Book & Author Details:
The Haunting Season by Michelle Muto
Publication date: December 21st 2012
by Dreamscapes, Ink
Genre: NA Paranormal/Ghosts
Publication date: December 21st 2012
by Dreamscapes, Ink
Genre: NA Paranormal/Ghosts
Synopsis:
Be careful what you let in…
Siler House has stood silent beneath Savannah’s moss-draped oaks for decades. Notoriously haunted, it has remained empty until college-bound Jess Perry and three of her peers gather to take part in a month-long study on the paranormal. Jess, who talks to ghosts, quickly bonds with her fellow test subjects. One is a girl possessed. Another just wants to forget. The third is a guy who really knows how to turn up the August heat, not to mention Jess’s heart rate…when he’s not resurrecting the dead.
The study soon turns into something far more sinister when they discover that Siler House and the dark forces within are determined to keep them forever. In order to escape, Jess and the others will have to open themselves up to the true horror of Siler House and channel the very evil that has welcomed them all.
Siler House has stood silent beneath Savannah’s moss-draped oaks for decades. Notoriously haunted, it has remained empty until college-bound Jess Perry and three of her peers gather to take part in a month-long study on the paranormal. Jess, who talks to ghosts, quickly bonds with her fellow test subjects. One is a girl possessed. Another just wants to forget. The third is a guy who really knows how to turn up the August heat, not to mention Jess’s heart rate…when he’s not resurrecting the dead.
The study soon turns into something far more sinister when they discover that Siler House and the dark forces within are determined to keep them forever. In order to escape, Jess and the others will have to open themselves up to the true horror of Siler House and channel the very evil that has welcomed them all.
EXCERPT:
It was
only when the crickets and frogs stopped that Jess awoke. She blinked, trying
to adjust her eyes to the dark. She turned back over, expecting Allison to be
either still sitting up, or asleep. But her bed was empty and Allison stood in
front of the dresser, hands at her sides, staring at the mirror. Alarmed, Jess
sat upright.
“It’s
happening again,” Allison said.
“Huh?”
“The
spirits. They’re back. I can see them.”
Jess
rubbed her eyes as a spark of uncertainty and a moment’s worth of fear rustled
somewhere deep inside her. “They’re there, in the mirror?”
“Yes.”
Jess got
out of bed and tentatively stood next to Allison. She looked at the mirror,
then behind her. Nothing. Uncertainty gave way to disappointment. The mirror
cast back only the shadowy figures of Allison and herself, their faces made
pale by the moonlight streaming into the room. They were alone, as far as Jess
could tell.
Damn it!
Why couldn’t she see the ghosts? Were they here? Disappointment gave way
to a pang of envy.
“You don’t
seem as upset as you were before,” Jess said. “If they’re back, aren’t you
afraid they’ll take over? Possess you?” She wasn’t making fun of Allison.
Something horrible had happened to her, and she was probably more
sensitive to the supernatural than Jess was.
“Yes, I’m
afraid,” Allison replied calmly.
The way
Allison spoke seemed at odds with her words. The hairs on Jess’s arms tingled,
but not because of any ghosts she couldn’t see. Right now, the only thing
creepy in the room was Allison. The girl had been possessed, after all.
Allison
turned her head to look at Jess, her expression unreadable in the shadows, even
this close up. “He collects souls.”
Jess
peered harder into the mirror, trying not to show Allison she was indeed
afraid. “He? Who are you talking about?”
“He’s
looking at you. I can’t make out what he’s saying. But see?” she pointed to the
mirror. “He wrote his name.”
Fear and a
healthy dose of agitation rose inside Jess. Fear, because someone staring at
them from inside a mirror was downright scary. Agitated, because she couldn’t
see anything, and Allison’s continual freak-outs were wearing on her. After a
long day getting here, she was exhausted and just wanted to sleep.
“Allison,
I don’t see anything! He? Who are you talking about?”
“Riley,”
Allison whispered.
“Riley?
Who’s Riley?”
Allison
stood just as still as she had upon Jess’s wakening. “He lives here. With the
others.”
“Others?”
Jess stepped closer to the mirror, leaning against the dresser to get a better
look. Her breath fogged it enough to reveal a single name, written backward:
Riley.
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AUTHOR BIO
Michelle Muto lives in northeast Georgia with her husband and two dogs. She loves changes of season, dogs, and all things geeky. Currently, she’s hard at work on her next book.
Interview
Can you tell us a
little about your next project?
It’s a adult dark fantasy novel with action, castles, and
gargoyles. It’ll be out early this
summer.
If you could do one
thing over again in regards to writing, what would it be?
Write faster.
Vanilla or chocolate?
Chocolate.
Food you like the
most? The least?
I tend to like Italian food the most. I can’t stand brussel
sprouts or peas.
Favorite television
show?
Supernatural
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