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The New York Times bestseller is now in paperback! This is a suspenseful and atmospheric horror set in 1980s Oregon, perfect for fans of Stranger Things , Neil Gaiman, and Margaret Peterson Haddix, from acclaimed author and Decemberists’ front man Colin Meloy. Maybe Archie Coomes has been watching too many horror movies. All of a sudden, the most ordinary things have taken on a sinister edge: a penny on a doormat. A man in a brown suit under a streetlamp. The persistent sound of an axe chopping in the middle of the night. He keeps telling himself that this is Seaham, a sleepy seaside town where nothing ever happens. Or at least nothing did, until his dad’s construction company opened up the cliff beneath the old—some s