The Corner (14 page)

Geez, I wish I can spend more
time in my cosy home.

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What’s wrong with the above
account?

Thank you very much for reading
this book.

You may be wondering about
what’s up with Natalie. Well, she may have Asperger’s Syndrome
(AS), Anxiety Disorder and Attention Deficient Disorder (ADD). The
main problem in her case is that the symptoms are mild enough to go
unnoticed. So many will assume that she behaves differently because
of her personality. I do know of cases where the teachers
complained about the kids not paying attention in classes, without
knowing that they have AS or ADD. In addition, she still has not
recovered from the damaging effects of the bullying she had gone
through.

When the creepy idea of a girl
staring at the wall sprang into my mind, the desire to write about
it was not that strong at all. Since I am not the kind who writes
horror stories for the sake of horror, or romance stories for the
sake of romance. The real motivation came to me after the
protagonist’s characteristics started to develop in my mind: a girl
with lots of issues that most do not understand.

I wrote this book with minimum
blood and gore because of my influences and tendency to come up
with stories that are different from the conventional ones in their
respective genres. In fact, my romance novel,
Blood or
Flesh
, is so gory that the amount of blood shed in there can
drown all the characters in
The Corner
.

As for the entity watching over
Anton … he will be featured in the last book of
The
Custodians
Trilogy:
Chains of Condemnation
. It is a
romance novel about soul reapers, but Anton will not be in it. If
you are interested, stay tuned for its release.

Shaine Lake’s primary influences
stem from Dungeons and Dragons books, HP Lovecraft’s novels, Junji
Ito’s works, heart-warming stories about animals and news regarding
politics, culture and science.
She ventured into novel writing, not only seeking to inject
refreshing concepts into the various genres, and also to fulfil her
desire:
To incite intense emotions in readers. To make them swoon, laugh,
cringe, sob and ponder.

For latest news, check out her
website: http://shainelake.tumblr.com/