We're in beta!Authors: Lock in 50% off for lifeReaders: Free forever

NEW FEATURES RELEASED!Click here for detailsorhere for error-tracking

FIND BOOKS TO BUY
The Blanks
4.0 (2 ratings)

The Blanks

The Shivers Collection

Unknown Author
Residents have an unspoken pact with the island’s unnatural inhabitants: ignore them, live happily. But in New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix’s thrilling short story, one boy can’t look away—and pays the price.

Jeckle Island offers Rachel’s children the chance to spend summers roaming wild and free, as long as they follow the rules. But when her son comes face to face with a terror they dare not speak of, she must prepare for their perfect world to change. Forever.

Grady Hendrix’s The Blanks is part of The Shivers, a collection of haunting stories that reveal the otherworldly terrors all around us. Once you know, there’s no going back. Read or listen to each story in one unsettling sitting.

Published: April 1, 2025

ISBN: 9781662532405

Reader Reviews

4.0

2 ratings

Annette C.

Mar 7, 2026
Wow!

I have never read anything like this before. I can't imagine the predicament the family is in. I don't re-read books but I will this short story. Great job Grady!

Read Letter D.

Feb 8, 2026
2.5 rounding up

I'd heard good things about this one, so I guess my expectations were too high but this one didn't do it for me.