What's Happening

New covers for THE CAJUN GIRL books were recently uploaded to all venues.

I signed up for a promotional event for THE CAJUN GIRL: Part 1 that was set to run on the 8th of this month. For some reason it did not. The book wasn't featured anywhere. I'm glad I didn't have to pay them. I'm not glad I waited a week and a half for nothing. Live and learn, and don't ever use them again.

I've made a list of other promo sites for TCG 1. The list has been evenly divided so that it will cover the next five months.

My day job is still depressing.

I'm working on new stories for the New Year.

Writers' Conferences & Book Festivals, 2016

JUNE 2016

June 10-12
MYSTERY WRITERS KEY WEST FEST Key West, FL

June 11
CRIME STORY WEEKEND Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

June 22-28
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ROMAN NOIR Frontignan, France

June 23-28
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE Orlando, FL

JULY 2016

July 5-9
THRILLERFEST New York, NY

July 15-17
PUBLIC SAFETY WRITERS CONFERENCE Las Vegas, NV

July 21-24
PULPFEST Columbus, OH

July 21-24
THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME FESTIVAL Harrogate, UK

July 28-31
BOOK PASSAGE MYSTERY WRITERS CONFERENCE Corte Madera, CA

AUGUST 2016

August 13
SUFFOLK MYSTERY AUTHORS FESTIVAL Suffolk, VA

August 13-29
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL Edinburgh, Scotland

August 18-21
KILLER NASHVILLE Nashville, TN

SEPTEMBER 2016

September 14-18
INTERNATIONAL AGATHA CHRISTIE FESTIVAL Torquay, Devon, UK

September 15-18
BOUCHERCON New Orleans, LA

September 24
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BOOK FESTIVAL Washington, DC

September 25-30
FALL FOR THE BOOK George Mason University Fairfax, VA

September 30-October 2
CREATURES, CRIMES & CREATIVITY Baltimore, MD

OCTOBER 2016

October 26-30
NOIR CON Philadelphia, PA

October 28-30
MAGNA CUM MURDER Indianapolis, IN

NOVEMBER 2016

November 11-13
NEW ENGLAND CRIME BAKE Goffstown, NH

November 17-20
ICELAND NOIR Reykjavik, Iceland

Coffee Break — May 3

The new mystery series has been outlined. Characters were named and assigned a role. I’m hiring an ebook cover designer. The books won’t be available until all the stories have been written and all the covers have been made. Afterward, I’m submitting them to Amazon’s CreateSpace so I’ll also have paperback copies.

However...

I just discovered Amazon Storywriter. Right away I knew I wanted to use this free service to adapt one of my novels to a screenplay. I very much wanted to do this a couple of years ago, but I couldn’t get the hang of it. Storywriter does my thinking (and formatting) for me.

I’m anxious to begin.

What's Happening

I am spending more time writing this year, less time with social media.

I've begun the first in a series of novellas based on characters from my Point Jove books (CAPTIVITY, BETRAYAL, PAYBACK, KILLING SUMMER).

March Madness Sale

THE CAJUN GIRL: Part 1 is FREE for a limited time.

iBooks | Nook | Page Foundry | Kindle

She survived a horrific childhood only to wind up trapped in a bitter, loveless marriage. Determined to find independence BJ Donovan, a French Quarter restaurateur, pens a work of fiction. Her book is a hit. But not for long. While interest in her debut crime novel continues to wane she comes up with a plan for how to top the bestseller list again. Using her position as a young executive chef to blend in with the community she embarks on a killing spree, by means of witchcraft, and uses details of the murders to begin the first book in a thriller series.

Excerpt from Chapter One:
Virgil awoke late at night to find his wife gone. He kicked off cold and clammy bedcovers, box springs screeched when he got up. A steady breeze, weighed down with humidity, carried the vanilla-like fragrance of Joe-Pye weed and the barely audible sound of laughter through an open window. He stood behind fluttering white sheers and watched Marie trot across the back yard, her long black curls bouncing with each footfall. The opaque security light above the barn doors cast an eerie pallor through the limbs of an old elm draped with Spanish moss. He noticed her belly, in the narrow space between her shirt and shorts, seemed rounder than normal. He lazily scratched his ass, wondered what the hell she’s doing.

