Rootfingers
by S. Alessandro Martinez

Something has awakened within the walls of little Wren Espinoza’s new house. A house that once belonged to Isidoro Cervantes, an artist famous for his paintings depicting dark, surreal, and horrific subject matter, and who committed suicide after retreating from the society that once celebrated his work.

Now with new owners, an ancient force has manifested yet again, infesting the dark corners of the Cervantes House. An entity that feeds on creativity. An entity that forced itself into the role of Isidoro’s muse.

An entity that desires to now use Wren and her family for its own artistic purposes.

“Told over a single night, and mining family entanglements and artistic obsession, S. Alessandro Martinez’s latest novella is your worst nightmare personified. Insidious and cloying and mind-bendingly macabre, Rootfingers makes a worthy addition to our haunted house literature.”—Lee Murray, five-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Grotesque: Monster Stories

 

“S. Alessandro Martinez’s Rootfingers is a real-time nightmare that brews horror, family dynamics, a ghost story, and the deeper meaning of art into a heady, disturbing, and even beautiful potion.” —Lisa Morton, six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award

 

“A genuine achievement and major contender for one of the best of the year.” —Robert P. Ottone, two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Triangle and There’s Something Sinister in Center Field