It’s such a massive novel with many characters and settings so I didn’t want to struggle too much with setting. I’ve lived in Southern California most of my life, and I knew I wanted to base the novel on territory I was familiar with. Is there a significance to this taking place in So Cal, and to the kid ending up in a remote farmhouse, as opposed to, say, it happing in New York City or in a remote house in the desert? The story takes place in the 1980s, and the setting is Southern California, primarily in the San Diego area. A creature who needs the kidnappers gone as much as Henry does, because there is something in that old abandoned farmhouse it desperately wants. What the kidnappers don’t know is that Henry has a telepathic mind, and while captive he finds himself communing with a strange creature that lives in the surrounding forest. So the novel is about a young boy named Henry who is kidnapped and taken to a remote farmhouse in the deep woods where he’s held captive by a small band of bad guys. To start, what is A Child Alone With Strangers about, and when and where does it take place? But in Philip Fracassi’s police procedural horror novel A Child Alone With Strangers ( hardcover, Kindle) - which he discusses in the following email interview - revenge for the child in question is a dish best served scary. As loyal viewers of Law & Order: SVU and Criminal Minds will tell you, it’s always deeply satisfying when a kidnapped kid escapes or gets revenge on their captor.
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