Full Moon Over Fellsway

By Sebastian Bendix

Times are tough for 13-year-old Christian Marks. His parents are getting divorced, and even more unsettling, his suicidal father claims to have been issued dire warnings from the afterlife from Christian's recently deceased grandmother. Wanting only to escape his troubled life, Christian takes to the nearby woods with his loyal pet, a headstrong beagle named Barney. But the forest proves no refuge when boy and dog stumble upon a murdered mountain biker, and soon find themselves hunted by a local legend who may be something more than human.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sebastian Bendix
• Release date: Apr 3, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310629556

Sebastian Bendix

Sebastian Bendix is a Los Angeles based writer and musician, as well as founder of horror film series, Friday Night Frights. He attended school at Emerson College for creative writing and spent his formative years in Boston playing in popular local band The Ghost of Tony Gold. Upon moving to LA he shifted his focus back to writing and began contributing articles to entertainment websites such as CHUD.com and the print publication Mean Magazine. However, his true passion lies in the realm of horror fiction. Bendix has found success both online and in print with numerous stories published in genre imprints and noted podcast The Wicked Library. In 2013, Bendix self-published his first horror/fantasy novel titled "The Patchwork Girl." This was followed by his second novel, "The Stronghold," a thrilling story inspired by real-life events, which has been published and is available digitally and in print. Alongside his writing endeavors, Sebastian Bendix is also a devoted film lover. He has made contributions to a science fiction anthology film called "Portals," released in October 2019. Recently, Bendix completed "Hell Bent for Heather", a horror novel in the style of Stephen King that he hopes will be the definitive take on heavy metal horror, it is currently out to publishers. He also just published "Hollow Jack & the Blood Curse of Blackwater", the first in a series of western horror novellas centered around a supernatural gunslinger. Sebastian Bendix's diverse background in writing, music, and film influences his unique storytelling style, making him a notable figure in the world of horror fiction. Bendix currently resides in Atlanta with his wife Jennifer and their supermutt Annie.

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FULL MOON OVER FELLSWAY

By Sebastian Bendix

Copyright 2016 Sebastian Bendix

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Christian came downstairs to find his mother and father lying together on the couch, crying. This was strange for several reasons: 1) because in the entire time his mother and father had been married he had seen them maybe hold each other five times 2) because the couch was small and could barely fit two people and 3) his mom had left his father three weeks ago for another man. Christian had not expected to see his mother back in the house any time soon, and he wasn’t prepared for it. Thankfully Barney, the family’s six-year-old beagle, was anxious to go out, so it gave Christian an excuse to slink past them and make an exit through the kitchen.

No such luck – Mom sat up. Honey? she said through strained tears.

Hey Mom.

She removed herself from his father’s arms. You probably have a lot to say to me.

Actually Mom, I don’t.

Chris, please. He hated that his nickname defaulted to ‘Chris’. It was the same nickname given to someone named ‘Christopher’, like that weird greasy kid in science class who picked his nose and ate it. Christian was somebody cool and interesting, like a movie critic or a secret agent. Chris was just some sad kid living in a quaint New England suburb with parents who were splitting up.

He sat there, skulking, waiting for his mom to finish whatever she was going to say. Douglas Marks, his dad, sat next to her, offering up a sad look of apology. Christian had a lot of sympathy for his father, especially these days, but right now he hated him for allowing this shameless woman back into their home.

His mom started to blubber out words but she couldn’t hold it together and Christian found himself genuinely disgusted by her, maybe for the first time in his life. Mom, look, Barney really has to go out. Can we talk about this later?

She acquiesced with a wet snuffle and Christian went to the kitchen, Barney trailing him, tail wagging. Before heading out the door Christian had a bright idea, and stopping at the snack drawer grabbed several wrapped sticks of Slim Jims and three cheese and cracker packs. This would ensure that he didn’t have to return home for lunch,