Out of the Madhouse by Christopher Golden

It didn't just feel like the characters had been transplanted into a situation, but rather that we were exploring how the characters were actually feeling and thinking, the inner turmoil of their life choices outside of the specific monster they were facing. The book also managed to achieve something that's one of my favourite aspects of the show, but is much harder to achieve with the novels (which have to be standalone to a degree) - it actually explored the emotions and growth of the characters, thinking about their futures, what post-gradation life will look like. The plot here felt like one of the most cohesive of all the novels I've read so far - which is even more of a feat considering it's part one of a trilogy, so I would fully understand if things felt a bit too over-wrought and complex for just one book. In terms of thoughts and dialogue, it felt pretty accurate in my opinion! Please visit him at I actually found myself really enjoying this book! I think by this point obviously the show had been going long enough that the characters were more established, so the writers were able to better reflect versions of the characters that we know and love. His original novels have been published in more than fifteen languages in countries around the world.

For the Bram Stoker Awards, Golden has been nominated ten times in eight different categories. His work has been nominated for the British Fantasy Award, the Eisner Award, and multiple Shirley Jackson Awards. He was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. In 2015 he founded the popular Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival. Golden co-hosts the podcast Defenders Dialogue with horror author Brian Keene. As an editor, he has worked on the short story anthologies Seize the Night, Dark Cities, and The New Dead, among others, and he has also written and co-written comic books, video games, screenplays, and a network television pilot. With Mike Mignola, he is the co-creator of the Outerverse comic book universe, including such series as Baltimore, Joe Golem: Occult Detective, and Lady Baltimore. CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN is the New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of such novels as Road of Bones, Ararat, Snowblind, Of Saints and Shadows, and Red Hands.

Out of the Madhouse by Christopher Golden