The White by Matt Micheli

Uninvited and unwelcomed, Dan’s estranged mother Margo shows up at his doorstep moments before a freak snowstorm hits their small Texas town. The arctic storm comes fast and hard, trapping Dan and his wife, their teen daughter, and her boyfriend inside with the malicious old woman who seems hell-bent on destroying everything her son and daughter-in-law have built together. Long-buried family secrets are exhumed, causing tensions to flare and tempers to erupt. As anger consumes the household and things spiral out of control, inside is Hell. But outside in the snow there is something far more sinister. Something full of rage. Something violent. Something that craves brutality. Comes with bonus story: Lock the Doors. "A quick read that will assault your senses and hit you like a gut-shot, The White is a darkly horrific, transgressive delight!" - The Dark Mind Podcast "The White builds insidiously, has a mean streak a mile wide and an ending that is supremely unforgiving." - Nathan Ludwig, author of Old Haunts and The Comfy-Cozy Nihilist