Pay the Piper: A Novel

by George A. Romero, Daniel Kraus

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"In 2019, while sifting through University of Pittsburgh Library's System's George A. Romero Archival Collection, novelist Daniel Kraus turned up a surprise: a half-finished novel called Pay the Piper, a project few had ever heard of. In the years since, Kraus has worked with Romero's estate to bring this unfinished masterwork to light. Alligator Point, Louisiana, population 141: Young Renée Pontiac has heard stories of "the Piper" -- a murderous swamp entity haunting the bayou -- her show more entire life. But now the legend feels horrifically real: children are being taken and gruesomely slain. To resist, Pontiac and the town's desperate denizens will need to acknowledge the sins of their ancestors -- the infamous slave traders, the Pirates Lafitte. If they don't... it's time to pay the piper."-- show less

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George Andrew Romero was born in the Bronx, New York on February 4, 1940. He received a degree in graphic arts from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in 1960. He learned the film business working on the sets of movies. He created the modern zombie genre with his 1968 film Night of the Living Dead. His other films included Dawn of the Dead, show more Knightriders, Creepshow, Day of the Dead, Bruiser, Land of the Dead, and Diary of the Dead. He created the comic book series The Empire of the Dead in 2014. He died from lung cancer on July 16, 2017 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Original title
Pay the Piper
Original publication date
2024-09-03
People/Characters
Renée Pontiac
Important places
Alligator Point, Louisiana
First words
Bob Fireman's Wagon Wheel Carnival had rolled its calliope pennants to the outskirts of Alligator Point's green inferno every January 9 since - well, no still-living Pointer could recall it not coming. The carney's clo... (show all)ckwork arrival honored an event even kids as small as Pontiac knew. Each year since starting school, she'd heard the same tale from her teacher, Miss Ward. -Chapter 1

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Fiction and Literature, Horror
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813.6Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English2000-
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