Spencer Hamilton Libri

"Welcome to hell, Sister." Sister Mary Matthew arrives on the steps of St. Teresa's Joyous Youths Orphanage determined to be the children's favorite nun. But she can't seem to win over the head of the orphanage: stern, withered Sister Agatha Eustace, whom everyone secretly calls Sister Killjoy. Mary tries to rise to the challenge, but things at St. Teresa's feel . . . off. A mysterious benefactor. Sick children denied medicine. A crowded cemetery. Strange noises from the basement. Cruel punishments. Terrifying dreams. Worst of all, her prayers remain unanswered. She feels as if God has abandoned her and everyone at St. Teresa's. Until, one full-mooned night, a voice calls to her. A voice that claims to know her heart's desire. Before there was Smileyland, before Mister Smiley, there was a decrepit orphanage run by an evil nun and full of children who chanted: "Sister Funtime, Sister Funtime, Sister Funtime!" From the author of Welcome to Smileyland and The Fear comes the new religious horror novella, the latest entry in the Smileyverse. Come on in-and don't forget to say your prayers.

Two women quarantined together. A world falling into chaos.When a virus sweeps across the globe, cities and entire countries shut down overnight. The Fear zooms in on a married couple, Ash and Jack, in one small apartment, growing restless and claustrophobic and paranoid. People are dying in droves. Governments are toppling, imploding, lashing out. Martial law, police states, riots, bioterrorism. No one knows what to believe, who to trust.As the horror ramps up to apocalyptic levels, Jack is slowly unraveling. She shuts herself away and fears everything. Fears the virus has crawled its way inside, down her throat, into the lining of her stomach. Ash is afraid, too-afraid of what her increasingly erratic wife will do to her.In a pandemic none of us are ready for, should we fear the outside world . . . or what's waiting within?