Cursed Be the Child

A terrifying novel of passion and possession by the author of Strangers.

Five-year-old Melissa loves her family's new home - especially the big basement - and her new friend Lisette. Melissa's parents tell her Lisette is imaginary, but the truth is worse... for Lisette has waited years to steal a child's soul.

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Horror

Release date: 1990

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Mort Castle

Mort Castle (born 1946) is an American horror author and writing teacher, with more than 350 short stories and a dozen books to his credit, including Cursed Be the Child (Leisure Books, 1994) and The Strangers. Castle's first novel was published in 1967. Since then he has had pieces published in all sorts of places ranging from traditional lit mags to more off the wall or risqué markets. He has been nominated four times for the Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction.

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