Welcome to the Neighborhood #2

By Christopher Lee Cousino

Andrew Dean is feeling anxious. Following the terrifying call from the mysterious vampire who claimed to live in his neighborhood, Andrew strategizes with his werewolf neighbor Garrett for a plan on what to do. They decide on a Neghborhood Watch, using it as a cover to walk the neighborhood and study it's population. Hitting the pavement, Andrew leans on Garrett's talent for spotting monsters in disguise. What they find may be more than the unlikely duo planned on.

Team up with Garrett, Andrew, and his little super pug Billiam in this fun and chilling short story from Christopher Lee Cousino, author of the superhero series HOMELESS and the ZOMBIE HERO series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christopher Lee Cousino
• Release date: Jul 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476284071

Christopher Lee Cousino

By day, Christopher Lee Cousino is a Licensed Practical Nurse at a group home for special needs adults. But by night, he morphs into Super Writer, an author with the ability to lose sleep and create fiction for your enjoyment. He is hard at work on many novels and stories, so stay tuned. Christopher lives in Hudsonville, Michigan with his beautiful wife, three wonderful children, two free-loading cats, and his brave, loyal chocolate lab. www.christopherleecousino.com

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Welcome to the Neighborhood #2

Welcome to the Neighborhood

Short Story Series

By

Christopher Lee Cousino

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Welcome to the Neighborhood #2

Welcome to the Neighborhood

Short Story Series

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Copyright © 2012 by Christopher Lee Cousino

Copyright © 2012 by BSIC Publishing Company

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Welcome to the Neighborhood #2 is a work of fiction.

Names, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

About the Author

Chapter 1

"No, I’m not exaggerating! He took off his freaking glasses and smiled his smug bloodsucking mother-fudging smile at me, Garrett! The guy lives in my neighborhood! My neighborhood!" Andrew said anxiously as he paced back and forth in his neighbor and friend Garrett’s living room.

After receiving the chilling phone call from the newest monster of the neighborhood earlier that day, Andrew had been terrified. He had been so freaked out he couldn’t stop pacing, or fidgeting…or humming. Andrew didn’t know why, but humming had always soothed him as a kid. And it still did as an adult.

There was one time when he was about eleven or so and the power went out in his parents’ house. The fuse box was in the basement. The creepy, spider-web filled, unfinished basement. And by unfinished, Andrew meant it was basically dirt floors with old musky cement walls. It was always dark, even in the middle of a sunny day, and critters were always getting down there. Some died, their hideous carcasses left for Andrew to trip over. That was always a fun find.

Worse yet, some would survive their stay in the Dean basement, skulking in the shadows. When Andrew would walk by the latest furry tenant, the darn thing would jump out and