Chasing the Boogeyman (The Boogeyman Series)

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RC: The Best of Cemetery Dance is arguably the finest quality because it pulls the very best stories from the life of the magazine. The Shivers series is ongoing and a lot of fun, and we’ve published some real gems between those covers. But, for my money, the October Dreams anthologies are my favorites. I love Halloween and to me those two books are unabashed celebrations of the holiday. Graham, Jamie (April 27, 2023). "Stephen King loved The Boogeyman so much he urged them to release it in theaters". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on April 29, 2023 . Retrieved April 30, 2023. Young Rich can't leave it alone. He and his friend, Carly Allbright start investigating the case. He knows the culprit has to be near. But it is safe? Someone is calling his home and hanging up. Then, he feels like someone is following him. Lastly, he believes the murderer is seeking him out. But why? I see a lot of other reviewers saying this is a 5 star idea and a 2 star plot and I’d have to agree. The concept of this book sounds really cool, but the execution wasn’t my favorite. If I didn’t have the audiobook to help me get through it I might have stopped reading it. Most of the book was so boring and the author just dragged on about these stories from his childhood (which may or may not be true?? Like who knows lol 😅) Billed as suspense/horror, I feel as if I missed something. Despite the blurb comparing this story to Stephen King and Michelle McNamara, I failed to see a resemblance.

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Literature was invented around 3400 B.C. Approximately 5,419 years later, Richard Chizmar has invented an entirely new genre of literature with Chasing the Boogeyman. Compulsive, encompassing storytelling. Do not miss this one!” —Brian Keene, bestselling author of The RisingLike any kind of writing, literary criticism must strive to find the most precise words to communicate what it wants readers to see as it deconstructs a narrative. That’s why vague words like “special” and “unique” are frowned upon; they fail to be specific. That said, both of them apply perfectly to Richard Chizmar’s Chasing the Boogeyman. An outstanding metafictional narrative that inhabits the interstitial space between true crime, memoir, and horror novel, this is a bizarre hybrid that somehow works beautifully and feels like much more than the sum of its disparate elements. It’s certainly extraordinary, mind blowing metafiction is written like a true crime fiction! Extremely disturbing, spin tingling, nerve bending, twisty, outrageously surprising and truly explosive! Geisinger, Gabriella (October 8, 2019). "Fox movies scrapped forever after Disney's big takeover". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on February 12, 2021 . Retrieved March 13, 2022. Chasing the Boogeyman is the perfect combination between fear and thrilling. A master of his craft. ” — FanFiAddict

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JJ: Do you have to be a fan of the writers you publish? Did you discover new favorite authors along the way? If so, who? This is a slow-paced yet suspenseful read, especially as the tension between the narrator and the killer builds. Even though I knew I was reading fiction, I couldn't shake the feeling that the events were not real, which made this an intriguing reading experience. Riveting. Chilling. Chasing the Boogeyman is an unflinching look at a real-life monster and the ordinary heroes obsessed with stopping him.” — Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Final Girls and Home Before Dark Richard Chizmar is a recent graduate and has returned to his hometown armed with his curiosity, his journalist friend, Carly, and writing utensils. He is planning his wedding, but he is also planning on doing some detective work on his own. He feels as if he is being watched, strange calls are coming in, and well, he may have put himself in a little danger. Horror fiction tends to fail in the absence of empathy, and Chizmar knows that well. The killing and subsequent descriptions of the serial killer’s victims are there, and they will make fans of true crime very happy, but the author also takes time to painstakingly present the town of Edgewood and its residents in a way that makes readers care for them. These are mostly good people—good parents, friends, and neighbors—living through a nightmare. Readers see that, and they feel their pain… and that makes them care much more about what happens in the story, both the real one and the fictional.

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This is the best book that I have read in a long time and is certainly the only book of its kind that I have ever read.” — Ramblings of a Bookworm Chasing the Boogeyman” by Richard Chizmar is truly a unique reading experience for readers that love horror with an authentic true crime twist. I originally wanted to read this book because of the fact that Chizmar has co-written a book with the legendary Stephen King and even King himself said this was “genuinely chilling” and that’s all I needed to know. We follow Richard as he unearths clues with the help of a police lieutenant as well as a reporter. Richard tries to puzzle out who among his neighbors and maybe even friends and acquaintance could be the boogeyman.

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It is masterfully written, and the plotting is so watertight that not a single droplet of blood spills.” — The Mindflayer Wonderful…a knotty mystery with an elegant resolution at its heart....It feels so original, dizzy-making in its expert layering of fact and fiction....A hymn to both innocence and to growing up.” — Catriona Ward, bestselling author of The Last House on Needless StreetChizmar (in collaboration with Johnathon Schaech) has also written screenplays and teleplays for United Artists, Sony Screen Gems, Lions Gate, Showtime, NBC, and many other companies. He has adapted the works of many bestselling authors including Stephen King, Peter Straub, and Bentley Little. In Chizmer’s skillful hands, the book becomes mystery, thriller, and a haunting tale of small-town life that lingers long after finishing.” RC: Accept that it’s a long and bumpy road to becoming a successful writer – and there are many different definitions of “successful” in the writing world. Learn to accept the rejection and self-doubt as a sort of badge of honor that all writers must earn along the way. Be stubborn and get the words down on paper (I’m talking about that most difficult of all first draft) and worry about revising and polishing later. I did like that he got to interview the killer in the end but even that left me wanting. There were questions he asked that the killer wouldn't answer but claimed he would at a later time. This led me to believe there would be a second interview but nope, the book ends, and we never do get those answers. Described as part memoir, part fiction that reads like TRUE CRIME, it is so believable that I kept thinking I misread something! I even googled the “crime” halfway through to see if it at least closely resembled an actual event!!