A Psychological Suspense Novel

New Release - A Watery Death

A WATERY DEATH

A Sci-Fi Horror Short Story

A recognized tournament is coming to Redmoon Lake. If word gets out that an abnormally large alligator gar has not only taken over the lake it has taken someone’s life the event would surely be called off. More than likely it would never be rescheduled. The members of an amateur anglers fishing club plan to take matters into their own hands.

Excerpt:
Lee Jackson, a thirteen-year-old budding geologist, moved farther away from his younger brother and the shoreline, as he continued on his quest to find more rocks and gemstones to add to his growing collection. “Chal-ced-o-ny.” He pulled a spiral tablet from his hip pocket. Flipped through the pages until he found what he was looking for. “Yep. Chalcedony. Includes many varieties of, um, crypto-crys-tal-line... cryptocrystalline quartz gemstones.” He stuffed the tablet in his pocket. Following a worn trail around a curve he glanced back in time to see his brother, Tate, casting his line into the water.

Page Foundry | iBooks | Kindle | Amazon UK | Nook

New Release - A Haunting At Wentzel Farm

A HAUNTING AT WENTZEL FARM
Psychological Suspense

Based on the character Evelyn Adrian from THE CAJUN GIRL

A woman is left homeless after a fire destroys her apartment building in New Orleans, Louisiana. At the same time, a severe thunderstorm warning is issued. Trying to get out of the city at night in a downpour while caught in heavy traffic she makes a wrong turn. Evelyn finds a farmhouse by accident. About to knock and ask directions, the door creaks open.

Excerpt:
The old dark house stood alone on the right side of a dirt road. Power lines came down when severe thunderstorms tore through southern Louisiana earlier in the day. She got a flashlight from the trunk of her car, and climbed the steps to the wraparound porch. A cool breeze rippled her T-shirt. Lightning cast her elongated shadow onto the door. About to knock and ask directions, the door creaked open. Evelyn backed up. A wind gust whipped her long hair in a frenzy. She took a deep breath and quickly exhaled. “Hello?” she called out in a soft tone, nudging the door open wider with the flashlight.

Kindle | Amazon UK | Nook | Page Foundry | iBooks | Kobo | 24Symbols | Tolino | Scribd

New Release - The Cajun Girl

THE CAJUN GIRL: Part 1 of 2 - A Psychological Suspense Novel

She survived a horrific childhood only to wind up trapped in a bitter, loveless marriage. Determined to find independence BJ Donovan, a French Quarter restaurateur, pens a work of fiction. Her book is a hit. But not for long. While interest in her debut crime novel continues to wane she comes up with a plan for how to top the bestseller list again. Using her position as a young executive chef to blend in with the community, she embarks on a killing spree, by means of witchcraft, and uses details of the murders to begin the first book in a thriller series.

Nook | Page Foundry | Scribd | iBooks | 24Symbols | Kobo | Tolino | Amazon US | Amazon UK

THE CAJUN GIRL: Part 2 of 2 - Twelve Gripping Episodes

A homicide detective’s interest in her goes beyond a string of unsolved murders. BJ can’t allow him to get too close. Under the guise of a book signing tour for her debut novel, she makes monthly trips to twelve specific cities in order to gather enough real-life material to complete her episodic thriller which she believes has bestseller potential. Will she also find the freedom she seeks? Or will she spend the rest of her life paying a debt she never owed?

Nook | Page Foundry | Scribd | iBooks | 24Symbols | Kobo | Tolino | Amazon US | Amazon UK

Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Part 1:

Virgil awoke late at night to find his wife gone. He kicked off cold and clammy bedcovers, box springs screeched when he got up. A steady breeze, weighed down with humidity, carried the vanilla-like fragrance of Joe-Pye weed and the barely audible sound of laughter through an open window. He stood behind fluttering white sheers and watched Marie trot across the back yard, her long black curls bouncing with each footfall. The opaque security light above the barn doors cast an eerie pallor through the limbs of an old elm draped with Spanish moss. He noticed her belly, in the narrow space between her shirt and shorts, seemed rounder than normal. He lazily scratched his ass, wondered what the hell she’s doing.

