And unsatisfied with the small-town investigation, Douglas enlists his friends to help him solve the mystery. On the cusp of Halloween, a serial killer has arrived. Until one day an incredibly out of the ordinary murder victim is brought to the funeral home.

It’s business as usual in Douglas’s small New England town.

And the display room of caskets is an awesome place for hide and seek. The mortician and gravediggers are all his buddies. Generations of his family have run the Mortimer Family Funeral Home. Summary: Douglas has grown up around the business of death. And his long-dead ancestors.Įqual parts spooky and melancholy, funny and heartfelt, The Gravedigger's Son is a gorgeous debut that will long sit beside Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book and Jonathan Auxier's The Night Gardener.Published October 31st, 2017 by Sky Pony Press There, the two are captured by a coven of Weavers, dark magic witches who want only two thing-to escape the murky woods where they've been banished, and to raise the dead and shift the balance of power back to themselves. Just as Ian's friend, Fiona, convinces him to talk to his father, they're lured into the woods by a risen corpse that doesn't want to play by the rules. So he reluctantly continues his training under the careful watch of his undead mentor, hoping every day that he's never Called and carefully avoiding the path that leads into the forbidden woods bordering the cemetery. Such a wish is, of course, selfish and impossible.

It's his family's job to bury the dead and then, when Called by the dearly departed, to help settle the worries that linger beyond the grave so spirits can find peace in the Beyond.īut Ian doesn't want to help the dead-he wants to be a Healer and help the living. Ian Fossor is last in a long line of Gravediggers. 'A Digger must not refuse a request from the Dead.' -Rule Five of the Gravedigger's Code You Can Do It!: Motivation and Self-Help Audiobooks.LGBTQIA Audiobooks Memoirs & Biographies.ICYMI 2: Titles You've Been Meaning to Check Out.Common Ground: Community Connections Through Shared Experiences.Presto-DIGI-cation! (it's the New Stay-cation).Nature Books for Hibernators, or Feeling Outside When the Weather Keeps You Inside.NaNoWriMo Inspo: November is National Novel Writing Month!.March to the Beat of Your Own Crafting Drummer.Creepies and Creatures and Weirdness, oh my!.

The Gravedigger's Son by Patrick Moody