Meddling Kids

In 1977, four teenagers and a dog--Andy (the tomboy), Nate (the horror nerd), Kerri (the genius), Peter (the jock), and Tim (the slobbering, undersized Weimeraner)--solved the Monster of Sleepy Lake case. The trail of a wild beast terrorizing the quiet town of Blyton leads the gang to apprehend a familiar culprit: a bitter old man in a mask.

Now, in 1990, the twenty-something former teen detectives are lost souls. Plagued by night terrors and Peter's tragic death, the three survivors have been running from the demons in their dreams. When the man they apprehended all those years ago makes parole, Andy realizes they got the wrong guy. Now she'll need to get the gang back together and return to Blyton to find out what really happened in 1977, and this time, she's sure they're not looking for another man in a mask.

A mad scientist's concoction of H. P. Lovecraft, classic cartoons, and a love of Americana, Edgar Cantero's Meddling Kids is a gleefully absurd world filled with outright insanity, rich horror, thrilling twists, and surprising poignancy.