Welcoming Party: Death is the Stalker II, #1

By L.B. Barrows

A chilling ghost story that will leave you breathless...

When James accepts a job as a maintenance man for a ghost town, he worries most about spending the summer alone.  He talks his college buddies into joining him the first week. Their vacation adventure turns into horror when something starts attacking his friends one by one. Will anyone survive the ghost town?

Warning:  This is a two-part story, each about 25 pages.  It containers SERIOUS cliffhangers.  On the bright side, if you love horror, you'll love this story.  It will give you the shivers and leave you screaming for more

 

***Death is the Stalker II stands alone from Death is the Stalker I with unique characters and situations.

Death is the Stalker I:  Alpha Series

Death is the Stalker II: Ghost Town (2 parts)

Part 1: Welcoming Party

Part 2: Final Farewell

• Language: English
• Publisher: L.B. Barrows
• Release date: May 15, 2015
• ISBN: 9781513010939

Book preview

Death is the Stalker II

Part 1 of 2: Welcoming Party

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Copyright July 3, 2014 L.B. Barrows

All rights reserved. Written permission from the author must be secured to use or reproduce any part of this book except for brief excerpts to provide critical review or articles.

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The characters and settings in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons or locations is coincidental.

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Death Is the Stalker I:  Alpha Series

Part 1:  Maimed by the Alpha

Part 2:  Chased by the Alpha

Part 3:  Killed by the Alpha

Part 4:  Marked by the Alpha

Part 5: Last Dance with the Alpha

Death is the Stalker II – Ghost Town

Part 1: Welcoming Party

Part 2: Final Farewell

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Chapter 1

James Sewald scanned the job board for anything that would get him through the summer.  It was that or live in misery until the next school year, sharing a room with his little brother and helping to babysit four siblings.  His options were limited.  Two janitorial postings, historical society groundskeeper, or cafeteria work.  The groundskeeper job sounded interesting at least.  He bet there were a hundred applicants.

He was a college kid, dark hair with handsome features, ice blue eyes that sometimes looked gray with the right shirt.  Not that he was flush with women, but he had one and that was enough.

Scribbling the contact name and number on a notepad, James shut the cover to his laptop just as the door to his dorm room burst open. Miles threw his pack on the floor and his notebook bag on the desk. One more final. I thought the school year would never end.

Miles was one of the fortunate students with a parental free ride.  Not that he earned it with hard work or good grades.  He was an only child. His father was an oncologist and his mother a CPA which meant he had money for college.  James sighed, "I have to find a job.  One week isn't enough time."

You're not alone with the rough start to summer.  I found out today that Dad loaned out the cabin to Aunt Liz. Me and Amy were going to spend a week there, get to know each other better. Miles forced a suave smile.  It didn't quite work. All the money in the world couldn't change his awkward social skills.  But he had money, and Amy liked to be taken care of.