Sometimes, a horror writer takes you on a journey of the imagination that ventures into the realms of fantasy or the supernatural, bringing to life situations or characters that inhabit our dreams or nightmares.
But in ASBO, Iain Rob Wright has created a scenario that’s terrifying precisely because it takes place in the real world, with recognizable characters facing all-too-familiar situations.
ASBO stands for Anti-Social Behaviour Order – a civil order made by the British courts to curtail repeated anti-social behaviour, whether by juveniles or others creating a persistent nuisance in a community.ASBO stands for Anti-Social Behaviour Order – a civil order made by the British courts to curtail repeated anti-social behaviour, whether by juveniles or others creating a persistent nuisance in a community.
When Andrew Goodman is confronted in the street by an abusive teenager demanding he buy him a packet of cigarettes, he’s inclined to brush the incident off as an unpleasant chance encounter that’s totally out of place in his comfortable, middle-class neighborhood.
But things rapidly get out of hand when Andrew realizes that for some reason he and his family are being deliberately targeted by the emotionally unstable Frankie and his gang of delinquent followers, who unleash an escalating campaign of violence and terror that threatens their very lives – and the police seem to be able to do little to protect them.
Here’s a short excerpt:
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