The Gordon Place

Lost Hollow constable Graham Gordon just walked into his abandoned childhood home for the first time in twenty years. Local teenagers have been spreading rumors about disembodied screams coming from inside. Now, thanks to a rickety set of cellar stairs and the hateful spirit of his dead father, he might never escape.Meanwhile, Channel 6 News feature reporter Afia Afton-whose father is the victim of a local decades-old hate crime-is meeting with town administrator Patsy Blankenship. Her mission is to develop a ghost story feature for a special to air on the station's Halloween broadcast. When Patsy tells her about the screams at the Gordon place, the past and the present are set on a collision course with potentially catastrophic results.Can Graham come to terms with his father's past and redeem his own future? Can the murder mystery that has haunted Afia for most of her life finally be solved?It's a fight for the future and the past when spirit and flesh wage war at the Gordon place.ABOUT THE CONTENTSFor information about the tropes and other contents in this story, please see the author's website: www.isaacthorne.com/gordon-place

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All He Wants Is To Live His Life...Lost Hollow constable Graham Gordon just walked into his abandoned childhood home for the first time in twenty years. Local teenagers have been spreading rumors about disembodied screams coming from inside. Now, thanks to a rickety set of cellar stairs and the hateful spirit of his dead father, he might never escape.Meanwhile, Channel 6 News feature reporter Afia Afton--whose father is the victim of a local decades-old hate crime--is meeting with town administrator Patsy Blankenship. Her mission is to develop a ghost story feature for a special to air on the station's Halloween broadcast. When Patsy tells her about the screams at the Gordon place, the past and the present are set on a collision course with potentially catastrophic results.Can Graham come to terms with his father's past and redeem his own future? Can the murder mystery that has haunted Afia for most of her life finally be solved?It's a fight for the future and the past when spirit and flesh wage war at the Gordon place.

From the Back Cover

Praise for Other Works by Isaac ThorneIsaac Thorne has written a collection of short horror stories... with a large canvas and a colorful palette. Different types of horror are explored fully, with a killer style. (review of Road Kills) --JIM UHLSscreenwriter of Fight ClubYou'd be hard-pressed to find that much entertainment for a dollar anywhere else. (review of Diggum)--DANGER SLATER author of I Will Rot Without You and He Digs a HoleI'm convinced Isaac could be the next great horror writer.(review of Diggum) --DAVE KARNER horror filmmaker and SCRM Radio contributor Thorne has a nice writing style that "shows" rather than "tells" and you'll feel and see every bump under granny's wheels... (review of Decision Paralysis) --JOANIE CHEVALIERauthor of Heads Will Roll and Deadly Dating Games

About the Author

ISAAC THORNE is a nice man who has, over the course of his life, developed a modest ability to spin a good yarn. Really. He promises. Just don't push him down a flight of stairs. You can find Isaac on Twitter at @isaacrthorne or on Facebook at facebook.com/isaacrthorne.Isaac reviews films for TNHorror.com and TheHorrorcist.com. He is the host of Thorne's Theater of Terror and Classic Cuts on 24/7/365 horror-themed SCRM Radio at scrmradio.com. More of Isaac's work is available at isaacthorne.com and wherever books are sold.

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