Happy Saturday! As I promised
last week, I have a little treat for you to celebrate the month of October leading
up to Halloween. Here’s my take on the “Halloween” movie series; a novella titled
Halloween: Crimson Nightmares.
Written and initially published digitally back in 2011, this 106-page novella
picks up 33 years after the events of the second "Halloween" film
from 1981, the night when Michael Myers terrorized Laurie Strode (played by
Jamie Lee Curtis) and the residents of Haddonfield, Illinois. It follows little
Lindsey Wallace, the little girl Laurie Strode babysat in the first “Halloween”
(1978) film, who is all grown-up now and bears the scars of that terrible night
to this day. She has moved to my fictitious town of Bitternest, Louisiana to
get away from her past and has been leading a quiet life, that is until
something inside Michael Myers snaps and he comes looking for her on Halloween.
Add to that a killer clown with an agenda of his own and it’s a Halloween you
won’t soon forget. It’ll be a showdown for the ages when Michael Myers comes to
the eerie city of Bitternest.
You can download the FREE PDF of Crimson Nightmares right here. Since I don’t own the rights to the “Halloween" franchise,
this one falls under “fan fiction” and it’s actually the only fan fiction I’ve
ever written. "Halloween" is my favourite film of all-time so it’s
fitting. I’m very proud of this tale as I believe it represents some of my very
best writing. Enjoy!
If you haven’t already, you can also download the previous free tales from Short Story Time, starting with last week’s “The Rattling Man”, a coming of age Halloween story. Do you believe in the bogeyman? Do you believe in the Rattling Man? Find out who or what is the Rattling Man!
“The Bypassed Mind”, a romantic
suspense/fantasy story with some hypnosis thrown in for good measure that was
directly inspired by the late, great Richard Matheson's novel Bid Time Return also adapted as the film
"Somewhere in Time".
“Breaking and Entering”, the
story of a man who enters people’s homes just for kicks, never stealing
anything, just to see what goes on behind closed doors. One day he’ll stumble
upon something that will change his life forever…
“Scapegoat”, a tale about the
Curse of the Cubs, the love of baseball, some time travel, and a whole lot of
nostalgia. Even if you're not into baseball, this fantasy tale filled with
mystery is sure to entertain you.
Last but not least, fans of Conan and Dungeons & Dragons can also download a PDF of the first two tales of the ongoing adventures of my Sword & Sorcery character AMOK right here.
