The Dead Children's Playground (American Horrors)

They wanted a fresh start. They got a nightmare.Kylie Macklin is eager to live a normal life. Freshly moved from Florida to Alabama and finally in remission from cancer, the optimistic nine-year-old is used to dodging her overprotective mom’s warnings. So when a new playmate invites her to hang out, the happy girl thinks nothing of the playground being located in a graveyard for young victims of the Spanish Flu… and a local serial killer.Kayla Macklin hates starting over. Forced to relocate after her little sister’s recovery, the sullen nineteen-year-old despises her new home more when she sees a terrifying vision in the nearby crypt. And as kids around town start to fall gravely ill, she begins to suspect there is something sinister at play.Tormented by a frightening specter’s ever-closer appearances, Kylie turns to her older sibling for help. But as Kayla digs into the history of the haunted ground, the twisted truths she discovers hint at a bloodthirst that can never be sated.Can they face down the malevolent force without tripping in their own graves?

About the Author

James Kaine picked up a copy of The Scariest Stories You've Ever Heard at a scholastic book fair when he was a kid and hasn't looked back since. Now an active Member of the Horror Writers Association, James, as he puts it, "lives his dream to give you nightmares." His work includes novels such as "My Pet Werewolf," "Pursuit" and "The Dead Children's Playground."Born and raised in Trenton, NJ, James still resides in the Garden State with his wife, two children and a loveable Boston Terrier, named Obi. When he's not writing, James enjoys reading, movies, music, cooking and rooting for the New York Giants. Well, maybe he doesn't enjoy that last one too much.

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