My new release MEET ME IN MAINE(Book One of The Blue Harbor Series) brings murder, mystery, and romance to a seaside town.
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We might look human but we’re not. We might act human but we love to kill. Our fearless leader shows no mercy. Who is he? Will he show his face? Only The Dead know.
KILL ME A walk through the woods On a sunny afternoon. What could go wrong? I am alone. It is growing darker. The wind begins to sigh and moan. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea. The leaves of the tall trees are rustling. Their rustling sounds grow louder. Are the trees moving on their own? The trees are coming alive! Alive with The Dead. Just kill me now.
THE EVIL INSIDE Can you feel the evil? Spreading through town. Moving through the trees. Entering through open windows. Spreading. Enveloping us all. It comes at night. Into our beds. Seeking the innocents. Ones to join them. In their deadly adventures. Do not join them. Stand strong. Don’t let the evil enter. Once it’s inside, it won’t leave. Until all are dead.
I can see you. from inside the mirror. I will come for you when you least expect it. Don’t let your guard down. Don’t fall asleep. For soon your life will be over. You said the words, "Bloody Mary." It’s now too late to take them back. They are written in blood. Your blood. Bloody Mary is here to stay.
What a great sign. It could be sitting at the entrance to Oasis. A town plagued by evil. Evil in its many forms. Vampires, human vampires, and vampire derivatives. Playing their deadly games. At the expense of the unsuspecting tourists and residents. Come and join the fun. You can be added to their kill list. Don’t miss out. Your life could end today. THE DEAD GAME Kindle http://amzn.to/1lKvMrP Nook http://bit.ly/1lFdqNj
The mannequins are alive!
Their eyes are following me
wherever I go.
They’re taunting me, daring
me to leave.
When I leave, I know they
will follow me.
I know!
I’ll use the fireplace poker
and smash their heads in.
They will never follow me again.
And I will finally be free!
WE’RE HERE! The Dead are rising from the smoke. They will be walking the streets of Oasis. Be careful to hide in your homes. You wouldn’t want to meet them on the deserted streets. They will be hell to pay. For hell will take you as one of their own.
After Linda and David were
gone, Todd quietly asked Sam, “Is everything under control? Can we keep
this contained, with everything else that has happened? People are
getting too suspicious. This last killing has raised questions about
vampires.”
“I’ll keep it contained…I have no other choice. Maybe someone
from our group has turned. This has to involve more than one person.
This time bite marks have been left behind on a body fully drained of
blood. The culprits are either getting more careless, or else they are
leaving behind clues because they want to be found out. It’s getting
harder and harder to cover up the bodies.”
“I’d like to find the
guilty party before Diane’s next meeting. We must deal with this
situation quickly and quietly,” said Todd.
He decided that this was a
good time to update Sam of recent events in town. He pulled Sam away
from the other police officers who were busy examining the crime scene.
He began, “I almost lost Linda this week!She was attacked
in the ocean. I wasn’t able to identify the swimmer, since he was
wearing a wet suit with a mask. He looked tall and muscular.
Unfortunately, this description fits most of the men from town, except
for Carl, who is much too skinny. In addition, her store had been almost
destroyed by an earthquake-like force, but there had been no earthquake
or tremor of any kind in town that day.”
Sam was shocked to hear of
these new developments. “This situation is growing worse by the day.
Shana also had a life-threatening incident. In the middle of the night I
found her balanced on the ledge of the church’s tower…looking like she
was about to jump off. Only after I shouted her name a few times did she
finally notice me and move away from the edge. Afterward, she claimed
that she’d been hypnotized. I don’t understand how she could’ve been
hypnotized if I’d been with her the whole evening…just outside her
bedroom door where she’d been sleeping….”
“I agree. It had to be
someone with great powers, who was able to hypnotize someone against
their will, and from a good distance. If he’s from the splinter group,
then this will continue to grow worse—unless we stop them for good.”
Todd continued, “Events in town have taken a shocking turn:
becoming more unexplainable and hinting more of the supernatural. David
and Mike complained about bat-like creatures attacking them on the
cliff below End House, and then at Wolf’s house, we were attacked by a
cave full of bats. Did you know that Wolf sits on the board of the
company that owns End House? Wolf is someone we should be investigating
further.”
“Oh great! This situation
keeps getting sicker and sicker. Do what you have to; but don’t get too
close to Linda—it could get too dangerous for her.”
“What about you and Shana? Practice what you preach.”
A waitress with a name tag
that read “Rose” came over to serve them. She looked friendly, with her
bright-red hair and snapping gum. She took their order and then asked if
she could assist them with anything else.
