Those Who Dwell Below the Sidewalk

Beneath the city, they are watching...

“The stuff of my freaking nightmares.” - Lesley Conner, Apex Magazine

During a bumper-to-bumper commute, Everard is almost murdered by a woman whose skin is covered in a living swarm of holes. Furious, Everard chases her down an impossible staircase. He’s thrown into the city’s supernatural underbelly where nightmares lurk around every corner.

In this world within the city's periphery, strange cults protect their members from monsters of urban legends. But something is riling up those monsters. Something ancient and evil, which has set its hungry sights on Everard.

For fans of horror epics like Stephen King’s Dark Tower or the wondrous horrors of Clive Barker’s Cabal & Nightbreed, Ben Farthing's The Who Dwell Below the Sidewalk is “non-stop terrifying action” with a villain who Apex Magazine Editor Lesley Conner called, “The stuff of my freaking nightmares.”

Praise for Ben Farthing:

“Reminds me of early Stephen King.” ★★★★★

“Excuse me while I go cry from fear” ★★★★★

“When Mr. Farthing comes out with a book, I drop everything else I'm doing to read it” ★★★★★

“No one is writing the kind of horror this man is writing” ★★★★★

“This has become a yearly Halloween must-read” ★★★★★

“Now one of my favorite horror books” ★★★★★

“One of the creepiest books I’ve ever read” ★★★★★

“Ben Farthing is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors” ★★★★★

“Stunningly good” ★★★★★

“A master of building suspense” ★★★★★

“I can't wait to read everything by Ben Farthing!!” ★★★★★

“Reminiscent of '80s-era Stephen King” ★★★★★

“One of my favorites” ★★★★★

“I haven't been let down by Ben yet. He's a really great storyteller" ★★★★★

“Good luck putting it down" ★★★★★

“The perfect book to kick off spooky season” ★★★★★

“The scariest book I’ve read all year" ★★★★★

“Farthing's ability to creep the heck out of you in so few pages is incredible” ★★★★★

“One of the best books I read in 2023” ★★★★★

“Restores my faith in horror novels” ★★★★★

“The master of terror and dread” ★★★★★

“I LOVEEEE Ben Farthing. His books are *chefs kiss*” ★★★★★

“I couldn't stop reading until I got to the end. This was a mix of The Twilight Zone meets Tales From The Crypt” ★★★★★

“I can't wait for the next book" ★★★★★

“I'm kicking myself for waiting so long to read this book, and I implore you to read it as well” ★★★★★

“Dare you to read it.” ★★★★★