If you’re looking for a good horror book to read on the road to Halloween, Stephen King has got you covered with a brand new recommendation here on the very first day of Fall 2025.
Author Keith Rosson’s (Fever House, The Devil by Name) new horror novel Coffin Moon was released earlier this month, and the King of horror say it’s “mind-blowingly good”!
Stephen King tweets this morning, “Coffin Moon, Keith Rosson: This is mind-blowingly good. A horror novel that will keep you awake long after you turn the last page.”
So what’s it about? Here’s the official synopsis for Coffin Moon, which just so happens to be a vampire novel. And King, the author of Salem’s Lot, knows a thing or two about vampires…
“It’s the winter of 1975, and Portland, Oregon, is all sleet and neon. Duane Minor is back home after a tour in Vietnam, a bartender just trying to stay sober; save his marriage with his wife, Heidi; and connect with his thirteen-year-old niece, Julia, now that he’s responsible for raising her. Things aren’t easy, but Minor is scraping by.
“Then a vampire walks into his bar and ruins his life.
“When Minor crosses John Varley, a killer who sleeps during the day beneath loose drifts of earth and grows teeth in the light of the moon, Varley brutally retaliates by murdering Heidi, leaving Minor broken with guilt and Julia filled with rage. What’s left of their splintered family is united by only one desire: vengeance.
“So begins a furious, frenzied pursuit across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. From grimy alleyways to desolate highways to snow-lashed plains, Minor and Julia are cast into the dark orbit of undead children, silver bullet casters, and the bevy of broken men transfixed by Varley’s ferocity. Everyone’s out for blood.”
You can grab your copy of Coffin Moon from publisher Random House now.
King had previously praised Rosson’s Fever House, calling it “exciting, suspenseful, horrifying.”
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