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And so we arrive at harvest time. The air has chilled. The trees are bursting with red fruit. The hinge of your jaw tightens with want as you can taste the apple even before you bite it, bringing with it not only juice and tartness but also, the promise of being better than everyone, of being the greatest version of yourself, perfect and special in every way, damn any who disagree, and damn any who will not dare to take a bite of this red-black apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black River Orchard is out this week. (Next week in the UK.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us get your procurement options out of the way, with special note that Your Local Bookstore is always the best, unless you wish for a book that I have mauled with both my signature and some crass personalization — in which case, you’re best getting from either Doylestown Bookshop<\/a> or<\/em> any of of the bookstores I will be visiting in the coming weeks<\/a>. Finally, signed copies available also through The Signed Page<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otherwise, your choices include but are not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hardcover<\/strong>: Bookshop.org<\/a> | B&N<\/a> | BAM<\/a> | Amazon<\/a> | Powells<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

eBook<\/strong>: Amazon<\/a> | Apple<\/a> | Kobo<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audio<\/strong>: Kobo<\/a> | Libro.fm<\/a> | Apple<\/a> | Audible<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And more ways to buy here, at the PRH page for the book<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also come see me on tour<\/a>, and I’ll A your Qs and we’ll even eat weird apples together — and check out the Ruby Slipper apple merch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the Book<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A small town is transformed when seven strange trees begin bearing magical apples in this masterpiece of horror from the bestselling author of Wanderers <\/em>and The Book of Accidents<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cChuck Wendig is one of my very favorite storytellers. Black River Orchard<\/em> is a deep, dark, luscious tale that creeps up on you and doesn\u2019t let go.\u201d\u2014Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s autumn in the town of Harrow, but something besides the season is changing there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because in that town there is an orchard, and in that orchard, seven most unusual trees. And from those trees grows a new sort of apple: strange, beautiful, with skin so red it\u2019s nearly black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a bite of one of these apples, and you will desire only to devour another. And another. You will become stronger. More vital. More yourself, <\/em>you will believe.<\/em> But then your appetite for the apples and their peculiar gifts will keep growing\u2014and become darker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is what happens when the townsfolk discover the secret of the orchard. Soon it seems that everyone is consumed by an obsession with the magic of the apples… and what\u2019s the harm, if it is making them all happier, more confident, more powerful?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if something else is buried in the orchard besides the seeds of these extraordinary trees: a bloody history whose roots reach back to the very origins of the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now the leaves are falling. The days grow darker. It\u2019s harvest time, and the town will soon reap what it has sown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWendig wows with this wildly unsettling horror tale… Wendig is brilliant at slowly raising the plot\u2019s emotional temperature and making his characters, caught in a creeping nightmare, feel both real and empathetic. This masterful outing should continue to earn Wendig comparisons to Stephen King.\u201d\u2014Publishers Weekly<\/em> (starred review)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Wendig writes doorstoppers, but it\u2019s safe to say there\u2019s something for everyone here, from the creepy Eyes Wide Shut <\/em>vibe (complete with sacrificial rituals) to the Stephen King\u2013laced dichotomy between the world\u2019s everyday cruelty and the truly grotesque carnage that follows. Both complex and compelling, a nightmare-inducing parable about our own wickedness.” \u2014<\/strong>Kirkus Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAn epic saga that is at once a propulsive horror novel and a parable, a thriller and a cautionary tale, Black River Orchard<\/em> is the immensely talented Chuck Wendig at his finest.\u201d\u2014Lisa Unger, New York Times<\/em> bestselling author of Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA gripping story of love and legacies gone rotten, deeply rooted in the landscape and as twisty and gnarled as an ancient apple tree.\u201d\u2014T. Kingfisher, USA Today <\/em>bestselling author of What Moves the Dead<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis will undoubtedly be heralded as one of the finest horror novels of the twenty-first century.\u201d\u2014Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEnchanting, exquisite and dark, Chuck Wendig masterfully weaves a new horrifying fairy tale in Black River Orchard<\/em>.\u201d\u2014Cynthia Pelayo, Bram Stoker Award winner of Crime Scene<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCreepy and insidious,\u202fBlack River Orchard<\/em> whets your appetite and then turns you inside out.\u201d\u2014Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award\u2013winning author of Queen of Teeth<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBlack River Orchard<\/em> should come with a warning label: You\u2019ll never bite into another apple without remembering this dark, demented, and genuinely frightening novel.\u201d\u2014Jason Rekulak, author of Hidden Pictures<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cChuck Wendig\u2019s Black River Orchard <\/em>slithers and shines, its dangerous belly full of dark magic and accusations. I\u2019ve been a fan of Wendig for years, and this is his best novel yet.\u201d\u2014Gabino Iglesias, Stoker Award-winning author of The Devil Takes You Home<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAn essential for horror readers, and buy it for new horror readers\u2014it will convert them instantly.\u201d\u2014V. Castro, author of The Haunting of Alejandra<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlucks your heartstrings and preys on your fears at the same time . . . High-stakes horror meets peak emotional investment means Total. Reader. Devastation.\u201d\u2014Sadie Hartmann, author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You\u2019re Murdered<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA fresh and unexpected horror feat, expertly drawing from the ancient, endless wells of our greatest fears.\u201d\u2014Premee Mohamed, Nebula Award\u2013winning author of Beneath the Rising<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A dark, frightening tale that will chill readers to the core.” \u2014<\/strong>Booklist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Insatiable, passionate, weird, and creepy, Wendig\u2019s latest is perfect for those who appreciate the slow-burning horror tomes of Stephen King and Robert McCammon.” \u2014<\/strong>Library Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What You Can Do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’m ringing this bell a lot, and I apologize — but while readers do not owe their authors anything beyond nabbing the story from a store or library, there are things you can do to help this book (and by proxy, me as an author) continue to exist in the world and not perish in a deep dark abyss of obscurity. Those things include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n