The Ghost Trap
A Maine novel by K. Stephens (Leapfrog Press) and an award-winning independent feature film by Khanlarian Entertainment
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The haunting story of a young lobsterman who is forced to choose between right and wrong when his girlfriend suffers a traumatic head injury and a rival lobstering family sabotages his gear, sparking a deadly trap war. Written with sensitivity and rich description, this is a piercingly accurate depiction of a small Maine lobstering community.
🎬 Winner of THREE BEST FEATURE AWARDS: Vermont Film Festival's "Best Feature Drama," Valley Film Festival’s “Ten Degrees Hotter Best Feature,” and Vacationland’s (Biddeford, Maine) “Best of the Fest.”
Book reviews
A salty, tangy read." -Richard Grant, author of Another Green World
“Stephens has a wonderful clear eye for people, especially Maine people, and The Ghost Trap is populated with dozens from all walks of Maine life.”—Bill Roorbach, author of NYT best seller, Lucky Turtle
“Stephens gives the reader an unvarnished view of the subculture of lobster fishermen in small-town coastal Maine.”
—James Acheson, author of The Lobster Gangs of Maine "The Ghost Trap is the first book that has ever made me tear up—not because of it being sappy but its closeness to reality. Stephens writes fiction that goes beyond the pages and ventures into exploring life’s ailments with both passion and reality. "
—Booked in Chico national book club |
Film Reviews
“The Ghost Trap” is a creditably compelling drama/crime story that just so happens to be set in a specific Maine community. It’s well drawn, responsibly crafted, and brimming with very good actors all filling out the plot’s twists with professionalism and slow-burn intensity."
-Dennis Perkins, Portland Press Herald ACCENT MVP: "The Greek chorus of fishermen on Jamie's marine radio who leave no Maine colloquialism unspoken. (Leading man Zak Steiner is, by contrast, a buoy of restraint in a sea of colorful dialects--and he gives a really nice performance besides." 5-Stars
-Down East Magazine The Ghost Trap explores themes of love, loss, and resilience in a small fishing town on the edge of collapse. If fisherman noir were a genre, this would fall right into it.
-Film Threat Like Hemingway’s tale, it’s a well-written story about duplicity, jealousy and trying to get though the day — to make a buck in hard times. Like Hemingway’s Harry Morgan and like you and me.
-J.P. Devine, Central Maine |
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