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AT THE EDGE OF THE CEMETERY
RESTS A PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY
BUT NOT ALL SOULS THAT PLAY
ARE AT REST.

Nine-year-old Kylie Macklin defied the odds in conquering cancer. Now she wants nothing more than a fresh start at her new home in Huntsville. Soon, an enigmatic new friend introduces her to a playground unlike any other. Set next to Maple Hill Cemetery, the park is a sanctuary for the spirits of local children who died in the Spanish Flu and fell victim to a twisted serial killer.

Nineteen-year-old Kayla Macklin resents being uprooted from the only life she knew. Bitter about the years her parents spent focusing on Kylie’s health, she struggles to reforge a bond with her little sister while making new friends of her own. But one reckless decision will threaten her newfound happiness.


And put innocent lives at risk.

Soon, Kylie’s classmates collapse with devastating fevers while a killer thought long dead returns to stalk a community still bearing the scars of his rampage decades earlier.

With the children of Huntsville in grave danger, the sisters must race against time to learn the secrets of Maple Hill Park before they end up permanent residents of The Dead Children’s Playground.

Experience a chilling ghost story inspired by true events in this first terrifying entry in James Kaine’s American Horrors series.

FEAR ALWAYS FINDS ITS WAY HOME.

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AMERICAN HORRORS

​​THE DEAD CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND was only the beginning of the nightmare...

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FEAR ALWAYS FINDS ITS WAY HOME.

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"A STRIKINGLY WELL-EXECUTED WORK OF HORROR"

DISCOVER THE DISTURBING LEGEND THAT HAS HAUNTED THE PINE BARRENS FOR CENTURIES.
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IN THESE WOODS, LEGENDS BECOME
NIGHTMARES

Each American Horror is a standalone novel based on an urban legend from a different state. They can be read and enjoyed in any order.

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