The Remaking

A Novel

By: Clay Chapman

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Hardcover | 8 October 2019

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The Ring meets Scream in this terrifying, wickedly fun, and totally meta supernatural thriller about a true-crime tale that takes on a life of its own every 20 years. The story is told around a campfire in the '50s, adapted into a movie in the '70s, re-booted in the '90s, and investigated on a Serial-like podcast in the present day.

When Ella moves to Pilot's Knob, Virginia, with her young daughter Jessica to start an apothecary, rumors swirl that her shop is a front for witchcraft. That doesn't stop townswomen from visiting the beautiful and mysterious herbalist when traditional medicine fails them. But when a prominent woman miscarries after taking one of Ella's home-made brews, the town accuses Ella and Jessica, by association, of witchcraft and burns them at the stake. Ella is hastily buried in the woods, her grave never to be found, but Jessica is buried in a steel-reinforced coffin, surrounded by a fence of interconnected crosses.
It's this extreme act of precaution that keeps their story alive. Sightings of Jessica's ghost wandering around her grave, looking for her mother, add to the legend as it's told--and re-told--around summer campfires for decades. But the horrible truth won't be revealed until Amber Lynn--a dead ringer for Jessica--is cast in the '70s horror adaptation inspired by The Witch Girl of Pilot's Knob. Amber Lynn will claim to meet the real Ella, a troubling assertion that will spark rumors of her insanity and slowly destroy her career. When she returns for the remake in the '90s to play Ella, the disappearance of a little girl will turn into a witch-hunt, with all eyes on Amber Lynn. Her one hope for redemption will come decades later as a true-crime investigator looks into the '90s disappearance and the original legend. But will this final mode of story-telling redeem Amber Lynn or bring an unfathomable horror to the surface?

Industry Reviews

A 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist

"An ambitious mosaic novel exploring the power of urban myth and superstition."--The Guardian

"Something like Stephen King's imperfect masterpiece The Shining..."--Kirkus Reviews

"Chapman has expertly crafted an ouroboros of a horror story. The Remaking is a fast-paced and haunting examination of how misogyny poisons our culture, generation after generation. It's absolutely chilling. You won't be able to put it down or stop thinking about it after the lights go out."--Mallory O'Meara, author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon

"Jumps out the gate and takes the reader on [a] wild and unnerving ride."--Horror DNA, 4 out of 5 star review

"A streamlined page turner of clearly cut supernatural encounters that moonlights as a frighteningly lucid story of injustice. Be it a specter or a painful recollection, Chapman teaches an absolutely chilling lesson on just how long the past will wait to bite you."--Fangoria

"A ripping good yarn. The Remaking first takes you into its confidence and then makes you wonder if you are also cursed with and by this story. Because, incidentally, you are."--Richmond Magazine

"Chilling."--Tulsa World

"Chapman tells a well-paced, spare story with original twists and some definite shocks."--Star News

"If there's any justice, The Remaking will introduce Chapman to a wider audience of readers anxious for the kind of horror tale that claims a little piece of your brain as its own."--BookTrib

"Chapman has crafted a fascinating horror novel that is both excellent within itself and a sharp commentary on an element of the genre."--SFFWorld

"As both a novel of psychological terror and a traditional ghost story, this short, chilling read is recommended for all collections."--Booklist

"An obvious valentine to the horror genre."--The Big Thrill

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