The conclusion of the House on Teardrop Lane trilogy is
now available on audiobook!
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Sunday, June 2, 2019
Monday, January 8, 2018
Title & Excerpt: House On Teardrop Lane (Part Two)
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Mia stood at the threshold of the
cellar when she awoke. Realizing where she was, her eyes widened and anxiety
abruptly set in as she stared down at the darkened cellar from the top of the
staircase. Yet she stood there. Not only was Mia afraid of the effects of her
sleepwalking disorder, but she also had a phobia of basements—even more so when
they were unlit. It was not the dark but what was in the dark that terrified
her the most. Mia was motionless, as if something or someone compelled her to
be so. She felt the desperate need for running away to safety, but she needed
to know what was down in the darkened chasm. The longer she stood there, her
phobia accelerated to paranoia, but her will to move was paralyzed and her
bravery rendered helpless. The muscles of her mouth felt fatigued yet she
managed to open them to scream, but only a mere whimper expelled. A cold rush
came over her like icy hands.
“H … help m … me,” she tried crying
out, but it came as a whimper as she trembled with breath vapors releasing from
her lips. Her eyes dilated as she saw what looked to be a figure passing at
other end of the staircase. Mia took a frightened breath and called, “L-Logan …
Lan-Landon, is that you?” Her words were quiet as a whisper.
There was no reply.
Suddenly, Mia sensed she was being
watched, not from below but from elsewhere.
“Stay away,” a gentle voice warned.
“I-I don’t know who’s down there.”
Mia continued to stare down the staircase.
“He who binds us.”
Mia gathered enough strength to
slowly turn her head toward the direction the voice was coming from. She saw
the moonlight shining through River’s studio window, reflecting off a ghostly
image of a little girl peeking out of the room’s entranceway. Amazed at what
she was witnessing, Mia took a jittered breath as she saw the apparition of
Samantha Thatcher.
With eyes set at the entrance to the
cellar, the little girl grasped the doorframe with a delicate hand. “He won’t
let us free.” The ghostly child’s face contorted with fear.
Puzzled, Mia queried, “Us?” Her eyes
shifted back to the shadows of the cellar and gasped.
The dreadful presence was near but
was not seen.
“He’s coming,” the fragile spirit warned.
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Title & Excerpt: House On Teardrop lane (Part One)
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Three minutes passed after the grandfather clock chimed on the witching hour of three.
River stood past the threshold of the living room and stared at the painting above the mantel. From the corner of her eye, she saw Piper dart past her. “Piper?” She turned and looked to see someone standing behind her. At first glimpse, the little girl appeared as the groundskeeper’s granddaughter. “Olivia?” River walked toward her and the resemblance of who she thought it was had been altered and realized the little girl to be someone else.
A little girl with black hair wearing a Victorian style dress a little older than Olivia. She looked at River with a vacant stare as she held a Russian Blue cat that was similar to Piper cuddled in her arms. “Mother?” The little girl asked with confused tone.
River continued to stare at the little girl. “I don’t think I am.”
The little girl went around the corner to the foyer.
River quickly followed and the little girl was gone. “Who are you? What is your name?” she asked.
Humming in a musical tone came from the upper level of the house.
River was familiar with the melody but could not recall the name of the song
The environment altered to the second floor and River found herself standing at the threshold of the master bedroom. Looking in, she saw no one there and at the same time felt like she was being watched. River turned as she felt an unsettling presence and saw a silhouette of a man wearing what looked to be a nineteen thirties style fedora standing at the far end of the hallway. “Michael?”
The figure stood from afar in silence.
River went to Michael’s study and found the door ajar. As she was about to open the door, she saw the little girl standing without the cat at the top of the staircase that led to the third floor, looking down with the same vacant stare.
“Who are you?” River asked again.
The little girl turned and walked away from the edge of the staircase. “Come. See.” she whispered.
River went up the staircase and felt a bitter chill come over her like a blanket of dread. The closer she got to the top, the more intense the feeling became. When she reached the top, the little girl was gone. At the end of the hallway, Michael stood at the farthest door to the right. “Michael, where did the little girl go?”
In a frame by frame motion, Michael turned to her and opened his mouth.
River saw his lips move slowly but could not hear what he was saying. “Michael!” she called again.
Michael entered the room.
River went up to the door with the same feeling of dread as the door slowly closed. “Michael?” She turned the knob and walked in. Her husband wasn’t there but only the little girl dressed in Victorian clothing standing in an empty room.
