Just in time for Halloween, Knock Knock, Open Wide is finally on sale in the States at all good and mildly dodgy retailers! What’s that? You want reviews so you can make an informed purchase?

“Transporting readers to a blood-soaked Ireland, Sharpson (When the Sparrow Falls) delivers modern horror at its best. . . . By turns tender and terrifying, sexy and stomach-turning, heartwarming and heartrending, this folklore-steeped exploration of generational trauma is a high-water mark for the Irish horror novel.”―Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Genuinely terrifying, the sort of book you shut away in the freezer at night so it won’t come looking for you. That is, if you can put it down. Knock Knock, Open Wide deservedly places Neil Sharpson at the front rank of modern horror writers. Open wide, if you dare, and read.”―Alex Grecian, New York Times bestselling author of Red Rabbit
“Irish mythology melds with family damage and a decidedly contemporary love story in this deftly told novel. Circling around one of the most terrifying versions of a child’s TV program in fiction, Knock, Knock, Open Wide has a remarkable ability to reveal the cracks in reality which, if we’re not careful, we can be pushed through, landing in a darker-hued reality that huddles snarling beneath.”―Brian Evenson, author of Song for the Unraveling of the World
“Celtic creepypasta Knock Knock, Open Wide is a dark miracle and Neil Sharpson is an infernal bard belched straight out from Hell itself. Your next nightmare has just arrived.”―Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Ghost Eaters
“Reading Sharpson’s latest. . . is like being grabbed unexpectedly. Readers know something feels terribly wrong but cannot get away from the horror and mystery of the story; it simply demands that they understand the truth and reach its conclusion. Irish folklore provides the foundation for this intriguing, otherworldly book about the doors we keep closed, the doors we cannot help but open, the things we cannot kill, and whether the truth is worth knowing in the end.”―Booklist
“Never read me the bit in the farmhouse again or I will divorce you.”- My wife.
Great to see your wife is adding her own reviews.
Honestly, only one you can trust
Waiting for my copy to arrive, after that a review is soon to follow.
Gulp!
If your writing is anything like your first book then I expect it to be favorable.
Oh gawd it all went to hell!
Hey! this was mentioned over on Io9.com and I’ve been looking for it
Just wondering if this is going to be released in Ireland , (as I loved your last one, and also am fairly certain I grew up watching a certain “bosca” related RTE show as a kid in the 80s which may have inspired part of it )? Cheers!
Hey Bob, thanks! Would have a link to that? So, we’re currently shopping around the Ireland/UK rights but at the moment American retailers like amazon or Barnes and Noble are your best bet. Sorry. Yup! Bosca and Rimini Riddle were big influences on it.
no worries! Will have a look at amazon so . Also https://gizmodo.com/70-new-sci-fi-fantasy-horror-books-october-jordan-peele-1850805087 is where I saw it , usually they (io9) post about 40-60 books per month that are vaguely Scifi related , they do post excerpts/promos of books as well on the site so it may be worth giving them a shout directly .
Cheers!
I have my review for your book, spoiler warning, it’s favorable.
On a personal note, thanks for the reminder on why I’m a cat person.
Thank you so much Matt. You’ve got a couch to crash on if you ever visit
Be careful, I might just take you up on that 😉