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Birdbox

Birdbox

HorrorThriller
Pages
328
Published
2014
Language
English

Synopsis

Birdbox is a short horror novel centered on four siblings — Oscar, Esteban, Manny, and Isabel — who find themselves facing an evil that predates recorded history, unleashed after being sealed away for eons. As the box is opened and the darkness inside it stirs, the siblings have to set aside their own conflicts and work together to protect their family and stop it from spreading further.

The novel is written in a lean, pulpy horror style typical of small-press genre fiction from the mid-2010s, moving quickly between short chapters and keeping its focus tight on the four central characters rather than a wide cast.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

DarkTenseCreepy
Survival

Genres

Horror Thriller

Authors

B
Benjamin Kane Ethridge

Benjamin Kane Ethridge is a writer of dark fiction. His collection, "Dead Harvest," showcases his skill with horror stories. Readers looking for unsettling tales will appreciate his work.

M
Michael Louis Calvillo

Michael Louis Calvillo was an American horror writer. His first novel, I Will Rise, published by Lachesis Publishing, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. He also published the short-story collection Blood & Gristle, the novella 7 Brains and the novel As Fate Would Have It. He took a B.F.A. at San Francisco State University and taught high school in Southern California. He died of cancer on 30 April 2012, in Murrieta, California.

Characters

OscarProtagonist
EstebanProtagonist
MannyProtagonist
IsabelProtagonist
All characters in Birdbox

Frequently asked questions

  • Is this book related to the popular Bird Box novel by Josh Malerman?

    This novella is a distinct work by Michael Louis Calvillo, Frank Walls, and Benjamin Kane Ethridge, and it is not connected to the story of Malorie or the phenomenon involving sight-based creatures found in Josh Malerman's writing.