"Bawan Duhu shi ne duk abin da mai ban sha'awa ya kamata ya kasance-mai ban tsoro, na asali kuma mai cikakken nutsuwa! ”
- Wendy Corsi Staub, New York Times marubucin marubutan

“Kyakkyawan kirkira da gwanintar dabara, Matt Manochio's Bawan Duhu ya ɗauki tatsuniyoyin almara daga gaban Kristi kuma ya sanya shi a cikin duniyar zamani ta ƙwararrun matasa - ke ƙirƙirar aikin agogo na ta'addanci wanda ya haɗu da Freddy Krueger tare da Brothers Grimm! An ba da shawarar sosai! ”
- Jay Bonansinga, New York Times bestselling marubucin Mutuwar Tafiya: Faduwar Gwamna

“Gudun tafiya mai saurin tafiya cikin labari mai ban tsoro amma mai ban tsoro na Kirsimeti. Shin akwai gefen duhu zuwa Santa? Kuma idan haka ne, me zai yi wa waɗannan yaran da ba su da kyau? Matt Manochio ya ba da amsar ƙusa ƙusa da Bawan Duhu. "
- John Everson ne adam wata, Marubucin lashe kyautar Bram Stoker Idanun Violet

“A dai-dai lokacin ne na Kyakkyawan Son Zuwa Ga Maza, karon farko na Matt Manochio ya gabatar da wani sabon kashi na Holiday Horror, yana hura rayuwar adabi a cikin wani adadi da ba a manta da shi ba na shirin ficewa daga inuwar Santa. An shirya don burgewa ta wata sabuwar hanyar daɗaɗɗa. ”
- Hank Schwaeble, Marubucin lashe kyautar Bram Stoker Laifi, diabolical da kuma Mala'ikan rami

 

 

Bawan Duhu

Ba Santa kadai ke zuwa garin ba…

Ya girmi Kristi kuma yana azabtar da yaran Turai ƙarnuka. Yanzu Amurka na fuskantar fushinta. Yaran da ba su tsammani sun ɓace kamar dusar ƙanƙara da ke murƙushe New Jersey. Duk abin da ya rage alamu ne na halaka-kuma kofato kofato na jini da aka taka cikin dusar ƙanƙara. Billy Schweitzer mai shekaru goma sha bakwai ta farka a ranar 5 ga Disamba tana baƙin ciki. Tuni suka yi rikici tare da mahaifinsa shugaban 'yan sanda da babban ɗan'uwansa ɗan zinariya, Billy ya ɓata rai lokacin da yarinyar da yake fata ta ƙi shi. Lokacin da wata halitta da ba ta gajiyawa ta kutsa kai cikin garinsa, ta hanyar dangi da dangi, Billy dole ne ya rinjayi nasa aljannu don ya fahimci dalilin da ya sa aka kwace abokan aikinsa na makarantar sakandare marasa laifi, da kuma yadda za a cece su daga sanannen abokin waliyyin maras tausayi - wanda ba za a iya dakatar da shi ba.

Matt Manochio na ɗaya daga cikin sabbin yaran da ke rukunin. Ba Joey, Jordon, Jonathan, Danny, ko ma Donnie… a'a, shine sabon mutumin AC / DC a Samhain Horror. Ba saba ba? Da kyau, ya kamata ku gyara wannan ASAP. Bayan ya kirkiro wasu litattafan laifuka biyu da ba a buga ba (daya ya sayar wa jirgin Dorchester da ke nutsewa, amma bai taba ganin an sake shi ba), Matt ya ji labarin Krampus.

Krampus?

Bari Wikipedia ta taimaka mana a can:

Krampus wata dabba ce mai kama da dabbobi daga almara of mai tsayi ƙasashe sunyi tunanin azabtar da yara yayin Kirsimeti kakar wanda ya misbehaved, da bambanci da saint nicholas, wanda ke ba wa waɗanda suke da halin kirki kyauta. An ce Krampus yana kama yara ƙanana a cikin buhu kuma ya tafi da su zuwa gidansa.

Me Krampus ke yi da waɗannan yaran fitina bayan ya kai su gidansa? Bawan Duhu, Farkon Matt don ɗayan amintattun sunaye a cikin tsoro, yana ba da cikakkun bayanai.

Matt yayi kyakkyawan aiki na jawo hankalin mai karatu dama daga jemage. Krampus yana sa gabansa ya ji da wuri kuma sau da yawa. Akwai hadari mai zuwa cikin New Jersey, yara suna kan hanyar zuwa makaranta. Yayin karatun, an gabatar da shugaban 'yan sanda da yaransa maza biyu, tare da wasu handfulalibai kaɗan, ana jan su ɗaya bayan ɗayan, don isar da azaba da tuba daga Krampus. Wa zai tuba? Kuma zai makara?

Duk da yake Bawan Duhu ya ƙunshi rabo daidai na jini da firgici, yana kuma ɗauke da mahimmin sako mai mahimmanci. Jigon da ke gudana a ƙasan abin shakku na labarin shine Matt ya ɗauki zalunci. Zalunci wani abu ne na yara (da wasu manya) da suke fuskanta a kullum. Matsala ce babba a cikin al’ummarmu, musamman a lokacin masu cin zarafin yanar gizo. A cewar wani rahoto daga ABC News, 30% na ɗaliban ko dai masu zagi ne, ko kuma waɗanda ake zalunta. Dubun-dubatan yara kan zauna gida daga makaranta kowace rana don kauce wa masu zagin su. Matt yayi amfani da misalai da yawa a duk cikin labarin don haskaka wasu daga cikin mafi kyaun yanayin yanayin mutum wanda yake bayyane ga yaran mu (abubuwan da ke kawo Krampus zuwa gari). Matt ya kula da batun sosai tare da kulawa sosai, kuma yayi tasiri sosai.

Tattaunawar tana da ƙarfi, haruffan suna da ƙwarewa sosai kuma sun gaskata, wanda zai taimaka muku da don sanin abin da ke gudana da kuma abin da ɗayan waɗannan yara suka yi don ya cancanci hukuncin da aka yi musu. Akwai ma wata motar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa mai ban tsoro (ko fitarwa… amma suna gudu?), Kuma ƙarshen wasan an buga shi da ban mamaki.

Littafin farko na Matt Manochio ya cancanci lokacinku da kuɗinku. Kuma babu ainihin abin da ya fi kyau a karanta a Kirsimeti fiye da kyakkyawan labarin Krampus.

A dama 4 daga 5 taurari. Ku tafi kama kwafin ku a yau!

 

Don ƙarin kan Matt Manochio, bincika gidan yanar gizon sa:  https://www.mattmanochio.com