Chaucer’s Books will host a book talk by Joseph Fink, author of “The Nudge,” 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 3321 State St., Santa Barbara.
Fink will be joined in conversation with local educator and author Craig Clevenger.
The new horror novella comes from the creator of “Welcome to Night Vale” and “Alice Isn’t Dead,” featuring original illustrations from “Night Vale” series artist Jessica Hayworth.
In the story, on the open road, evil doesn’t chase you. It waits …
Late one night, a wounded man checks into a remote roadside hotel. He’s running from something he can’t explain or escape. And over the course of a night, he will tell the hotel’s proprietor how his life fell apart.
It started with his wife. Subtle changes. Smiles that didn’t belong to her. Then violence — sudden, intimate, almost casual.
Therapy offered hope. Recovery seemed possible — until it wasn’t.
He believes a hidden influence has attached itself to him, one that never forces, never commands. It whispers. It suggests.
It nudges people toward their worst impulses.
Now the man wanders the country as a fugitive, hoping to break free from the evil that has wormed its way into him. But as our narrator’s story unfolds, he begins to question whether he’s fled far enough.
Fink is the critically acclaimed creator of the podcasts “Welcome to Night Vale” and “Alice Isn’t Dead,” as well as the New York Times-bestselling author of the novels “The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home,” “The Halloween Moon,” and “The First Ten Years.”
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