Linda decided to come
straight out with what they wanted to know. She began by explaining
their situation. “Two of our friends disappeared from a party given at
End House this past Friday night. We suspect that the
people who reside on the hill are the ones responsible. Do you know
anything about them that can help us?”
Rose called over two men. “Hey! Rob and Joe! We need help
here!” Linda and Shana, becoming frightened, began to stand up. Then
they noticed that the two old men, who were coming over to them, had big
smiles on their wrinkled faces. They joined them at their booth.
Rose said to the men,
“These women were at that party and they think that the hill people had
something to do with the disappearances.”
The one called Joe, who had
a full head of white hair and a long white beard, nodded his head in
agreement. “We have always suspected that those people were evil.
Tourists disappear every year and nothing is ever done about it. The
sheriff seems to be in cahoots with them. Parties are given on the hill
on the same two nights each year. On these nights, shadows can be seen
creeping around the deserted streets of town.”
Rob, who wore very thick
glasses and had curly grey hair, added, “The parties look like secret
meetings of some society. Everything is always done after dark.”
Rose spoke up. “We never see these people until the sun goes down. They don’t bother talking to us. I’ve been living here thirty years and I’ve spoken to only a few of them.”
“Our town doesn’t go out
after dark; we steer clear of the hill people. There have been many
legends, but we don’t know if any are true,” confided Joe.
Shana asked, “What are some of the legends?”
“One legend describes the
hill people as vampires in hiding. They meet with the rest of the
vampires in the world twice a year. These meetings are planning sessions
on how to keep their species alive,” Joe informed them.
“Another
legend has the hill people as good vampires that are trying to rid the
world of The Dead, a sect of evil vampires who enjoy killing people—just
for fun. The Dead have greater powers than regular vampires and are led
by a strong and malicious head vampire. The good vampires meet twice a
year to plan the defense of their slowly diminishing group,” Rob
explained.
“How can you remain living
here if you believe the worst of the people in town?” asked a puzzled
Linda. She didn’t believe in vampires, but if these people thought so
poorly of the townspeople, then why didn’t they just leave?
Rose answered for them, “We don’t know if the legends are
true. We’ve been living here unhurt all these years. Maybe the tourists
disappearing are just coincidences. We can’t pack up our whole village
and leave. We need the income from the ocean: the fishing has been very
profitable.”
“Maybe they want you to remain living here for some sinister purpose,” said Shana. Oh great, now Shana is going to frighten them.
“If you find out anything, please let us know,” said Rose, with concern beginning to dawn in her eyes.
“Don’t worry. We’ll let you
know of any new developments. We’ll figure this out and find our
friends,” said Linda, trying to downplay Shana’s dire warning.
The village looked lovely
and peaceful on the surface, but Linda was afraid that there was much
more brewing beneath the surface. As she ate her lunch, she tried to be
as cheerful as possible so that Shana wouldn’t notice her rising fears
and suspicions.
The group, which had followed Todd through his discoveries, climbed up behind him into the attic that spanned the
entire width of the house. The long room was empty, except for an elaborate
computer system with monitors set up along the back wall. Todd sat down in one
of the two desk chairs and began to scroll through the rooms shown on the
monitors. All the rooms appeared to be empty.
“Let’s test out this fancy
equipment and see how the rooms are controlled from up here. From here, I can
track what happens when someone follows the loop of rooms.” Todd was impatient
to find some answers. Before he found these monitors, he’d concluded that a
supernatural force had planned the party. But now he was open to a new
possibility: a human could have devised and implemented the complicated computer system. He didn’t know which was more dangerous,
since he was aware that humans could be just as devious and evil as any demons.
“I’ll follow the rooms in
a circle and then retrace them in the opposite direction.” Sam was pacing back and forth in the room—over
and over again. “And I’ll bring Shana along with me.”
“Linda can remain with
me…while Mike and David can follow along with Carl.” Todd said.
They all seemed eager to
follow his orders, except for Mike, who shot an annoyed look over his shoulder
before climbing back down the ladder. Todd turned his face away, refusing to acknowledge Mike’s silly show of stubbornness. First Carl made unexplained disappearances,
and now Mike had issues with authority. All the dangerous missions that he’d
led in the past didn’t have all the grumblings, complaints, and disregard for authority
that this group exhibited. He knew that if they didn’t learn to work well
together as one close-knit unit, then they weren’t going to be successful in
defeating their enemy. He had a lot of work ahead of him before he could bring
this ragtag group to some semblance of working order.
