The Final Gate [SEVEN DOORS SPECIAL EDITION]

By Lucas Mangum and Wesley Southard

All paperbacks will receive a FREE copy the eBook.

“As long as Mangum and Southard are around, Fulci’s spirit lives on.” 
- Judith Sonnet, author of Hell and No One Rides For Free.

Something is terrifying the residents of St. Luke's Orphanage. Gurgling moans echo through the hallways. Hulking shapes lurk in the surrounding woods. And each morning, one less child wakes up in their bed…

Brandon and his girlfriend, Jillian, refuse to believe his younger brother has simply been “adopted.” The caretakers at St. Luke’s insist he’s safe, but Brandon has his doubts. With the help of a friend and a mysterious guide, they’ll do whatever it takes to uncover the truth lurking inside the orphanage walls… and in the darkness beneath the basement stairs.

But what they find below isn’t just a secret—it’s something that should have never been disturbed.

From Splatterpunk Award-Winning author Wesley Southard and Splatterpunk Award-Nominated author Lucas Mangum, with an introduction by Ryan Harding, comes The Final Gate—the ultimate tribute to Italian horror master Lucio Fulci. Packed with blood, guts, and all the nightmarish madness you’d expect from the Godfather of Gore himself, Southard and Mangum deliver a love letter to spaghetti splatter and the unrelenting terror of 1980s Euro horror.

This Special "Seven Doors" Edition celebrates the EP The Final Gate, inspired by Mangum and Southard’s visceral homage to Fulci. This edition includes a foreword by Ryan Wills—the sole writer and instrumentalist of Seven Doors—along with new introductions from Lucas Mangum and Wesley Southard.

“The Final Gate plays out like the prose version of an unfilmed Lucio Fulci script. Packed with grotesque imagery, head-snapping twists, and shocking moments, this lovingly crafted tribute to the late director delivers thrills with gusto.”
- Bryan Smith, Splatterpunk Award-Winning author of Depraved and Merciless.