Where Once He Stood

"At this point, I've been a parent for half my adult life, and there's nothing more scary than the idea of losing your children. This story started with a simple question: what would I do if my son suddenly vanished? How would I process that overwhelming desire to get him back - and would that desire leave me open to believing something that no sane person should believe?

I also wanted to ground it firmly in reality, so many of the places within these pages are real. I know the road where the main action takes place (although it has a different name); I grew up on these streets.

As you'll see, the result is an odd mix of missing person crime narrative and Satanic horror, with some time slips and a little portal fantasy along the way. But at its heart, Where Once He Stood remains a modern suburban folk tale about disappearing houses and lost children - and the leap of faith that is sometimes required to bring them home."Dan Coxon