Random Synapse Misfire, Vol. 2: Random Synapse Misfire, #2

By Jeb Bohn

Three more stories that will take you on a journey into a world where everything is slightly obscured and just a little off, where reality and fantasy blur together, and nothing is quite what it seems.

Headlights takes you on a white-knuckle journey with Delmar Greene, a driver on a cross-country trip. Suddenly, an eerie set of headlights illuminate his rearview mirror and as the vehicle moves to pass him, a brilliant light fills his cabin. This is not, however, an ordinary case of road rage. As Delmar races to escape the mysterious vehicle, he finds himself plunged into a fight for survival.

 

The Wait is a heart-pounding thriller that turns the daily commute into a nightmare. When an accident on I-70 near Lawrence, Kansas causes traffic to grind to a halt, the travelers are thrown into confusion as the first responders suddenly flee the scene. Soon, an EAS broadcast comes over the airwaves, its message leaving the travelers panicked, not knowing what to do or whom they can trust.

 

Dreaming With A Broken Mind is the mind-bending tale of a man named Eddie Knorr, enjoying a cup of coffee and watching a storm roll in. Suddenly, a strange sensation overtakes him, everything seems familiar yet somehow wrong. He's alone except for an old man who seems to know exactly what's going on. As Eddie struggles to make sense of his surroundings, he realizes that he may be trapped in a dream and that the only way out is to confront the darkness at its source.

 

Pick up a copy of Random Synapse Misfire, Vol. Two and get ready for a thrilling ride where you'll never know what's coming next.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jeb Bohn
• Release date: Jun 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201837990

Jeb Bohn

Jeb Bohn is a writer, drummer, and author of the Herman Ingram series. A lover of storytelling, Jeb has spent close to a decade enthralling readers across multiple genres. Through emphasizing humanity, humor, and character, he crafted the sarcastic journalist-turned-unlikely hero Herman Ingram. The character has since appeared in three novels, with more in the future. Jeb received the title of Best American Thriller Author at the 2023 Media Innovator Awards. He also captured Best Sport History Author for North Carolina hockey chronicle, A Storm In Carolina. The book was further named as "One of the Best New Professional Hockey Books" by BookAuthority. When Jeb isn't watching the Carolina Hurricanes or his repeated viewings of RoboCop, he works from his home in Greenville, North Carolina. In his downtime, he enjoys family trips with his significant other and two children. He also makes a mean pot of chili.

Book preview

ONE

HEADLIGHTS

Delmar Greene slapped himself across the face. He had too many miles to go and too little money for lodging. The monotonous scenery that lined the two-lane road did little to stimulate his mind. His mind continuously wandered, rehashing every mistake he’d made in his thirty years. Anxiety caused by things he couldn’t control or change had become a hallmark of his life. Without that, he would be home and happy instead of driving through rolling hills while fighting sleep.

Anger and despair were all that was keeping him awake, though they were beginning to yield to exhaustion. He was hoping to find some cheap gas station coffee to jolt his system when the interior of his car lit up. A squinting glimpse into the rearview showed four circular headlights bearing down on his rear end.

Dim your goddamned lights, asshole.

The car drew close enough to his bumper that the headlights fell out of sight. Sweat blurred his vision as he pressed down on the accelerator causing the aging six-cylinder to moan. As the gap between the cars grew, the quartet of lights went dark. The sudden blackness was disorienting; Delmar’s racing pulse exacerbated his diminished awareness. He could feel a rumble and worried that he was losing a tire. His car was a tired heap that he had hesitated to take on this trek but it was all he had, so here he was.

He shut off the radio, cutting short a newscast about a 747 that had exploded over a small town in Scotland. That low roar surrounded him, leaving him unable to pinpoint the source. Using his left foot, he tapped the brake pedal, throwing a dull red glow across the roadway behind. Checking the mirror he saw lines and reflectors but no car.

Maybe he turned off, I’ve passed a handful of dirt roads. Maybe he was just in a rush to get home.

Blocking out thoughts of the strange encounter, he returned his focus to the sound. There was a constant shaking in the steering wheel, but the car’s alignment was shot and the road surface was coarse. Checking that no traffic was oncoming, Delmar swerved the car slightly to the right in an attempt to feel out any issues. Satisfied with the maneuver, he brought the car gently to the left before striking something.

Jesus Christ!

He swerved back to the right without going off the shoulder by divine intervention alone.

The air was cut by a horn that sounded like it had been taken from a freight train engine. Warm wetness trickled down Delmar’s thigh as he forced himself to look out of the window. There were little more than shadows until a blue