The eerie atmosphere intensifies when Peggy claims to have seen Michael in the playground at school, bringing the specter of Helen’s dead nephew threateningly close. The early chapters tap into the supernatural dread of a disembodied voice on the line, a crackling connection filled with recriminations against Helen. The telephone calls reawaken Helen’s grief over his death, and the remorse in her own role in committing her sister. Michael died under Helen’s care, after she took charge of him and his older brother, Craig, following the death of her sister in a mental institution. The boy on the phone pleads with Helen for help, resurrecting the family’s tragic history and reopening the barely-healed wounds of her own personal guilt. The caller, a boy about ten years old, claims to be Helen’s deceased nephew, Michael, who tragically froze to death sixteen years previously after running away from home during a blizzard. Helen Connelly is plagued by a series of unsettling phone calls, which threaten to tear apart the quiet small-town life she shares with her young daughter, Peggy. You Scream.John Farris | Pocket Books | 1975 (first published 1967) | 249 pages

All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By (1977 published in the UK as Bad Blood).

Happy Anniversary, Harrison High (1973).

King Windom (1967) (as John Farris from here on).

Guardians, The (1964) (as Steve Brackeen).

The Long Light of Dawn (1962) (as John Farris).

Danger in My Blood (1958) (as Steve Brackeen).

The Body on the Beach (1957) (as Steve Brackeen).

The Corpse Next Door (1956) (as John Farris)

Similar authors: Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, Stephen King, Robert McCammon, Peter Straub He has had several plays produced off-Broadway, and also paints and writes poetry.Īt various times he has made his home in New York, Southern California and Puerto Rico he currently resides near Atlanta, Georgia.

He wrote and directed the film Dear Dead Delilah in 1973. His first wife, Kathleen, was the mother of Julie Marie, John, and Jeff Farris his second wife, Mary Ann Pasante, was the mother of Peter John ('P.J.') Farris.Īpart from his vast body of fiction, his work on motion picture screenplays includes adaptations of his own books (ie., The Fury), original scripts, and adaptations of the works of others (such as Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man). He was raised in Tennessee, graduated from Central High School in Memphis, and attended Southwestern University there. VJ Books Presents Author John Farris! John Lee Farris was born 1936 in Jefferson City, Missouri, to parents John Linder Farris (1909-1982) and Eleanor Carter Farris (1905-1984). You are here: Home > Our Authors > Farris, John

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