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Today, I'm treating you to an exclusive excerpt from paranormal bestseller novel, The Island.
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Book Details:
Genre: Paranormal
Author: Clarissa Johal
Editor: Marisa Chenery
Publisher: Faeriemoon Press
Number of Pages: 210
About The Island:
Exploring an island can get you into trouble
Especially if you awaken two demons
Rumors and superstition.
That’s what Emma thinks about local gossip concerning her grandmother’s “cursed” private island. Emma journeys to the island to ready it for sale. While out exploring, she unearths a hidden cave which holds answers to the island’s dark past.
There may be more to the rumors than she thought.
Excerpt:
She was jarred awake by a cry. The vestiges of
her nightmare dissipated as she orientated herself. Nightmare. Emma let
out a sigh of relief. The cry sounded again. A distant sound, high and wailing.
A baby’s cry. Her heart quickened. Good god, surely that can’t be a baby?
The fire in the stove had burned down, its
embers lending a glow to the living room. Emma looked out the front window. The
yard was still. She unlocked the door and opened it a crack. The cry drifted in
with the breeze, faint but unmistakable. She ran through her mind what possible
bird or animal could make the sound and came up with nothing.
Characteristically, the island was blanketed with silence, almost like a
vacuum. She stood, uncertain. After several minutes, the sound started again—the
unmistakable high wail of a baby. She slipped on her boots and parka.
Fog trailed like cobwebs in her wake. The
mournful cry threaded through the trees and came from the direction of the
house ruins. In spite of a growing anxiety at what she’d find, she quickened
her pace. If that is a baby, it’s still alive, and I need to get to it. If
it’s not a baby… She blocked out the possibilities of what else it could
be.
She approached the ruins and the sound stopped.
Her heart raced. I know it was coming from here. The area held an
unnatural heaviness. A branch cracked behind her and she turned with a start.
Something dark darted through the trees.
“Hello?” Her voice sounded muffled in the fog.
Emma’s attention snapped to the left. The dark figure ducked out of sight. She
took one step backward, and fled.
Heavy footsteps echoed from behind as she
plunged through the trees. They were catching up with her. Emma pushed herself
to run faster, terrified she’d lose her footing on the uneven ground. The cabin
loomed large, a haven in the thick fog. Stumbling across the cabin’s porch, she
hurdled through the door and slammed it shut, locking it.
Emma rooted her feet to keep from running
around in circles. Straining to hear, she was greeted with eerie silence.
Several moments passed before the baby’s cry started again. And this time, it
sounded from right outside the door.
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#1 Bestseller in paranormal horror
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Don't forget to enter my other October Frights Giveaways
Giveaway #1 - a signed copy of Poppy & a Starbucks $10 gift card
Giveaway is for a $10 Starbucks gift card
Giveaway #3 - an ecopy of Voices & a Starbucks $10 egiftcard
Clarissa Johal is the bestselling author of paranormal novels, Poppy, The Island, Voices, Struck and Between. When she’s not listening to the ghosts in her head, she’s dancing, taking pictures of gargoyles, or swinging from a trapeze. She shares her life with her husband, two daughters, and every stray animal that darkens their doorstep.
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