The debut horror/thriller novella, The Vermin Sleep, set to launch on Tuesday July 23rd through Nightmare Press from James M Watjen, an award-winning indie horror filmmaker (Best First Time Director / Chicago Horror Film Fest ’24) and author.

The story centers around a child who deals with a traumatic upbringing at the hands of his father, and the eventual madness that follows him as he evolves into a serial killer in search of predators. This story as a cautionary tale of what can happen when untreated trauma is left to stir and progress. The book plays to the fragile condition of the human psyche while paying tribute to films and books such as Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and American Psycho.

Here is the blurb that is contained for the book: “Haunted by a traumatic childhood with an abusive father and a mother’s death, Alex Fulmer, struggles to find his footing in life while targeting pedophiles scattered throughout Chicago. Alex eventually lands the job of his dreams as a set builder on a children’s television show. Everything seems to be going great until he discovers a director’s sinister intentions towards a child actor and becomes entangled in a dangerous game of vigilante justice – a game that could lead him into the horrors he knew as a child, and into the pit of the vermin he despises.”

Rue Morgue recently did an article on their website as well for the book release: https://rue-morgue.com/books-james-m-watjens-the-vermin-sleep-is-true-crime-for-90s-slasher-fans/

Here are the links to the Good Reads page and Amazon Kindle Presale as well. KINDLE PREORDER LINK: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CYZNZ55L/

GOOD READS: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215354598-the-vermin-sleep

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