White text on a black background describes a cosmic horror story about three friends lost in the remote Maine wilderness.
Book cover for “It Feeds” by Shawn McClintock, featuring a cracked, decaying face with mushrooms growing from its mouth.

Lost. Thirsty. Hunted.

IT FEEDS is relentless, visceral horror with escalating suspense, nightmare imagery, severe psychological dread, and a finale that won’t let go.

Alec, Ryder, and Savannah only wanted a simple outdoor adventure, but the forest has other plans. When they wander off the path, they discover the forest itself is alive—an ancient evil that makes every step worse than the last while learning them one wound, one secret, one scream at a time.

The deeper they go, the more it twists their bodies, minds, and relationships into something unrecognizable.

It Feeds - Paperback
$15.99

Lost. Thirsty. Hunted.

Alec, Ryder, and Savannah only wanted a simple outdoor adventure, but the forest has other plans. When they wander off the path, they discover the forest itself is alive—an ancient evil that makes every step worse than the last while learning them one wound, one secret, one scream at a time.

The deeper they go, the more it twists their bodies, minds, and relationships into something unrecognizable.

It Feeds - Hardcover
$24.99

Lost. Thirsty. Hunted.

Alec, Ryder, and Savannah only wanted a simple outdoor adventure, but the forest has other plans. When they wander off the path, they discover the forest itself is alive—an ancient evil that makes every step worse than the last while learning them one wound, one secret, one scream at a time.

The deeper they go, the more it twists their bodies, minds, and relationships into something unrecognizable.

“This was visceral, unsettling, and relentlessly creepy. There’s a constant feeling of something is watching you and you should NOT be here, which had me suspicious of literally everything.”
— The Bookish Babe
“A dark, grotesque, and deeply atmospheric read”
— Amazon Reviewer
Horror Reads Score 86 out of 100 with black laurel branches

Reviews

“I will have nightmares from this”
— ARC Reader
“Through precision writing, McClintock builds suffocating suspense via isolation and bodily violation, carefully dismantling character relationships until they become unrecognizable. While it avoids traditional monster tropes and offers no comfortable resolutions or respite from the tightening grip of the woods, it succeeds brilliantly as a work of visceral and psychological dread.”
— Horror Reads
“Wow! What a mushroom trippy fever dream this book was! It was so immersive and rich in storytelling. It was my first horror novel definitely delivered!”
— Goodreads Reviewer
“A dark, grotesque, and deeply atmospheric read.”
— Goodreads Reviewer
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Meet the Author

Shawn McClintock was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and resides in Massachusetts. He operates a doggy daycare and teaches dance, work that reflects his longstanding affection for animals and the arts. A lifelong lover of horror and all things spooky, he brings that enduring interest to the page with It Feeds, his debut novel and looks forward to seeing what comes next.

Sunlit forest path winding through tall trees and lush green undergrowth

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