Jul 19, 2022 · In Mary: An Awakening of Terror, Nat Cassidy explores what happens when a serial killer is reincarnated as a perimenopausal woman. Originally inspired by Steven King’s Carrie, the author began writing this horror novel when he was just thirteen years old.

Jul 19, 2022 · Nat Cassidy’s highly commercial, debut horror novel Mary: An Awakening of Terror, blends Midsommar with elements of American Psycho and a pinch of I'll Be Gone in the Dark. Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background.

Jul 19, 2022 · Nat Cassidy’s highly commercial, debut horror novel Mary: An Awakening of Terror, blends Midsommar with elements of American Psycho and a pinch of I'll Be Gone in the Dark.

Sep 21, 2022 · Nat Cassidy’s Mary: An Awakening of Terror opens with one of the most genuine author’s notes I’ve ever read. Cassidy details a close relationship with his mother, who, like many of us, was a Stephen King fan.

Jul 11, 2022 · Nat Cassidy’s Mary: An Awakening of Terror – After losing her job in New York, a chance call brings Mary back to her hometown to take care of her sick aunt Nadine. However, this is not a welcome change of pace as Mary has been suffering in silence from ghastly visions of her own body decaying and the town brings up painful memories from the ...

Jul 19, 2022 · Playwright and podcaster Cassidy’s razor-sharp horror debut explores women’s roles as either prey or predator and cuts deeply into the societal structures that promotes the split. On the brink of turning 50, Mary Mudgett is fired from her job at a New York bookstore and haunted by visions of decaying older women.

“A collision of supernatural and real-life horrors, Nat Cassidy’s Mary throbs with a relentlessly sinister energy. Packed with visceral shocks and quiet menace, breakneck storytelling and profound character work, Mary is absolutely riveting. I can’t recommend it highly enough.”—Jonathan Janz, author of The Siren and the Specter and ...

Mary: An Awakening of Terror (2022) by American author Nat Cassidy is a gothic horror novel about Mary Mudgett, a middle-aged woman who faces paranormal entities when she visits her hometown for the first time in decades.