“THE EXTRA is exceptional in every way: Extra unnerving, extra eerie, extra tense. Annie Neugebauer pedals in the same alpine paranoia as John Carpenter’s classic THE THING, manifesting a sense of dissociative anxiety that only mounts with every turn of the page.”
—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES
A university backpacking trip heads into the wilderness with all ten hikers accounted for. But after a strange EMP during a rainstorm kills their flashlights, the number of participants changes—to one extra. Matt, leading this trip of students and staff, remembers every one of the eleven people now present. There is no obvious interloper. An insidious mystery ensues as Matt attempts to quietly uncover who the extra is and why they’re here masquerading as one of the group. Because one thing is certain: he came here with ten people, and only ten people are going back home.
The Extra will be out through Shortwave Publishing on September 9, 2025.
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“With THE EXTRA, Annie Neugebauer spins a disturbing tale of paranoia, identity, and horror packed with twists you absolutely won’t see coming! Highly recommended!”
—Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of BURN TO SHINE and COLD WAR
“Neugebauer’s THE EXTRA is a modern day successor to THE THING, an exquisite and anxiety-inducing work of horror that had me vicariously stressed the heck out along with the protagonist. Worth every white hair it gave me.”
—Cassandra Khaw, Bram Stoker Award winning author of THE SALT GROWS HEAVY and NOTHING BUT BLACKENED TEETH
