The Haunt eBook L Marshall James
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Brad's life is a simple one. When he's not working at a nearby junk yard, he's probably drinking alone at home. However, all is not well. In the shadows and in the recesses of his mind, something is stirring.
**This novelette is the first story in the 1134 Anthology, also available for purchase!
The Haunt eBook L Marshall James
A great read!! If you liked The Twilight Zone and the Outer Limits you'll love this book.Product details
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The Haunt eBook L Marshall James Reviews
At the risk of sounding redundant, The Haunt can be summed up in one word haunting.
This is a quick read with a lesson of sorts. Very twisted. I almost saw the ending coming until I realized I was wrong. So very, very wrong!
Strange, annoying phone calls have been happening a lot lately for Brad. When he picks it up, there’s no answer. Just silence.
For a short story, it just took forever to get to the nitty gritty, the essential meat of it all. It mainly centered on this good-for-nothing redneck spending all his time drinking beer and fixing his truck. When was the ghost coming? Of course, there has to be a ghost. What else haunts people?
Although the ending was the best part, it still felt rather lukewarm to me. This is an okay story for a quick 5-minute read.
Genre Mystery and Thriller
The primary character is Brad, a foul-mouthed alcoholic on a downhill slide. During the day, he works in a junkyard, alternating his time by playing cards on the office computer and filling orders of selected parts from the wrecked cars. Evenings and weekends, he spends time with his dog while fixing up his wrecked truck. Brad becomes continually annoyed by a mysterious caller that stays on the line breathing, but won't talk to him. The series of strange phone calls come both at home and at work. He begins to feel spooked, as though there is someone else in the junkyard. This is a very short story, it will take you about an hour or less to read. Although a quick read, I was drawn into the story immediately. The author held my attention all the way through. I kept wanting to flip to the next page and see what happened to Brad. The story has a great unexpected twist at the end that I did not see coming.
I highly recommend this novella and would like to read more stories of this caliber from this author.
The ARC was courtesy of the author in exchange for a fair review.
*This review first appeared on Books That Hook on July 4, 2015
*I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.*
“The Haunt” by L. Marshall James is a 38 page novelette about a man whose behavior comes back to haunt him, literally. Brad, the main character, is not a likable character. He deserves what happens to him to an extent. He’s a foul-mouthed, thieving drunk. Still, on some level, I felt sorry for him. I thought the author did a good job of characterization, considering the short length of the story, but there was a lot of missing information. I didn’t even have an idea of if he was young, middle-aged, or old.
I liked how the author got right to the problem without a lot of set-up. It’s a quick read, not only because of the length but because it doesn’t mill around.
The setting was interesting. I had never read a book before with the main character working in an auto junkyard. However, there isn’t much detail beyond his work and home. I didn’t know what city he was in or anything. To some readers, that might not matter much. To others who have to know all those details, it would be frustrating because the author didn’t waste time on things that didn’t affect the main character directly. As I said, some readers will like that while others will not.
Overall, I felt this was a well-written piece. The horror elements were pretty standard. I wasn’t scared because it was obvious what was going to happen. I would have liked Brad to have been in more danger.
I was confused for a minute near the end. But, once I had all the pieces, everything made perfect sense. So, although I wasn’t scared, I enjoyed reading this story because it had an interesting plot twist.
I would recommend this story to readers who want a short piece to read with some surprises. I give “The Haunt” four stars for pacing, writing style, and plot. If it were revised, I think this story would be best left as a novelette or novella, with a few setting and character details added, and maybe some more direct attacks on Brad. This is not to imply that it needs to be revised, but I like to offer suggestions in case an author chooses to do so later on down the road.
A great read!! If you liked The Twilight Zone and the Outer Limits you'll love this book.
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