Pine Barrens Incident: And Other Dark Tales

"He was frozen with the fear of all prey, desperately trying to breathe without giving himself away. The light faded out as a bright-red bony finger poked through the covering."PINE BARRENS INCIDENT: AND OTHER DARK TALES, three novelettes and one novella by author Ken Pomarco, contain four labyrinthine, fast-paced stories that continue to explore themes presented in the author's debut novel THE CLOUD BENDERS including the fantastic hidden within the normal, impossible acts in a realistic setting, the unfathomable power of thought, nefarious underground networks, weather modification, and making friends with horror. DIRECTOR'S CUT is about a production company in LA involved in an interdepartmental civil war that devolves into artistic savagery. SCRATCH is the story of a successful business man from Stony Brook, Long Island, home alone, his brilliant wife a traveling lecturer, who is being assaulted by unseen forces. ASCENSION is a science fiction novella about a hiking nature photographer who witnesses an alien invasion in Lake George, NY. PINE BARRENS INCIDENT explores New Jersey colonial folklore with the tale of three men who venture into the present-day Barrens to find something best left alone. Fans of strange thriller, occult and ghost horror, alien invasion, crime, the paranormal, and mystery will find PINE BARRENS INCIDENT a compelling read. Ken Pomarco’s influences include: Clive Barker, Cormac McCarthy, Stephen King, William Peter Blatty, James Dickey, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Elmore Leonard, Rod Serling, Ira Levin, Irvine Welsh, Edgar Allen Poe, David Lynch, Shirley Jackson, Frank Zappa, Sun Ra, Oscar Wilde, Benjamin Britten, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Bloch, The Residents, Phillip K. Dick, Tony Banks, Thomas Harris, and the Coen brothers. Special Thanks to Earworm Publishing for Ken’ Pomarco's past and present releases.

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