As the weather turns cold and days grow short, you may want to snuggle under a blanket with a comforting warm beverage and a story. Or, you may wish to enhance the chilling mood with a frightful, page-turning thriller that draws you inside a creepy facility where terrifying events unfold. Such is the plot of “Self Storage,” a horror-fiction novel that’s sure to send shivers down your spine. If you love the spooky and macabre, this read is for you!

Authored by Jay Bonansinga, this 213-page psychological thriller centers on Johnny Fitzgerald, a lonely, divorced graphic illustrator with a major heroin habit. When Johnny accidentally gets trapped inside a deserted storage facility with his 6-year-old son, he’s forced to face demons both real and imagined.

Bonansinga is best known for writing the official “The Walking Dead” novel series. “Self Storage” mixes the brutal surrealism of Chuck Palahniuk’s “Fight Club” with the dark fantasy of Clive Barker. The tale is “a surreal nightmare that is part ‘The Shining,’ part ‘Naked Lunch,’ part ‘Lost Weekend,’ and part photo album of my own life,” according to Bonansinga, who’s also called it the most personal book he’s ever written.

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