Clandestine

This book is a work of fiction, but built on a topic that is very real. Bullying has become a pandemic in the US that is growing rapidly. During my time in school I was a victim of bullying and I understand the the shame, the embarrassment, the loneliness and of course the Fear. The story tells the tale of James Anderson, an eighteen year old high school student who has been through his fair share of heartache. When James is eight years old he is involved in a tragic car accident that leaves his mother dead and him scarred for life. The young boy becomes disconnected from everyone, his father, his older sister and his best friend Felicity Evans. James and Felicity are close as two best friends can be, but the circumstances break them apart. James doesn't know how to be around others any longer and he creates a makeshift toy that he calls Clandestine. Clandestine is the one he unloads his emotions, his secrets his everything onto; which he does for the next eight years. In high school, James is known as a freak and a loser keeping to himself. Felicity has now moved on to a new group of friends becoming one of the popular crowd. James' biggest rival comes in the form of the school's quarterback, Russell Ford who makes it his daily mission to make James' life a living hell. After school one particular day, Russell and a few of his friends decide to give James the beating of his life, just because they feel like it; leaving him more downtrodden and alone than ever. James tells Clandestine everything, and out of anger, he wishes that something awful would happen to his assailants; and later that same night, one of them is brutally murdered in his home. Within a few days more of them are slain, leaving the town of Christina Bella, Arizona rocked. During all of this, James and Felicity find their way back to each other after the eight year gap. They start to realize that the time divided has made the heart grow fonder. Before the two of them can have anything together they must survive this horrifying ordeal that they have become trapped in by a dark figure that no one can seem to pin-point. James and Felicity must ban as one to stop this before they are once again separated from one another; this time . . . . by their deaths.

About the Author

Marc Anthony Brownlee is my name. I was born on December 22, 1985 and was raised in a small town in southern Ohio. As long as I can remember I've always wanted to be creative. I tried lots of things as a kid drawing, writing, and some acting, but writing seemed to be the one that stuck around. I finally got my degree in creative writing at Miami University and it was off and running. One thing you need to know about me is that I like to go against the norm, I consider myself to be radical and very unconventional. The way I choose to write is very different than most are used to. The typical writing method is prose; which is fine, but I am also an avid movie watcher and enjoy the aspects that film brings. My form of particular writing is called script-novel; which combines the prose form and script writing bringing a different light to the old tradition. I've found that people love it or hate it, there really is no room for in-between. I write solely because it makes me happy and I love telling stories, creating worlds and imagining characters bringing them to life on page. The horror genre has always been my favorite. I respect the other genres and all they have to offer and dabble in drama as well. Horror just opens up the question "what if" and opens the door to so many possibilities breaking the walls of reality that may or may not be our own. My two favorite stories in the horror genre are "A Nightmare on Elm Street" 1984 and "Wes Craven's New Nightmare" 1994. These two films and their innovative stories by Wes Craven himself is partially what inspired me to become a writer myself; so in the back of my mind I am always chasing these two stories.

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