Get in the Mood for Halloween with Five Spooky Stories

Are you ready for Halloween yet? You will be after reading these spooky stories from Quiethouse clients.

Better the Devil You Know
by Bey Deckard

Content Note: This one is not for the faint of heart. It is about the devil, after all.

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Byron is tall, handsome, well spoken, wealthy, and has outstanding taste in wine and food. You’ll be impressed by his impeccable attire and eloquence in conversation, ranging from Baroque art to the newest advances in pharmacology. With his charming smile and elegant manners, Byron truly is the perfect date… and who doesn’t love a man who appreciates opera?

What’s the catch, you ask?

Just this: if Byron finds you suitable, he will subject you to utterly depraved forms of torture.

No, I’m not talking about S&M.

Byron will mutilate, rape, and then kill you. Don’t think that you will survive the encounter, because you won’t. He has a perfect record.

Intrigued? Would you like me to arrange a rendezvous? It has to be in the next few days because he’s leaving on a trip south to much warmer climes, and his calendar will be completely full.

Yes? Very good. I will make a reservation for two under the name of Smith.

Who am I? I’m Gloria, his personal assistant.

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Debunker: Independence Day
by Dennis Anthony

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Anything you can imagine is real . . .

Francis Trecy refutes paranormal claims of other researchers on a popular reality television show. He's called The Dark Lord and The Unbeliever. Only a few people closest to him know his secret. 

Francis sees a lot more than he's telling.

Before he becomes the accidental star of the program, he falls in love with a beautiful, enigmatic woman who disappears without explanation. In her wake, she leaves behind a procession of ex-lovers, along with suggestions of deceit and betrayal. Finding her becomes Francis's obsession.

In the horror of battle, uncomfortable truths are revealed.

His team of mismatched investigators journeys to the most famous battlefield in American history. There he discovers that reality is not at all what it seems. In coming to terms with his complicated past, he battles against physical danger and emotional pain.

He discovers that longings of thousands of wayward spirits mirror his own.

And he learns that in a world stranger than we can imagine, the human heart remains the strangest thing of all.

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Harvest Deep by Trent Pettry

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Something deep in the earth has evolved...
Hidden in the West Desert of Utah, the gold rush town of Mammoth is a shell of its former glory. But for Liz Chilton, a photojournalist on assignment, it’s the place she was born and where her mother grew up.  Forty years after fleeing the area, Liz seeks to reconnect with her now-deceased mother’s past.

The unspeakable, concealed in darkness…  

What begins as an adventurous road trip for Liz, her husband, and another couple, takes a horrific turn when they discover a slaughtered man at an RV park. Something has partially consumed him—something inhuman.

The group is dragged into a twisted conspiracy tied to the old family mine, marked by a massive hole on the side of the mountain. Confronted by her mother’s hidden past and the mine’s dark purpose, Liz and her friends must fight to survive or fall prey to the secret nesting deep within the caverns.

Inspired by true events, HARVEST DEEP is a debut novel of horror by Trent Pettry.

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Memory Bound by A.R. Clayton

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There was something about a grand neglected house that didn’t bode well for visitors. It wanted retribution for its fall…

Anne Ditchfield is a woman of sound mind and morals, living a life warped by schizophrenia and fatigued by modern life drudgery and routines of survival. As an early retirement gift, Anne buys Myron－a historical mansion she plans to renovate as she continues her healing journey. Notices of a missing, local girl arrive soon after and Anne finds herself visited by police officers, roped into investigations and targeted by those claiming to still serve the Myron family.

Will Anne be able to determine reality from fiction and figure out who is threatening her life? Or will Myron be taken away and Anne’s life with it? Memory Bound is a multi-dimensional, horror novel mixed with just the right amount of mystery to keep readers long entranced and wondering after the final, closing paragraph.

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The Witch's Portal by J.B. Pettry

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If you had the chance at Utopia, would you take it?

Lily Rose might.

Since the death of her mom, Lily feels lost. She’s trying to go through the motions of life as a wife and mother, but that’s all it is, just going through the motions; she’s lost her spark, her desires, and her ambition to succeed at anything. It’s only through the family legends of the witch Sandrine, and the tales of her magical portal into a perfect life, that Lily has finally found a glimmer of hope.

When an anonymous letter leads to an encounter with a mysterious white-haired woman, Lily finds her life intertwined with four strangers who share the common bond of grief. Driven by the desire to see their loved ones again, they accept an offer to journey through Sandrine’s portal with the promise of their deepest desires awaiting them. The only catch: they must return home when summoned or chance giving up their real lives forever.

The Witch’s Portal will sweep you away on a journey of self-discovery filled with loss and love and desire­­­—and fear, because shadows too lie beyond Sandrine’s portal, and many dark and dangerous things come from wanting something that is not meant to be.

The Witch’s Portal is an adult fantasy magical realism debut novel.

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