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Lost Hollow constable Graham Gordon just walked into his abandoned childhood home for the first time in twenty years. Local teenagers have been spreading rumors about disembodied screams coming from inside. Now, thanks to a rickety set of cellar stairs and the hateful spirit of his dead father, he might never escape.Meanwhile, Channel 6 News feature reporter Afia Afton-whose father is the victim of a local decades-old hate crime-is meeting with town administrator Patsy Blankenship. Her mission is to develop a ghost story feature for a special to air on the station's Halloween broadcast. When Patsy tells her about the screams at the Gordon place, the past and the present are set on a collision course with potentially catastrophic results.Can Graham come to terms with his father's past and redeem his own future? Can the murder mystery that has haunted Afia for most of her life finally be solved?It's a fight for the future and the past when spirit and flesh wage war at the Gordon place.ABOUT THE CONTENTSFor more information about the tropes and contents of this story, please see the author's website: www.isaacthorne.com/gordon-place

Lost Hollow constable Graham Gordon just walked into his abandoned childhood home for the first time in twenty years. Local teenagers have been spreading rumors about disembodied screams coming from inside. Now, thanks to a rickety set of cellar stairs and the hateful spirit of his dead father, he might never escape.Meanwhile, Channel 6 News feature reporter Afia Afton-whose father is the victim of a local decades-old hate crime-is meeting with town administrator Patsy Blankenship. Her mission is to develop a ghost story feature for a special to air on the station's Halloween broadcast. When Patsy tells her about the screams at the Gordon place, the past and the present are set on a collision course with potentially catastrophic results.Can Graham come to terms with his father's past and redeem his own future? Can the murder mystery that has haunted Afia for most of her life finally be solved?It's a fight for the future and the past when spirit and flesh wage war at the Gordon place.ABOUT THE CONTENTSFor information about the tropes and other contents in this story, please see the author's website: www.isaacthorne.com/gordon-place

In the twilight of March 21, 1955, eight people take cover in their local general store while a thundering torrent and flash flooding threatens life and livelihood alike. None of the eight are everything they claim to be. But only one of them hungers for human souls, flesh, and blood. An overflowing waterway destroys their only path of escape. The tiny band of survivors is forced to confront themselves and each other when a peculiar stranger with a famous face tries to pick them off one by one. Can the neighbors survive the predator in their midst as well as the 100-year flood that drowns the small town of Lost Hollow? Or will they become victims of the night the townsfolk all remember as Hell Spring?ABOUT THE CONTENTS Hell Spring is a 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards finalist in the Horror category. For information about the tropes and other content readers will encounter in this story, visit the author's site at isaacthorne.com/hell-spring.

In the twilight of March 21, 1955, eight people take cover in their local general store while a thundering torrent and flash flooding threatens life and livelihood alike. None of the eight are everything they claim to be. But only one of them hungers for human souls, flesh, and blood. An overflowing waterway destroys their only path of escape. The tiny band of survivors is forced to confront themselves and each other when a peculiar stranger with a famous face tries to pick them off one by one. Can the neighbors survive the predator in their midst as well as the 100-year flood that drowns the small town of Lost Hollow? Or will they become victims of the night the townsfolk all remember as Hell Spring? ABOUT THE CONTENTS Hell Spring is a 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards finalist in the Horror category. For information about the contents and tropes readers will encounter in this story, visit the author's site at isaacthorne.com/hell-spring

Nine-year-old Tab is an artist harboring fears and anxieties that he soothes by drawing. After an encounter with an otherworldly creature, an angry bump afflicts his left temple. The wound burns and itches but will not heal. Worse, it summons ghosts.Soon, Tab's art portends real-life disasters like his father's death. Tab becomes convinced his bump-his third eye-causes bad things.Will Tab be able to control this power before it takes another life? Can he free himself from the ghost, who is determined to use that power to untold ends?The answers lie in the secrets revealed by Tab's terrible third eye.

Nine-year-old Tab is an artist harboring fears and anxieties that he soothes by drawing. After an encounter with an otherworldly creature, an angry bump afflicts his left temple. The wound burns and itches but will not heal. Worse, it summons ghosts.Soon, Tab's art portends real-life disasters like his father's death. Tab becomes convinced his bump-his third eye-causes bad things.Will Tab be able to control this power before it takes another life? Can he free himself from the ghost, who is determined to use that power to untold ends?The answers lie in the secrets revealed by Tab's terrible third eye.