Southern Gothic (27 page)
Authors: Stuart Jaffe
Tags: #Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, #Supernatural, #Science Fiction & Fantasy, #Fantasy, #Paranormal & Urban, #Ghosts, #Witches, #Mystery, #gold, #Magic
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Old Tragedies, New Horrors
Max and Sandra Porter have encountered many frightening things in North Carolina -- witches, curses, covens, and evil families to name a few -- encounters that left them broke and broken. Now, just as Max and Sandra are getting their lives back together, they meet a pregnant woman convinced her house is trying to possess her baby.
But this is no ordinary haunted house.
Every avenue they investigate leads Max to the same daunting conclusion -- there is no ghost doing the haunting. Yet something supernatural clearly is involved. Along with his trusty partner, the ghost of a 1940s detective named Drummond, Max will use all his skills and the aid of those he cares about to uncover the truth. But a long-hidden truth is a dangerous thing. For Max and Sandra, it might even be deadly.
Acknowledgements
It has been written endless times that no book is created alone. It's quite true. This time around I give my deep thanks to Jeff Dekal, for delivering on a wonderful cover; Mom and Dan, for visiting and then asking that I take you around Winston-Salem on a Max Porter tour (some of the locations in this volume came from that day); all of my social media followers for constantly keeping me driven; to my wife and son, the best motivators of all; and of course to you, my readers. Without you, these stories don't amount to much more than my ramblings. Thanks.
About the Author
Stuart Jaffe is the author of
The Max Porter Paranormal-Mysteries, The Malja Chronicles,
the
Gillian Boone
novels,
The Bluesman
series,
Real Magic, After The Crash,
and much more. His short stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. He is the co-host of The Eclectic Review - a weekly podcast about science, art, and well, everything. For those who keep count, the latest animal listing is as follows: one dog, four cats, one albino corn snake, one Brazilian black tarantula, three aquatic turtles, seventeen chickens, and a horse. Thankfully, the chickens and the horse do not live inside the house.
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Copyright
Southern Gothic
is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
SOUTHERN GOTHIC
All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2015 by Stuart Jaffe
Cover art by Jeff Dekal
First Edition: January, 2015
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