Coming Soon

Writers' Conferences & Book Festivals, 2016

JANUARY

Jan. 16-23: Writers in Paradise conference, St. Petersburg, Florida
http://writersinparadise.eckerd.edu/

Jan. 22-24: San Diego State University Writers’ Conference, San Diego Marriott, Mission Valley
http://www.ces.sdsu.edu/wc

Jan. 24-30: Todos Santos Writers Workshop, Todos Santos, Baja Mexico
www.todossantoswritersworkshop.com

FEBRUARY

Feb. 10-14: San Miguel Writers' Conference and Literary Festival, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
www.sanmiguelwritersconference.org

Feb. 11-14: Savannah Book Festival, Savannah, Georgia
http://www.savannahbookfestival.org/

Feb. 11-15: San Francisco Writers Conference, San Francisco, California
www.SFWriters.org

Feb. 19-21: Galiano Literary Festival, Galiano Island, BC, Canada
galianoliteraryfestival.com

Feb. 20: Atlanta Writing Workshop, Atlanta, Georgia
http://atlantawritingworkshop.com/

Feb. 20: Birmingham Local Authors Expo and Book Fair, Birmingham, Alabama
http://www.bham.lib.al.us/programs/LocalAuthors/

Feb. 25-28: Left Coast Crime’s annual mystery convention in Phoenix, Arizona
http://www.leftcoastcrime2016.com/

Feb. 25-28: Sleuthfest, Deerfield Beach, Florida
http://sleuthfest.com/

Feb. 26-28: Digital Author and Indie Publishing Conference, Van Nuys, California
www.wcwriters.com/da

MARCH

March 5: Writing Festival, Wordcrafters in Eugene Writers’ Conference, Eugene, Oregon
http://wordcraftersineugene.org/conference/

March 5: The Augusta Literary Festival, Augusta, Georgia
http://www.augustaliteraryfestival.org/

March 12: Florida Authors & Publishers Spring Conference, Orlando, Florida
https://fpa.memberclicks.net/spring-conference

March 12-13: The Dahlonega Book Festival, Dahlonega, Georgia
http://dahlonegaliteraryfestival.wordpress.com/

March 12-16: The Tucson Festival of Books, Tucson, Arizona
http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/

March 16-20: The Algonkian Novel Retreat, Sterling, Virginia
algonkianconferences.com/AlgonkianWriterRetreat

March 25: Tampa Writers Conference, Tampa, Florida
http://floridawritingworkshops.com/

March 26: Fort Lauderdale Conference for Writers, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
http://floridawritingworkshops.com/

March 30 | April 2: AWP Writers’ Conference and Bookfair, Los Angeles, California
http://awpwriter.org/conference/

APRIL

April 7-9: The Write Stuff writers’ conference, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
www.glvwg.org

April 8: Writing by Writers Workshop at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
www.writingxwriters.org

April 8-9: IBPA Publishing University, Salt Lake City, Utah
http://ibpapublishinguniversity.com/index.html

April 8-9: North Texas Book Festival, Denton, Texas
www.ntbf.org

April 8-9: Maine Crime Wave, Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance, Portland, Maine
http://mainewriters.org/2016-maine-crime-wave

April 8-10: Okanagan Valley Writers’ Festival, Penticton, BC, Canada
http://okanaganvalleywritersfestival.com/

April 8-10: Word of South Festival of Literature and Music, Tallahassee, Florida
http://www.wordofsouthfestival.com/about/

April 12-17: Romantic Times Book Lovers’ Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada
http://www.rtconvention.com

April 14-17: Arkansas Literary Festival. Little Rock, Arkansas
http://www.arkansasliteraryfestival.org/

April 15-17: Pikes Peak Writers’ Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado
http://www.pikespeakwriters.com/ppwc/

April 15-17: Story Circle Network Women’s Writing Conference, Austin, Texas
http://www.storycircle.org/Conference/

April 15-17: Writer’s Institute, Madison, Wisconsin
https://uwwritersinstitute.wisc.edu/

