''Shadow Child'' is a novel by American

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and paranormal folklore author

Joseph A. Citro Joseph A. Citro is a Vermont author and folklorist Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore ...

.Press Republican : Co-authors catalog region's weirdness Apr 25, 2003 It was originally published on July 1, 1987, before his novel ''

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'', but was republished by University Press of New England on September 1, 1998. The novel depicts the psychological and emotional impacts of mysterious disappearances and deaths.

Plot

The main character is Eric Nolan, brother, son, and widower. After the death of his parents, the death of his wife, and his brother's disappearance, Eric decides to move back to his childhood home in

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where his cousin Pamela lives with her own family. Mysterious things start happening in the nearby woods, part of the

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that is known for several unsolved disappearances.

References

* * * Citro, Joseph A. Shadow Child. New England: University Press of New England, 1998. Print 1987 British novels British horror novels Novels set in Vermont 1987 debut novels Zebra Books books {{1980s-horror-novel-stub