Can’t Wait Wednesday: Carry Me to My Grave by Christopher Golden

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“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme that was originally created by Breaking the Spine.  Unfortunately Breaking the Spine are no longer hosting so I’m now linking my posts up to Wishful Endings Can’t Wait Wednesday. Don’t forget to stop over, link up and check out what books everyone else is waiting for.  If you want to take part, basically, every Wednesday, we highlight a book that we’re really looking forward to.  This week my book is: Carry Me to My Grave by Christopher Golden. Here’s the cover and description:

From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden comes a high concept horror novel about a man trying to protect his dead mother’s body from the evil that is hunting them.

Maggie Wise will take your eyes.

When Malcolm was growing up, the local kids made up that chant about his mother, claiming she was a witch. He and his siblings did their best to ignore it. Now, Maggie is dying, and those same siblings have left Malcolm and his sister-in-law Violet to hold a vigil at her bedside.

But they’re not as alone as they think they are. A dark figure waits and watches from beneath the willow tree across the street. Hundreds of miles away, an ancient evil stirs in its burrow under a farmer’s cornfield. Across the country, other buried things begin to dream in anticipation of Maggie’s demise. On her deathbed, the old woman elicits a promise from Malcolm, her youngest child―when she dies, he and Violet must return her body to her birthplace in Shediak, Maine.

From the moment she takes her last breath, before her remains are even loaded aboard the baggage car of the Imperial Limited, there are forces trying to stop Malcolm from fulfilling that promise. Violence erupts on the train, evil preys on its passengers, and once the sun goes down, those long-buried things are coming to make Maggie Wise pay for her past. God help anyone who stands in their way.

Expected Publication: July 2026

7 Responses to “Can’t Wait Wednesday: Carry Me to My Grave by Christopher Golden”

  1. Tammy's avatar Tammy

    I’m looking forward to this too, it will be my first Christopher Golder book😁

    • @lynnsbooks's avatar @lynnsbooks

      I’ve read one of his books and enjoyed it so happy to see this one – plus I’m trying to line up some horror stories for your event.

      Lynn 😀

  2. Charlotte's avatar Charlotte

    Ooh this sounds eerily intriguing. The combination of the cruel chant with whatever is haunting Maggie at the end makes me wander just what her past is hiding. Although I do also wander if this will be more gruesome than what I tend to pick up 🤔

    • @lynnsbooks's avatar @lynnsbooks

      I’ve only read one book by this author but I enjoyed it. I don’t think this will be slasher horror, more creature feature and things that go bump in the night. I also don’t pick up a lot of horror and usually veer more to gothic which has a different feel, more psychological and atmospheric than blood soaked. But, I’m experimenting to see how I get on.

      Lynn 😀

      • Charlotte's avatar Charlotte

        I’ll have to keep an eye out for your review of this one as I’d love to know more about it. I really hope it works for you 🥰 good luck with your horror experiments too. Ive been dipping into the genre more too over the last year or so.

  3. Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum's avatar Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum

    Love the description. If I get offered a review copy, I may give this one a try.

    • @lynnsbooks's avatar @lynnsbooks

      I’ve only read one book by this author but I’d love to read more so this could be the next one.

      Lynn 😀

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