April 23: Alabama Book Festival, Montgomery, Alabama
http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/

April 23-24: DFW Writers Conference, Fort Worth Convention Center, Texas
http://www.dfwcon.org

April 28-30: 2016—Las Vegas Writers Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada
www.lasvegaswritersconference.com

April 29 | May 1: Malice Domestic, annual mystery fan convention, in Bethesda, Maryland
www.malicedomestic.org

April 29 | May 1: Grub Street’s “Muse and the Marketplace” Conference, Boston, Massachusetts
https://www.grubstreet.org/muse/

April 29 | May 1: Chanticleer Authors Conference, Bellingham, Washington
www.chantireviews.com

April 30 | May 1: Ontario Writers Conference, Ajax, Ontario, Canada
http://thewritersconference.com/

Get It While It's Hot

I gave KILLING SUMMER a new look, and then kept this mystery novel in Amazon's KDP Select/KU program.

The 5-Day Free Event begins today.

Tagline:
Blackmailed for murder, unable to prove his innocence, a man involves a small town sheriff in his plan for revenge.

Synopsis:
On a hot night in July a young woman named Summer is murdered. She’ll be found one month later by two roofers, her lifeless eyes staring at the moldy interior of a rundown tool shed. The men responsible for her being there are two unlikely partners in crime, each with something to prove. One is the cowardly son of a decorated police officer. The other is a bully with a violent history. High on drugs and alcohol, neither knows who dealt the deathblow.

Fearing a confrontation, one of them agrees to pay the other for his vow of silence. But as time goes by, a hard life takes its toll on him. In order to put an end to the blackmail he’d have to take a risk. A risk that could easily backfire. Driven by hate and anger, he writes an anonymous letter to the sheriff recounting that killing summer.

KILLING SUMMER
They weren't there to hand-fish.

What's Happening

My trilogy, Backwoods Justice, a small town murder mystery, is available on 24Symbols.

CAPTIVITY — A sheriff tracks a psychopath targeting members of a retired mariner’s family. (Still available for Free)

BETRAYAL — A reporter furthers his budding career as a crime scene photographer by filming new construction being set ablaze by his older brother, who has a dark secret of his own.

PAYBACK — Deadly game of geocaching goes awry when hidden clues to the whereabouts of a kidnapped victim are swept away in a flash flood.

Featuring Sheriff Joshua Wolfe of KILLING SUMMER.

***

I intend to unpublish all thirteen books in the Bad Mojo series, reduce them to just two books, change the titles, and then make them available only on Amazon for a limited time.

Rested and raring to go, I'm even more determined to write my way out of my day job. So, I am spending more time writing this year, less time worrying about sales, and less time with social media.

Cheers

2-week Winter Hiatus

Writing

I have several projects lined up for 2016.

That's all I have to say, for now.

Cheers

New Release

A BACKWOODS JUSTICE MYSTERY SET is now available.

iBooks | Nook | Kobo

CAPTIVITY
A small-town sheriff tracks a psychopath targeting members of a retired mariner’s family.

BETRAYAL
A reporter furthers his budding career as a crime scene photographer by filming new construction being set ablaze by his older brother, who has a dark secret of his own.

PAYBACK
A deadly game of geocaching goes awry when hidden clues to the whereabouts of a kidnapped victim are swept away in a flash flood.

Interwoven novels of mystery, murder, and suspense.

What's Happening

I was busy promoting MAGIC MOON: A Mystery, the first book in the Bad Mojo series, throughout the 5-day Free event (Nov. 11-15) with Amazon's KDP Select program, so I needed to put my work-in-progress on hold.

To everyone at these promotional Twitter addresses...

@DigitalBKToday | @KindleEbooksUK | @bookpugUK | @KindleFreeBook | @FreeReadFeed | #BookBuzzr | @Amazon | @FreeKindleDaily | @kindleebooks | @zwoodlebooks | #BookGiveaway | @novelspot | @Kindlestuff | @KindleBookKing | @kindlepost | @4FreeKindleBook | @ereaderperks

...Thank you, for your help in making this event a success.
_____________

I had hoped to use these sites to promote my books...

