“Police, what is your emergency?” “They’re in the house and they’re going to kill me…” “My name is Marco and I am flawed. I know that. And I was fine with it until it cost me my family. Now, I’ll do anything to get them back – even see a therapist. Which is a joke, because I am a therapist. At least I was before I was fired. Now, with nowhere else to go, I’ve had to move out of the city and into the house I inherited, here, in the idyllic fishing village of Porthcove, but only for as long as it takes to sell it. Because something isn’t right about this place. You see, I need the money, so I’ve started seeing some of the locals, you know, as patients, but I tell you, there’s something really disturbing about charming neighbours sharing chilling secrets. And it isn’t just that. It’s the other things. Strange, inexplicable things. It started with odd smells, creepy sounds, and then the intruders… oh God, the intruders. Now, a child has gone missing, the police are asking que...

When Vince Carter takes a shortcut to work he notices a billboard that nearly sends him into an oncoming van.   The ad is for Dream Woods, New England’s answer to Disney World. It closed decades ago, but now that it’s back in business, Vince is eager to take his whole family, hoping the magic he remembers will save his failing marriage.   His wife, Audra, isn’t so sure. She’s heard the rumors of why the place closed. Murder. Sacrifice. Torture. But those are just urban legends. Surely there’s nothing evil about a family tourist attraction.   The Carters are about to discover that the park’s employees aren’t concerned with their guests’ enjoyment. They’re interested in something else. Something much more sinister.   Welcome to Scream Woods!   SHORT THOUGHTS This is a book by an author that I hadn't previously heard of but it came recommended on a facebook hoorror group and as its in the Kindle Unlimited selection,  i thought I would check it out.   I am...

  A dream house that traps a family in horror. The beautiful old mansion on Long Island's South Shore seemed the perfect home for the Van Burens and their three young children. What happened to them inside that house is an experience you'll pray couldn't happen to you. At first the Van Burens believed there had to be some natural explanation. Before it was over, they were fighting for their children's lives against an obscene manifestation of evil that engulfed them all in a desperate nightmare.  SHORT THOUGHTS (ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON GOODREADS DECEMBER 2018) Anyone who knows me, knows how I love a good Haunted House story and this is in my opinion one of the best in the genre that I have read in recent years. I won't say too much about the storyline as it's nothing particularly original. Family moves into old house. Weird and scary things happen. Perhaps at a level not seen in a lot of stories mind you... This novel does include peril and attempted harm (by a ...