Boys in the Valley

A Horror Novel by Philip Fracassi

Subgenres:

Possession,
Religious Horror,
Orphanage Setting,
Early 20th Century Pennsylvania,
Survival Horror

Published 2023

Length 335 pages

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Creepy orphanage settings with sinister supernatural forces
Boys facing off as friendships fracture under evil influence

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Life in the early 1900s wasn’t easy, especially for a child. After his parents are gruesomely murdered, Peter is sent to St. Vincent’s Orphanage for Boys. He and thirty other orphaned boys work, learn, and worship under the watchful eyes of the priests. Until one stormy night when a group of men arrive on their doorstep, one of them badly injured. When he dies, some ancient evil is released from the occult symbols carved into his skin. Soon, the school is infected. The boys begin acting different. And then they start turning up dead.

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Publisher Description

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys.

Early twentieth century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania.

Here, under the watchful eyes of several priests, thirty boys work, learn, and worship. Peter Barlow, orphaned as a child by a gruesome murder, has made a new life here. As he approaches adulthood, he has friends, a future...a family.

Then, late one stormy night, a group of men arrive at their door, one of whom is badly wounded, occult symbols carved into his flesh. His death releases an ancient evil that spreads like sickness, infecting St. Vincent's and the children within. Soon, boys begin acting differently, forming groups. Taking sides.

Others turn up dead.

Now Peter and those dear to him must choose sides of their own, each of them knowing their lives — and perhaps their eternal souls — are at risk.

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