Pointing toward the closet door, the little girl whispered in a fragile tone, “Outside. My brother … Jeremiah Thatcher.”
“Who is Jeremiah Thatcher?” River asked.
The little girl stepped back as her eyes glazed white and her facial expression contorted with paralyzing terror. “’The Man in the Hat’ is here.”
At that moment, River felt a pair of ice cold hands clench onto her arms from behind. She stood rigid with fear as the specter’s cold breath covered the nape of her neck.
Blood dripped from the little girl’s eyes and her body flaked into ashes as she stepped back further–leaving nothing left but only a haunting memory of herself.
As the presence behind River consumed her in its dreadful darkness, it said with a bellowing voice, “THE CHILDREN ARE MINE!”
“Michael!” River shrieked.
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
New Release
House on Teardrop
Lane: The Man in the Hat (Part Two)
Now available in paperback and eBook!
Where to find your copy.
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
New Release
Looking for a new short story to add to your eBook collection?
The Atherton Manor is now available on kindle and nook!!
Story Synopsis
This short story was originally published in Penny Dread Tales
Vol. III: In Darkness Clockwork Shine and in the comic book pages of Baron Von
Saturday’s Tales From Beyond Issue #1.
Five
years after his wife’s death, scientist/inventor Joseph Caldwell has become
obsessed with the afterlife with hopes of one day contacting the love of his
life. Taking the opportunity to conduct a paranormal investigation at a mansion
rumored to be haunted, Joseph tests his experimental devices, probing the other
side of death, but in doing so, he discovers a deeper truth to the claims
stated of The Atherton Manor.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Audiobook
AVAILABLE ON AUDIOBOOK
Horror / Paranormal
Length: 2hr and 9mins
Narrated by Chiquito Joaquim Crasto
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Thursday, January 1, 2015
Now available on audiobook at Audible.com
Narrated by Chiquito Joaquim Crasto
Synopsis
There
are those who believe when human life expires, the soul ascends to the sanctity
of Heaven above or descends to the abyss of Hell below. But … there are those
who have witnessed evidence of an earthbound afterlife.
Making
a change from their lifestyle in Hollywood,
newlyweds
Michael (an independent film creator) and his wife, River Bathory (a freelance
illustrator and movie prop maker) decide to relocate to Michael’s hometown of
Colorado Springs, CO. While rooming with River’s close friend Mia Summers, both
Michael and River finely find a residence to call their very own. By the looks
of the large structure and beautiful landscape, the house on Teardrop Lane
captures River’s eye of an ideal dream home. Although, due to the newlywed’s ethereal
experiences of unexplained events, the house and property expose signs of
haunting occupancy.
Keeping
siblings separated and confined by a spirit in black, both Samantha and
Jeremiah Thatcher roam restless as their souls are not at rest. In their state
of eternal life of separation the two spirits callout to the living by
paranormal means to reunite and ease the pain of their untimely death.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Now
Available at Amazon.com
Written
by Christopher M. Salas and Jason M. Montoya
Illustration by Jason M. Montoya
Illustration by Jason M. Montoya
Synopsis
In
the guise of a late night horror host, The Lord of Impending Doom relays tales
of macabre, terrific and the bizarre. Set in the era of steam, gears and
electricity, an intellectual seeks to prove the existence of the supernatural
with ghastly results!
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
House On Teardrop Lane: All Hallows' Eve Part 1
Book Synopsis:
There
are those who believe when human life expires, the soul ascends to the sanctity
of Heaven above or descends to the abyss of Hell below. But … there are those
who have witnessed evidence of an earthbound afterlife.
Making
a change from their lifestyle in Hollywood,
newlyweds
Michael (an independent film creator) and his wife, River Bathory (a freelance
illustrator and movie prop maker) decide to relocate to Michael’s hometown of
Colorado Springs, CO. While rooming with River’s close friend Mia Summers, both
Michael and River finely find a residence to call their very own. By the looks
of the large structure and beautiful landscape, the house on Teardrop Lane
captures River’s eye of an ideal dream home. Although, due to the newlywed’s ethereal
experiences of unexplained events, the house and property expose signs of
haunting occupancy.
Keeping
siblings separated and confined by a spirit in black, both Samantha and
Jeremiah Thatcher roam restless as their souls are not at rest. In their state
of eternal life of separation the two spirits callout to the living by
paranormal means to reunite and ease the pain of their untimely death.
“Mother, will you
save us?”
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