Two mischievous pre-teen boys sneak out in the middle of the night to go “shopping” at a gas station convenience store. When the clerk rejects their proffered form of payment (a pornographic photo), things rapidly spiral out of control, resulting in the clerk’s vicious assault. A short while later when a police car pulls up to them, they don’t question why they’re being accosted. Little do they know that the two men who step out from the car are not seeking justice. When the car drives off, it d...

The most horrifying stress inducing, heart breaking novel I’ve read all year. No, screw that. Many years. Maybe ever. I was not prepared for this. The future of horror is in great hands with Max Booth III. This novel should rocket him to the upper echelon of horror fiction. This book shattered my heart, frayed my nerves, and probably caused me to have hypertension, because as I write this a full 30 minutes after finishing it, my heart is still pounding, my eyes are still tearing, and I just feel...

I'd heard good things about this one, but holy crap!This book is bizarre, scary, heartbreaking, creepy and just...everything!Aside from eerie supernatural horror, the author brings us real life horror dealing with race and the reality of being Black and poor in America (and yes...being Black in front of a cop). I'd like to say it was a non-stop read, but I kept taking breaks - largely because I thought the author was going to completely destroy my heart (spoiler alert - he just about did).Not fo...

Max has perfected, possibly my favorite in this skill, the art of colloquial narratives. This book is a flex in that muscle. There wasn't a single moment in this story that was predictable. Each page was an exploration, a new frontier. I was smacked by shock and disgust. At times I was laughing out loud. Actual LOLZ. But for the most part I felt dread creep into every open space of my body.Two friends, both boys, run out in the night and find themselves in a heap of trouble. It's up to the moms

A very interesting read. This is a pretty long book, but well worth it. Very interesting and disturbing.

Holy kittens this book was something else. Touch The Night is a titty twisting, ball punching adventure through suburban hell. If you enjoy books that make you feel like you just snorted 10 lines, dropped some acid and base jumped of Mount Everest... This book is for you.Go in blind and come out traumatised. What else could you want from a horror novel.

Loved it.

Gave up on this. Ever start reading a book and wonder whatthehell you were thinking to have put it on your tbr list. That was this book.

Max Booth III must be the busiest man in horror. Publisher, podcaster, screenwriter, editor and prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, with his time seemingly so in demand, it is all the more impressive that he is able to produce a novel so assured and accomplished as ‘Touch the Night’.When twelve-year-olds Joshua and Alonzo decide to ditch a planned sleepover and instead spend the night walking the streets of Percy, Indiana, looking for something to pass the time, a seemingly innocuou...

*Originally reviewed at IndieMuse* https://www.myindiemuse.com/author/mo...There are some huge booby traps when it comes to coming-of-age-horror stories. How easy is it to make your characters do something beyond their age, or show some kind of wisdom or mental maturity which takes away the childhood ínnocence they are supposed to have? Personally, my biggest pet peeve of this genre is when the author plays it safe: How can anything truly bad happens to the innocent kids? We need a happy ending

My review of TOUCH THE NIGHT can be found at High Fever Books.When a horror novel opens with a 'your mom' joke as the dedication, you know you're going to be in good hands. It turns out, though, that what I first took as a joke was also a bit of unexpected sweetness from Max Booth III. I began reading Touch the Night just before Mother's Day and over the course of the few days that followed, and this turned out be a surprisingly fitting read. Although it has copious amounts of gore, blood, and g...

That was the BIGGEST waste of $45 that I will never get back! Skip this stupid and long ass and boring book. Seriously. All these 4 and 5 star ratings.....they must have gotten a free copy! I won't BS you when it comes to rating a book.Here is my video review of this book from my Youtube Channel; AreYouIntoHorror?https://youtu.be/NEw0IZKsKc0Read the synopsis and you get the best part of this stupid, and WAY over hyped boring dumb horror tinged fantasy tale! This was so bad that it will qualify f...

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Holy. Mother. Review to come for Sci Fi and Scary. I. Have. Thoughts. My. Feelings. Are. Trashed.Review from www.scifiandscary.com :Water dripping. Insects feasting. A woman whispering, ‘Don’t listen to them.’ So close he can feel her breath on his face.” – Max Booth III, Touch the NightLast summer, I experienced Max Booth III’s novel, Carnivorous Lunar Activities (CLA). I say “experienced” because one does not simply READ a Booth book. I approached it as I always do, expecting the best and read...

Max Booth III is a sick son of a gun. I say that as a high compliment. His new work attracted my attention when it was described to me as being a cross between “Stranger Things” and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. That isn’t entirely accurate; it is more than that, notwithstanding that its title is more reminiscent of an F. Scott Fitzgerald tome than a Robert McCammon novel. Gentle title or not, TOUCH THE NIGHT will give you waking nightmares.The book is set in the year 2005 in the small town of Pe...

Max Booth’s TOUCH THE NIGHT is everything one could hope for in horror fiction. It checks all the horror boxes for me. Which boxes are those, Mother Horror? I’m glad you asked.The first and most important box for me is emotional investment. This can come in a variety of ways but the strongest vehicle for me is character development. If I can fall in love with the characters in a horror story, all the safe, warm and fuzzy feelings are off the table. That’s how I like my horror: Dangerous. Risky.I...

A post I made on my FB, to let my friends know how it was going:CR: 115 pages in, and I’m scared shitless for these two poor kids, seriously oh fucking fuck and I mean OH FUCK!!! Like not “haha funny” oh fuck either, I’m talking 100% pure terror OH FUCKING FUCK. 😱😭☠️And now that I’m finished, the ENTIRE FUCKING BOOK WAS LIKE THAT JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!!It rules. 5/5 Skulls☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

’Something Sinister Is Hiding In The Small Town Of Percy, Indiana…’Have you ever had one of those, ’What The Hell Did I Just Read?’ moments? Yeah, I’m experiencing that now after binge-reading the dark horror novel, TOUCH THE NIGHT, the first book I have ever read by Max Booth III. I guarantee it won’t be my last!To say Booth writes fully fleshed out characters that you care about is a complete understatement! I have to admit, my Mom Mode went into high gear more than once, wanting to protect Zo...

Ah, small town horror; an old trope in the horror genre to be sure, but Booth does it very well in TTN. The story takes place largely in Percy, Indiana, a town of about 6000 people. We basically have four main characters-- Josh and Alonzo, two 12yo black kids, and their moms, Mary and Ottessa respectfully. We start off with Josh spending the night at Alonzo's place (well, his moms actually) and around 1AM, the two decide it is time for some exploring of Percy. These are not bad kids per se, alth...

Max does such an incredible job of creating this cloud of dread that follows his protagonists, and Touch the Night is no exception. I was genuinely stressed out for Josh and Alonzo as these two 12 year old boys try to survive this nightmare. In between the scares, you get plenty of laughs reading these boys act like...well goofy kids. 5 stars and can’t wait to read more from the ghoulish Max Booth.