Centsless Books | Awesome Gang | Book Daily | Kindle Nation Daily | eReader Utopia | Flurries of Words | eBook Lister | Addicted To eBooks | Just Kindle Books | Digital Book Today | Ebooks Habit | Ereader Café | Free Books Hub | Freebooksky | Daily Cheap Reads (also in UK) | Book Bub | Free eBooks Daily

...But for one reason or another I couldn't. Maybe next time.

Cheers

Kindle Unlimited

BAD MOJO

Don’t mess with Bonnie June. She’ll put a spell on you. Or worse.

>+<

All 13 dark tales in the Bad Mojo series are available exclusively through Amazon.

#1 MAGIC MOON December New Orleans, Louisiana
Moved by the success of her debut crime novel, twenty-seven-year-old BJ Donovan can’t handle the thought of being a one-hit wonder and never feeling special ever again. Using her position as the executive chef and owner of a popular restaurant in the French Quarter to blend in with the community, she embarks on a killing spree by means of voodoo magic. Traveling across the country under the guise of a book signing tour, she uses details of the murders to help maintain her best-seller status with an upcoming episodic thriller series.

#2 METAMORPHOSIS MOON January St. Augustine, Florida
BJ goes on a murderous rampage after someone at a writers retreat steals her handwritten manuscript of a new novel containing details of a true crime that were never made public.

#3 MOURNFUL MOON February Savannah, Georgia
With a little help from BJ, Alma LeJeune exacts revenge on the descendants of the people who had willingly participated in the unfair conviction and public hanging of a young Irish woman in 1735.

#4 MASTERMINDS MOON March Key West, Florida
Made the brunt of a sick joke by The Six, a group of snobbish writers, BJ shows them what make believe is all about when she uses the legendary Robby the Doll, a child’s toy created by voodoo magic, to hit back.

#5 MESMERIZING MOON April Charleston, South Carolina
Possessed by the ghost of a female serial killer from the 1800s, Alma drugs traveling businessmen then feeds their dismembered body parts to her pet, a great white alligator.

#6 MALEVOLENCE MOON May Salem, Massachusetts
A strange conversation between BJ and the descendant of a Salem witch leads Alma to believe that BJ is being drawn into a web of lies and deceit.

#7 MAYHEM MOON June Cincinnati, Ohio
BJ grows suspicious of an elderly woman’s true motives after she asks her to help get her granddaughter away from her cruel husband, a notorious gangster.

#8 MESSENGER MOON July Chicago, Illinois
After a devastating hurricane hits New Orleans BJ decides to get on the road and finish her promotional tour, unaware someone is lying in wait.

#9 MEANNESS MOON August Portland, Oregon
BJ is about to wage war on two animal abusers when something extraordinary happens.

#10 MAKE-BELIEVE MOON September Hollywood, California
A playwright’s misuse of BJ’s thriller series infuriates her.

#11 MASQUERADE MOON October Las Vegas, Nevada
An unexpected invitation to a murder mystery dinner party makes BJ wonder if she is the intended victim.

#12 MONSTER MOON November Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
BJ soon regrets her decision to help a woman who claims she had just escaped from a torture chamber in the desert.

#13 MELANCHOLY MOON December Chalmette, Louisiana
Bonnie June is coming home, but to what end?

Author Note:
To get the full effect of the series the stories must be read in numerical order.

These stories are also available in a set: BAD MOJO: THE COMPLETE SERIES
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Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Book 1, MAGIC MOON: A Mystery

Virgil awoke late at night to find his wife gone. He kicked off cold and clammy bedcovers, box springs screeched when he got up. A steady breeze, weighed down with humidity, carried the vanilla-like fragrance of Joe-Pye weed and the barely audible sound of laughter through an open window.

He stood behind fluttering white sheers and watched Marie trot across the back yard, her long black curls bouncing with each footfall. The opaque security light above the barn doors cast an eerie pallor through the limbs of an old elm draped with Spanish moss. He noticed her belly, in the narrow space between her shirt and shorts, seemed rounder than normal. He lazily scratched his ass, wondered what the hell she’s doing.

A man stepped out of the shadows, and drew her into an embrace. They kissed for a moment, then entered the barn.

