First published 1979
Cynthia Yarrow comes back to Oxrun Station expecting to find the familiar rhythms of home. Instead, her family has become something she barely recognizes. The town itself feels different too, wrapped in an unnatural quiet that makes her skin crawl. Then the Greybeast begins its pursuit. She catches glimpses of it at first, a shadow that shouldn't be there, a presence that watches from just beyond her vision. The creature follows her through streets she once knew by heart, past houses where neighbors no longer wave. Cynthia realizes that whatever happened to her family and her town runs deeper than surface changes. The Greybeast is connected to it all, part of some terrible truth that Oxrun Station has been hiding. As the stalking intensifies, Cynthia must uncover what really transformed her world while she was away. The secret she discovers will force her to confront not just the monster that hunts her, but the horror of what her hometown has become.
Genres: mystery, horror, supernatural, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Oxrun Station
179 pages · Hardcover · Doubleday
Content warnings: violence