroll up its risers and see the place it leads.

Hope you’ll test it out — and perhaps even come see me as I pirouette drunkenly from coast to coast on guide tour.

You may order the guide from quite a lot of wonderful locations — signed from Doylestown Bookshop, or from any of the shops I’m visiting on tour, but additionally, Bookshop.org, Kobo, libro.fm, B&N, Apple Books, Amz, and so forth.

It’s an IndieNext decide for Could, and a LibraryReads decide for Could. Ahh!

I’m very excited for it to be out on this planet.

I’ll submit the guide’s extra official blurbs/evaluations later, however for now, when you stay unconvinced, right here’s a scattering of feedback from early evaluations from readers over at Netgalley and past:

“The Staircase within the Woods is a symphony of shadows, a haunting and unforgettable journey into the center of worry. Wendig’s skill to conjure a palpable environment of dread, mixed together with his expertise for creating characters which can be each deeply human and profoundly weak, makes this an absolute must-read for anybody who craves a narrative that can linger within the darkest corners of their thoughts. Put together to be captivated, disturbed, and completely enthralled.” — Kori S, reviewer, 5/5

“The Staircase within the Woods isn’t only a story—it’s a sensory overload, a darkish meditation, and a sprawling tangle of feelings you’ll really feel lengthy after you’ve closed the final web page. Chuck Wendig takes an odd and chilling thought—a staircase in the midst of nowhere—and builds an entire universe round it, brick by unsettling brick.” — Tessa P, reviewer 5/5

“Eerie, lovely, and completely gripping, The Staircase within the Woods is Chuck Wendig at his greatest. A haunting thriller wrapped in folklore and worry, it attracts you in with lyrical prose and leaves you breathless with its emotional depth. Unusual, darkish, and unforgettable.” — Trina B, reviewer, 5/5

“Chuck does it once more. One other phenomenal guide. This one has some Home of Leaves in its DNA. Some FNAF. A number of Chuck — and all the pieces you’d anticipate from him. The characters are so good. The plot is superior, stuffed with twists and turns. And the emotional core of friendships misplaced after time + tragedy ties all of it collectively. Adore it. You must learn it.” — Jeffrey W, librarian, 5/5

“Chuck Wendig’s novel reads like a cinematic fever dream, equal components horror and elegy. This isn’t only a ghost story. It’s concerning the divide between childhood and maturity, the secrets and techniques we bury and the truths we supply—typically alone. It’s concerning the injury performed in houses that appeared good from the surface and the roles we undertake to outlive what’s taking place inside… As a result of on the finish of the day, this can be a story about reality. Those we disguise from others and those we disguise from ourselves. As youngsters, we tackle roles—athlete, mind, comic—to guard ourselves. However ultimately, if we wish to reside freely, we’ve to strip away these masks and face what’s actually there. At nighttime. On the foot of the steps.” — Stella G., reviewer, 5/5

“What occurs from there merely can’t be described to any justice with out studying the guide. This guide goes to hang-out me and provides me what I’m anticipating to be the worst guide hangover that I can keep in mind. I learn this in a single sitting and have become so invested in these advanced and layered characters that I couldn’t wait to be taught their destiny.” — Reviewer 1316058 5/5

ANYWAY, hope you’ll test it out. Additionally right now is my birthday so that you’re obligated to purchase me a gift by shopping for your self a gift. And this current is that this guide. It’s simply Birthday Legislation, I don’t make the foundations, I solely uphold them.