Macabre Collection 1

By P.B. Thompson

A combination of six macabre tales from the Macabre Trilogy Act 1 and 2 books including:

Brain Power:
Gerry McLane is one of those lazy novelists. He has more excuses about why he hasn't finished a novel than there are sunny days in England. This soon changes when he is told about experiments on the brain that promise to increase his productivity. All is well until the fragility of the mind manifests itself in a terrifying way.

Greed Leads to Feed:
Even the horror stories about the long time abandoned house can't put Byron and Harry off. The lure of potential riches a big motivator. Saturday was the night. But what was it the night for?

The New Home:
A new home in the suburbs. Beware!

Feast Of Steven:
Food can taste like Heaven for some people. For others that taste could be seen to be created in Hell.

Hero Worship:
You are going to meet your novelist hero who will teach the secrets of his writings. But what is the price you will pay?

Cliff Edge Gourmet:
Unexplained and strange things have been happening at Cliff Face Motel for years. Nobody has found anything amiss, yet the rumours persist. Ray and and Billy look to prove those rumours true once and for all.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ferret Publishing Ltd
• Release date: Jun 13, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463045596

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Brain Power

Gerry McLane is one of those lazy novelists. He has more excuses about why he hasn't finished a novel than there are sunny days in England. This soon changes when he is told about experiments on the brain that promise to increase his productivity. All is well until the fragility of the mind manifests itself in a terrifying way.

Greed Leads to Feed

Even the horror stories about the long time abandoned house can't put Byron and Harry off. The lure of potential riches a big motivator. Saturday was the night. But what was it the night for?

The New Home

A new home in the suburbs. Beware!

Feast Of Steven

Food can taste like Heaven for some people. For others that taste could be seen to be created in Hell.

Hero Worship

You are going to meet your novelist hero who will teach the secrets of his writings. But what is the price you will pay?

Cliff Edge Gourmet

Unexplained and strange things have been happening at Cliff Face Motel for years. Nobody has found anything amiss, yet the rumours persist. Ray and and Billy look to prove those rumours true once and for all.

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Gerry McLane was a budding novelist. Unfortunately he never seemed to have any ideas to put down in writing. He spent plenty of time staring at screens and out of windows, but very little time creating stories.

He was a twenty nine year old, balding lab assistant who lived on takeaway food and dreams. Dreams that never became reality. Excuses were his favourite past time. He loved telling people that he was a writer and had an array of excuses as to why he never had any finished work.

His favourite was that he never had any time to read.

One of the things that makes a good writer, he would say, is the time spent reading other writers material. Absorbing styles and ideas. Gerry could never find the time for this. He was always too busy. The fact that he watched thirty six hours of TV a week didn’t help.

And so it was. One more wannabe writer too lazy to put the effort in. However, even lazy people have good fortune sometimes. Soon it would be Gerry’s turn. A throw away conversation that would lead to a realisation of his dream. A dream that he had harboured for so long. But not all good fortune leads to a better existence. A fact Gerry would soon come to realise.

Henry sat in the canteen pouring sugar into his tea. It was his morning break and he was once again spending it with Gerry. He loved Gerry as a good friend, but when he was in one of his moaning moods he could just grab him by the neck and squeeze. This morning was one of those times.

I just haven’t got the time. I think I might try those audio books and play it while I’m asleep. Isn’t your brain supposed to absorb things while you are asleep? Gerry continued with his moan. As soon as he mentioned absorb, something sparked in Henry’s mind.

Hey, Gerry, he interrupted. I may have something for you. There’s a scientist in this building who will be looking for volunteers soon for an experiment he’s been perfecting. I know someone working with him. It’s to do with increasing the minds capacity which might help you with your writing. They’ll even pay you for it.

Really? What would I have to do?

Not too sure, but it’s got something to do with uploading information to the brain. I’ll find out more and let you know.

Sounds good to me. Gerry swigged down his coffee and got up. I’ll see you in the pub at twelve. With that he left.

A few days later Gerry found out what was involved. It filled him with dread at first, but he was soon persuaded by the sultry blonde working with the doctor. Probes were to be attached to his brain and information transferred somehow from a computer. It would take about ten minutes and he would need to return a week later for a check-up.

Within two days Gerry had passed the required medical and was briefed on what was to happen before being hooked up while under an anaesthetic. During the transfer process he dreamt about equations. They just suddenly popped into his head. He was asked to write down what was in his mind as soon as he awoke and to recall the same information a week