The Words

The Dark Coming of Age series books do not need to be read in any specific order -- they are stand-alone short novels built around a theme of dark coming of age.

Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby. - Dean Koontz, New York Times bestselling author.When teenager Mark befriends outsider Dash, he believes his new friend to be an outcast rebel. But a dark mystery unfolds as Dash leads Mark into dangerous games and rituals involving stories of the occult and a strange drug that allows Dash to see into another world -- a world of absolute darkness and terror. Your flesh will remember the words even if your mind forgets.

Clegg delivers! - John Saul

Douglas Clegg is one of the best!-- Richard Laymon

Clegg is the best horror writer of the post-Stephen King generation! -- Bentley Little