The Spooky Chronicles: Forget Me Nots

By Kevin A. Ranson

There’s something sinister about Chesterfield Mansion, and “Spooky” Spencer Lawson can’t wait to find out why. Locked inside on a stormy night, Spooky and his fellow fifth graders are tasked to find thirteen skeleton keys before the stroke of midnight, but their host and his trusted minions are secretly watching for one of those children... the one who won’t be missed.

Meet Spooky, a dead little boy continuing to grow up. He goes to school, likes taking pictures in cemeteries, and doesn’t breathe. Accidentally starting the zombie apocalypse is his biggest fear, but it’s not his biggest problem.

The Spooky Chronicles is a book series about a child who comes back to life as a zombie but is still getting older. Having already overcome personal tragedy in his life, his unique condition makes him aware of (and draws him into) a secret, paranormal underworld he never asked to be a part of (but still thinks is pretty cool).

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kevin A. Ranson
• Release date: Mar 31, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476262963

Kevin A. Ranson

Creator, Writer, Critic Heeding a macabre calling listening to "Mother Ghost Nursery Rhymes" in kindergarten, Kevin started writing in grade school and filled up countless notebooks with story ideas while touring the Mediterranean in the US Navy. He is the author of The Spooky Chronicles and the vampire thriller series The Matriarch Vampires, creator/critic for MovieCrypt.com and "ghost writer" for horror host Grim D. Reaper, and has numerous credits in the role-playing game industry. His author blog is at ThinkingSkull.com. Abridged Credits & Works Books – The Spooky Chronicles (ongoing series), The Matriarch Vampires (ongoing series) Contributor – MovieCrypt.com, Guy.com, DarkMedia.com Anthologies – 66 Tales of Terror RolePlaying – The Fantasy Roleplaying Gamer’s Bible 2nd Edition, “Shards of the Stone CORE” RPG, Kindling Moon “Rulebook & Realmbook”

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The Spooky Chronicles: Forget Me Nots

By Kevin A. Ranson

Copyright 2012 Kevin A. Ranson

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Contents

1 - Pretense and Pizza

2 - Rules of the Game

3 - So Not Looking

Chapter 1 - Pretense and Pizza

Each year near Halloween, a select number of fifth-grade children were picked to attend a special field trip to Chesterfield Mansion, located in the well-to-do Blakeley Estates area of River City. Built in the 1930s, the brick and wood structure stood all alone for years in