Marie came back out. She turned her head side to side, looked up. Virgil leaned back without thinking.

The man clasped her hand. “C’mere, baby.” He brought a shiny metal flask to his lips and took a long swig.

She giggled again. “Gimme some.”

“Sh! Not now.” He pulled her into the barn, loosely swung one door shut, the other already latched at the top.

>+<

Virgil slipped through the half closed door. Stood beneath the loft and listened to the rough’n ready sounds of raw lust. Glossy photos in his dog-eared girlie magazines flashed through his mind. He hiked the leather rifle strap onto his shoulder, gripped the sides of the wooden ladder. Slowly mounted the rungs; aware one always squeaks.

He found them in a clearing behind short stacks of hay. Virgil recognized him. He was the same slick salesman who’d come sniffing around last April trying to sell them some kitcheny crap. He didn’t know if his wife got any. He’d left the house to spend the rest of the mild and sunny morning planting eggplants to be sold at the farmers market and to local chefs.

A July heat wave made the guy come a-knocking again.
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Writing - Updated 11/4

Update:
This project is on hold.

Previous:
Put on my writer hat.
Started a new series.
Something different.
That's all you're getting. :)

Special Announcement

My mystery novel, Killing Summer, is still available through Kindle Unlimited. Thank you to everyone who has downloaded a copy so far. The response has been overwhelming.

To @FreeEbooksDaily, @Goodkindles @DigitalBkToday, @KindleEbooksUK, @KindleFreeBook, @FreeReadFeed, @FreeKindleDaily, thank you for your support.

Killing Summer
Synopsis:
On a hot night in July a young woman named Summer is murdered. She’ll be found one month later by two roofers, her lifeless eyes staring at the moldy interior of a rundown tool shed. The men responsible for her being there are two unlikely partners in crime, each with something to prove. One is the cowardly son of a decorated police officer. The other is a bully with a violent history. High on drugs and alcohol, neither knows who dealt the deathblow. Fearing a confrontation, one of them agrees to pay the other for his vow of silence. But as time goes by, a hard life takes its toll on him. In order to put an end to the blackmail he’d have to take a risk. A risk that could easily backfire. Driven by hate and anger, he writes an anonymous letter to the sheriff recounting that killing summer.

Chapter 1:
Stripped down to their underwear and socks, the two men walked into the chilly, snake infested waters of White River swatting mosquitoes every step of the way. Moving slowly through a shallow, rocky area with only their head and shoulders above the surface, they stayed close to the bank using their hands to feel around under submerged boulders. A half a mile or so upstream from where they had slung the rest of their clothing over a tree branch, the man in the lead, twenty-seven-year-old Kevin Rayland, took a deep breath, and dove under the water.

More than happy to play the role of spotter, Jasper Monroe kept a watchful eye out for game wardens who don’t care the practice of noodling has been legal in Missouri for quite a while. Since most flathead catfish are on the nest when they’re noodled, wildlife fanatics continue to argue that too many eggs are being destroyed, and this ridiculous and dangerous style of fishing must end.

They weren’t there to hand-fish. Not today. If they get caught, not tomorrow either.

Kevin shot up out of the water, gasping for air. Swiped a hand down his face. “Found one.”

Jasper got behind him, and tucked his hands under Kevin’s arms to help him keep his balance while he twisted sideways to put his leg in the catfish hole. “Yep, it’s empty.” Jasper let go. Kevin fell backward, scraping his knee. Went under again trying to gain his footing. Angrily smacked the water with the side of his hand.

“Take it easy. Don’t be stirring up any damn leeches.” Jasper broke off a sturdy twig full of stiff brown leaves, stabbed the end in the ground above the hole to mark the spot. Piled rocks around the base for added support. “Let’s get this over with.”

In the waning daylight the men trudged back to their starting point, on guard for venomous snakes swimming about. “Good thing it rained,” Kevin whispered. “It turned the water brown. Maybe they won’t see us coming.” He shuddered, knowing how easy it would be to encounter snakes or beavers that have taken over abandoned holes. A sock won’t prevent sharp teeth or fangs from sinking into his flesh. Snapping turtles can also inflict a lot of misery by biting off a finger or two.

