For example, instead of conveniently falling asleep the damsel in distress lays motionless, but completely aware of the horrible fate awaiting her. But Josh Malerman gave it a good enough scrub to reveal its underlying horror. It’s even written on the back cover blurb. Unbury Carol is obviously a dark, contemporary retelling of Charles Perrault’s Sleeping Beauty. When Carol tries to tell someone else, she collapses and Dwight figures that if he wants to inherit her fortune, he needs to bury her now and quick. Only two people know about her condition: her conniving husband Dwight and her old flame, outlaw James Moxie.
But Carol is really caught in a netherworld she calls Howltown, fully aware of her surroundings (or almost). Whenever she’s too stressed out, she’ll collapse and appear dead for a period of time. I’m sure you’ve guessed it: Unbury Carol tells the story of Carol Evers, a married woman in the Old West suffering from a bizarre and unexplained ailment. It’s a wild one and I swear to God, it has nothing to do with Bird Box. What the fuck? What did Carol do to get buried alive? Is she even alive? So many questions. In 2018, he released a dark Western with a title that is as mysterious as it is alarming: Unbury Carol. But if blindfolds and post-apocalyptic hellscapes aren’t your shtick, he’s been quietly one of the most daring and versatile horror writers, this last couple years. He’s also releasing a fortunately timed sequel in December, so it’s unlikely that it’ll change soon. And why wouldn’t they? It was a craze that swept through the internet like few others.
Most people know Josh Malerman from the Bird Box fame.
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