The Monster is Already Here
From the author of the classic true-life haunted house book "The Uninvited" and the terrifying horror-thriller "Glow," best-selling horror author Steven LaChance presents his most frightening work yet: "Gorilla," the second book in his Modern Monsters series.
What if the U.S. government's MK-Ultra drug-and-mind-control experiments never ended but instead fell into the hands of a crazed Christian evangelist named Michael Neville?
Detective Vincent Rossi returns to the shadows of St. Louis, racing against time to stop an experiment that could turn the world upside down. As brutal killings erupt across the city and the boundary between science and nightmare dissolves, Rossi uncovers a conspiracy stretching from classified archives to modern-day manipulation. "Gorilla" unleashes hordes of killers onto the masses and shatters every false sense of security.
Fast-paced, shocking, and unflinching, "Gorilla" isn't just a story-it's a warning. The monsters have always been here, lurking in our shadows and inside our minds.
Brace yourself-if you thought "Glow" was scary or "The Uninvited" kept you up at night, you haven't seen anything yet.
Will you listen before it's too late?
Gorilla is a blistering supernatural thriller that explores the horror of what hate creates within institutions, communities, and ourselves. Unflinching and unapologetic, this is the rawest installment of the Modern Monsters series, a world where horror is real, history is weaponized, and monsters wear human faces.
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GORILLA by Steven LaChance: A Necessary Nightmare
Literary Critque and Review by Morgan Ellis
"A gospel of madness. A symphony of dread. A monster built from truth. Steven LaChance's Gorilla is a blistering descent into the darkest corners of power, identity, and engineered chaos. It's a supernatural thriller rooted in horrifying plausibility, fusing real-world conspiracies, experimental drugs, religious extremism, and queer survival into a raw, relentless narrative. This is not horror for escapism. This is horror as indictment. At its heart, Gorilla asks a terrifying question: What if the monsters are the ones we trusted most? Blending the legacy of MK-Ultra with a modern queer apocalypse, LaChance crafts a world where a synthetic drug called G4RLA-40 turns innocent people into violent vessels, and where a far-right religious leader believes it's all God's plan. The book opens with a literal monster—part man, part gorilla, entirely rage—and the violence only intensifies as the story unspools. From St. Louis nightclubs to clandestine pharmaceutical labs, the lines between experiment and execution blur until society itself begins to fracture. But this isn't just shock and blood. The novel beats with a human heart. LaChance gives us queer characters who are vivid, messy, and real—men and women trying to find love, trust, and meaning in a collapsing world. From Charlie and Bradley's nightclub tragedy to Detective Vincent Rossi's spiral into truth, the characters ground the story in emotional urgency. Gorilla is cinematic in scope, brutal in honesty, and beautifully queer in its defiance. It's a mirror held up to our worst instincts: government overreach, blind faith, hatred disguised as righteousness,and dares us to keep looking.
If Glow revealed the cracks in the world, Gorilla shatters the foundation. This is horror that hits like prophecy. A necessary nightmare. A damnation with purpose."
Trigger Warning: Gorilla contains graphic violence, psychological distress, and themes related to trauma, religious extremism, and mind control. It is intended for mature readers.