When they reached the rocky shoal, Jasper remained in the water. “Go on, get her.” Focused on the lengthening shadows in the surrounding woods he thought he saw movement. He leaned in, squinted his eyes, then pulled back. “Hurry the hell up,” he said in a low tone.

Kevin ran over to the boulder where they’d hidden the twenty-something ticket taker. He grasped her by her wrists, dragged her to the water’s edge. Jasper took hold of her hands, pulled her headfirst into the water. Kevin jumped in, reached under and found her feet. Her long hair flowed across her face like corn-yellow seaweed stems. The water washed blood from her wounds and marked her passing, as they floated her to the hole in the riverbank.

Jasper crossed her arms over her bare chest then pressed down hard, pushing her under. Banged her head against the rocky wall several times trying to find the opening.

“What’re you doing?”

“I don’t think she’s going to fit.”

“Sure she will. You’re just too chickenshit to duck under and do it the right way.”

“Oh yeah?” Jasper went down, and worked her head and shoulders into the mouth of the hole. Shoved her in as far as she’d go. Jumped up and sucked in a lungful of air. “There’s not enough room for her feet.” He glanced at the concave bank of the meandering river. “I don’t see anything we can use to cover her with.”

“So what? It’d take one hell of a drought for the water to recede enough for someone to see her feet sticking out of there. That could be many years from now. I don’t see the little waterfall up ahead going dry any time soon. Besides, it won’t be long before critters start feasting on her.”

“Whatever. Frickin’ knowitall. C’mon, it’s getting dark. I sure as hell don’t want to be in here when it is. I could use a smoke and a beer, anyway. If we hurry, we’ll have time to stop by Roadhouse Redd before the fireworks begin.”

Jasper raced ahead.

Kevin stood still waiting for the ripples to subside. He looked intently at the muddy water trying to see through it. Tried to imagine lying in that dark hole for all of eternity. Tried to remember exactly why Jasper thought they should remove her clothes. Tried to remember where they stashed them. He felt sorry for her. Just a little. What was her name? Carly? Charley? He shook his head in disdain. What woman goes off with two guys she’d just met? Harley, was it?

Screw it. It isn’t my fault why she tripped and fell down.

Killing Summer
Get it while it's hot!
And if you love the story, please consider posting a review on Amazon. Thank you.

Halloween Horror

Spooky Movies

2000 ** THE CELL – RICKY 6 – BATTLE ROYALE – GINGER SNAPS
2001 ** JEEPERS CREEPERS – THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE – SESSION 9 – FRAILTY
2002 ** THE GRUDGE – THE RING – 28 DAYS LATER – DOG SOLDIERS
2003 ** OPEN WATER – DEAD END – WRONG TURN – JEEPERS CREEPERS 2
2004 ** SAW – THE ORDEAL – SHUTTER – DEAD BIRDS
2005 ** THE DESCENT – THE DEVIL'S REJECTS – BOO – WOLF CREEK
2006 ** TAXIDERMIA – THE HILLS HAVE EYES – THE HOST – SILENT HILL
2007 ** THE MIST – PARANORMAL ACTIVITY – VACANCY – TRICK 'R TREAT
2008 ** EDEN LAKE – LET THE RIGHT ONE IN – MARTYRS – SPLINTER
2009 ** DRAG ME TO HELL – THIRST – ZOMBIELAND – THE COLLECTOR
2010 ** THE CRAZIES – PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 – LET ME IN – MY SOUL TAKE
2011 ** THE RITE – INSIDIOUS – PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 – 11-11-11
2012 ** CHERNOBYL DIARIES – SILENT HOUSE – PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 – SINISTER
2013 ** THE CONJURING – WORLD WAR Z – THE PURGE – MAMA – INSIDIOUS 2
2014 ** ANNABELLE – AS ABOVE, SO BELOW – THE PURGE: ANARCHY – TUSK – DELIVER US FROM EVIL
2015 ** INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3 – THE GREEN INFERNO – HIDDEN – IT FOLLOWS – SINISTER 2 – CRIMSON PEAK