Beloved monster enthusiast
Zed Watson is back!
Three days in a haunted mansion full of secrets. Two intrepid investigators. And one chance to solve a generations-old mystery.
Beloved monster enthusiast
Zed Watson is back!
Three days in a haunted mansion full of secrets. Two intrepid investigators. And one chance to solve a generations-old mystery.
Night of the Living Zed
Zed and Gabe are back to their treasure-hunting, literary-sleuthing ways in this spooky new adventure chock-full of illusions, spirits, haunted pasts and heartwarming friendships.
After some lackluster cases involving lost books and a missing pet, the two friends have finally come across a mystery worth their attention: the secrets of Glyndebourne Manor, haunted home of a late, great opera designer. Every twenty-five years, the Manor hosts a challenge. You have three days and two nights to solve the puzzles in each room before the stroke of midnight. If you leave, you forfeit the game. If you solve the puzzles in time, you win a huge pile of money.
Simple enough, thinks Zed. They and Gabe are interested in all things ghoulish. And if they win, they will be able to give their friends Sam and Jo the large wedding they deserve.
There's only one problem: no one has been able to stay in the house for more than a single night.
Cue a whirlwind of scary ghosts, moving walls and cryptic letters. The two friends are going to need some help. Which means figuring out who the mysterious figure holding a crowbar is. And how to get out of a room with no doors! But thanks to Zed's fearless enthusiasm and Gabe's encyclopedic knowledge of theatre, they might be able to survive and maybe even right some past wrongs.
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Night of the Living Zed
Zed and Gabe are back to their treasure-hunting, literary-sleuthing ways in this spooky new adventure chock-full of illusions, spirits, haunted pasts and heartwarming friendships.
After some lackluster cases involving lost books and a missing pet, the two friends have finally come across a mystery worth their attention: the secrets of Glyndebourne Manor, haunted home of a late, great opera designer. Every twenty-five years, the Manor hosts a challenge. You have three days and two nights to solve the puzzles in each room before the stroke of midnight. If you leave, you forfeit the game. If you solve the puzzles in time, you win a huge pile of money.
Simple enough, thinks Zed. They and Gabe are interested in all things ghoulish. And if they win, they will be able to give their friends Sam and Jo the large wedding they deserve.
There's only one problem: no one has been able to stay in the house for more than a single night.
Cue a whirlwind of scary ghosts, moving walls and cryptic letters. The two friends are going to need some help. Which means figuring out who the mysterious figure holding a crowbar is. And how to get out of a room with no doors! But thanks to Zed's fearless enthusiasm and Gabe's encyclopedic knowledge of theatre, they might be able to survive and maybe even right some past wrongs.
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Can you crack the code in Zed’s clothes?
Solve the riddle and submit your answer below to enter for the chance to win a limited-edition giclee print, and copies of The Fabulous Zed Watson and Night of the Living Zed—signed by the authors themselves!
Zed is always impeccably dressed.
Find the code in their clothes, and count us impressed!
Search….
The headpiece sweater and Hallowe’en pants,
count the three shapes, to have a chance.
From bottom to top, what do you see?
Shiny, spooky and furry, count all three.
Then type the numbers in the space below.
From smallest to largest, here we go!
Can you crack the code in Zed’s clothes?
Solve the riddle and submit your answer below to enter for the chance to win a limited-edition giclee print, and copies of The Fabulous Zed Watson and Night of the Living Zed—signed by the authors themselves!
Zed is always impeccably dressed.
Find the code in their clothes, and count us impressed!
Search….
The headpiece sweater and Hallowe’en pants,
count the three shapes, to have a chance.
From bottom to top, what do you see?
Shiny, spooky and furry, count all three.
Then type the numbers in the space below.
From smallest to largest, here we go!
Don't miss
The Fabulous Zed Watson
now in paperback!
Finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award, the Lambda Award, the OLA Silver Birch Award, and the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award.
The literary scavenger hunt of a lifetime, starring an endlessly endearing non-binary tween!
Zed Watson loves a few things: their name (which they chose themself!), their big rambunctious family, and—oh yeah—monsters. When Zed discovered the mystery surrounding an unpublished novel called The Monster’s Castle, they were completely hooked. Now Zed is a member of a small but dedicated legion devoted to finding the long-buried text.
When a breakthrough discovery leads Zed to the route that they are sure will take them to the treasure, they know it’s time for a road trip. And with the help of their shy, flora-loving neighbour, Gabe, and his sister, Sam, a geologist who is driving back to college in Arizona, Zed and company are soon off on a wild adventure following cryptic clues.
But it’s not all fun and games. Gabe doesn’t like Zed’s snacks, Sam is a bossy driver with total command of the ancient Impreza’s stereo, and Zed is often misgendered. It’s a good thing they also encounter kind strangers, potato-themed dance-offs and lots and lots of ice cream along the way. If Zed and Gabe can combine their strengths, survive Sam’s wrath and best the greedy historian who’s also hot on the book’s trail, they just might find the greatest treasure of all.
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Meet the Authors
BASIL SYLVESTER is a non-binary writer and bookseller. Their first book, The Fabulous Zed Watson!, co-written with Kevin Sylvester, was a finalist for the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award, the 2021 Lambda Award and the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award. Night of the Living Zed is their second novel.
KEVIN SYLVESTER is the author/illustrator of more than thirty books, including The Almost Epic Squad: Mucus Mayhem, the MINRS trilogy, the Neil Flambé Capers and the Hockey Super Six series. Sylvester has won awards across Canada, among them the Silver Birch Award and the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award. Apartment 713 is his most recent novel. Kevin Sylvester lives in Toronto.
Apartment 713
by Kevin Sylvester
Secret ballrooms, hidden artwork and unlikely friends—welcome to The Regency, where even time moves in surprising ways!
Apartment 713
by Kevin Sylvester
Secret ballrooms, hidden artwork and unlikely friends—welcome to The Regency, where even time moves in surprising ways!
