Curse of the Pigman by Asher Ellis

Failed baseball player Jason Dillon has just moved to the quiet, Vermont town of East Valley, but unfortunately, his timing couldn't have been worse. Though the entire 20th century only brought eight notable storms to the Green Mountain state, Hurricane Ivana has just arrived with a special delivery—a tree through Jason's roof. On his desperate trek to find help, Jason comes upon Sophia, a little girl who has been tied up and left in the woods. Despite his best intentions, Jason's attempt to help the child has interrupted the ritual of a neighborhood cult—a ritual that protects the town from an ancient demonic swine. With all the roads leading out of town impassable, Jason and his few allies must not only escape the pursuing cultists, but somehow survive a curse that has left the majority of East Valley's population with an insatiable hunger. Cultists, cannibals, and the demon itself must all be defeated if Jason and his friends are going to survive... The Curse of the Pigman



Storms, cannibals, and demonic swine OH MY! How could I not love this book, it had everything I could hope for in a fast paced home town horror, complete with cannibals, a curse, and a group of unlikely heroes who band together to defeat the ancient evil that had been unleashed by greedy and gluttonous men. Who could ask for anything more? Not this happy horror fan. When the hurricane passes, Jason is injured and his roof is demolished. With no supplies on hand he sets out on foot to seek shelter at a neighbor's but instead finds himself interrupting a cult's human sacrifice.

"Ten years, a meal. That's the deal"

With the ritual broken, the curse of the Pigman takes effect and few will survive.

I was hooked like a side of pork in the butcher's window from page one.

5 out of 5 stars

I received an advance copy for review.

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About the author
Asher Ellis currently lives in his home state of Vermont, where there are far fewer cannibals than his novel may suggest. A graduate of the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing program at the University of Southern Maine, he has written award winning short stories, plays, and films. When Asher isn’t killing college students on the pages of his fiction, he teaches them as a creative writing and English professor at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, NH.