Ebook {Epub PDF} Sour Candy by Kealan Patrick Burke

Guests is a collection of four novellas by Kealan Patrick Burke, complete with new introductions to each story and illustrations by the author himself. “Jack and Jill” is a harrowing story of childhood trauma and how the scars it leaves behind can manifest into adult-sized nightmares; “Sour Candy” is a twisted and unnerving tale of. Sour Candy was my first read by Kealan Patrick Burke and it definitely won’t be my last. This novella starts with a punch to the gut and never lets up. The writing is amazing, and paints a truly visceral and raw portrait of a man driven to madness by a little boy who everyone thinks is his own son.  · Sour Candy. Kealan Patrick Burke. • 37 Ratings; $; $; Some might say he spoils his son by allowing him to set his own bedtimes and eat candy whenever he wants. Some might say that such leniency is starting to take its toll on the father, given how his health has declined. More Books by Kealan Patrick Burke. The Turtle Boy.

Sour Candy was my first read by Kealan Patrick Burke and it definitely won't be my last. This novella starts with a punch to the gut and never lets up. The writing is amazing, and paints a truly visceral and raw portrait of a man driven to madness by a little boy who everyone thinks is his own son. Guests is a collection of four novellas by Kealan Patrick Burke, complete with new introductions to each story and illustrations by the author himself. "Jack and Jill" is a harrowing story of childhood trauma and how the scars it leaves behind can manifest into adult-sized nightmares; "Sour Candy" is a twisted and unnerving tale of. "On top, Sour Candy is a parental nightmare. But just under the lid is a mindscrew-story of a man's life exploding. Like The Twilight Zone and the great, shorter stuff by Beaumont and Matheson, Kealan Patrick Burke opens a door that we didn't even know was in the house."-- Josh Malerman, author of Bird Box.

Sour Candy by Kealan Patrick Burke. Paperback $ Paperback. $ NOOK Book. $ View All Available Formats Editions. Ship This Item —. In March , SOUR CANDY will wreck your head (and your teeth.) With incredible art by Jason Felix and lettering by Janice Chiang, the book will be published as part of John Carpenter's NIGHT TERRORS series of standalone graphic novels, via Storm King Comics. "Four months to the day he first encountered the boy at Walmart, the last of Phil. What follows in Kealan Patrick Burke’s Sour Candy is a surrealist journey through seventy-four pages of a novella that thrusts fatherhood, madness, and a diet consisting of only the titular sour candy for Phil Pendleton and Adam, the son no one believes can’t be his. Parenthood in Horror.