Horror
Date Published: 04/15/2019
Publisher: Lost Hollow Books
Lost Hollow constable Graham Gordon just walked into his abandoned childhood home for the first time in twenty years. Local teenagers have been spreading rumors about disembodied screams coming from inside. Now, thanks to a rickety set of cellar stairs and the hateful spirit of his dead father, he might never escape.
Meanwhile, Channel 6 News feature reporter Afia Afton—whose father is the victim of a local decades-old hate crime—is meeting with town administrator Patsy Blankenship. Her mission is to develop a ghost story feature for a special to air on the station’s Halloween broadcast. When Patsy tells her about the screams at the Gordon place, the past and the present are set on a collision course with potentially catastrophic results.
Can Graham come to terms with his father’s past and redeem his own future? Can the murder mystery that has haunted Afia for most of her life finally be solved?
It’s a fight for the future and the past when spirit and flesh wage war at the Gordon place.
Interview
What is the hardest part of writing
your books?
The hardest part of writing my books is finding the peace and quiet to do the work. I sometimes think that if I simply shut down everything else and bought out an old electric typewriter I’d have an easier time of ignoring distractions. I guess you have to take the bad with the good, though. Typing out a manuscript on a typewriter is much more labor intensive process than using a word processor that enables you to edit and fix things on the fly. That easing of overhead is also precisely what creates the potential for distraction, though.
The hardest part of writing my books is finding the peace and quiet to do the work. I sometimes think that if I simply shut down everything else and bought out an old electric typewriter I’d have an easier time of ignoring distractions. I guess you have to take the bad with the good, though. Typing out a manuscript on a typewriter is much more labor intensive process than using a word processor that enables you to edit and fix things on the fly. That easing of overhead is also precisely what creates the potential for distraction, though.
What songs are most played on your
Ipod?
I’m a huge fan of what many folks term “roots rock.” You’re likely to find me listening to John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Old Crow Medicine Show, or Will Hoge. I’m kind of in a protest song phase at the moment, I guess. Not so long ago, you’d be more apt to find me listening to some old Antrax or Metallica. I also went through a pretentious classical music phase, but I don’t like to talk about those days.
Do you have critique partners or beta
readers?
For The Gordon Place, my novel, I had both critique partners and beta readers. Previous to The Gordon Place I was mainly writing short stories. For those, I might present a first draft to one or two people before putting them out in the wild. I felt like the novel was much a much more intricate weaving and therefore needed more eyes and more opinions.
What book are you reading now?
Right now I’m reading Twerk by Isobel Blackthorn and To The Bones by Valerie Nieman. I just finished reading Jeff Strand’s Dead Clown Barbecue and the Lawrence Block-edited collection of short stories based on the paintings of Edward Hopper: In Sunlight or In Shadow.
Right now I’m reading Twerk by Isobel Blackthorn and To The Bones by Valerie Nieman. I just finished reading Jeff Strand’s Dead Clown Barbecue and the Lawrence Block-edited collection of short stories based on the paintings of Edward Hopper: In Sunlight or In Shadow.
How did you start your writing career?
That’s a really long story, but I think it actually began when I was six years old. My elementary school had a farmer celebration we called “Overalls Day,” in which everyone would wear overalls. I manually wrote a little story about overalls and why everyone should wear them. After that, I wrote absolutely terrible poems and short stories in high school and then found myself in journalism school. The rest is history.
Tell us about your next release.
My current relase is The Gordon Place, which is a novel set in the fictional small Southern town of Lost Hollow. Recently elected constable Graham Gordon has heard rumors about screams coming from his abandoned childhood home on the edge of town and goes to investigate. While inside, he becomes trapped in the cellar.
Meanwhile, Channel 6 News feature reporter Afia Afton—whose father is the victim of a local decades-old hate crime—is meeting with town administrator Patsy Blankenship. Her mission is to develop a ghost story feature for a special to air on the station's Halloween broadcast. When Patsy tells her about the screams at the Gordon place, the past and the present are set on a collision course with potentially catastrophic results.
I’m starting the process of writing my next novel now. It’s going to be set in the same little small town, but about 65 years in the past. It’s a different story with different characters and situations, but in the same locations as The Gordon Place.
My current relase is The Gordon Place, which is a novel set in the fictional small Southern town of Lost Hollow. Recently elected constable Graham Gordon has heard rumors about screams coming from his abandoned childhood home on the edge of town and goes to investigate. While inside, he becomes trapped in the cellar.
Meanwhile, Channel 6 News feature reporter Afia Afton—whose father is the victim of a local decades-old hate crime—is meeting with town administrator Patsy Blankenship. Her mission is to develop a ghost story feature for a special to air on the station's Halloween broadcast. When Patsy tells her about the screams at the Gordon place, the past and the present are set on a collision course with potentially catastrophic results.
I’m starting the process of writing my next novel now. It’s going to be set in the same little small town, but about 65 years in the past. It’s a different story with different characters and situations, but in the same locations as The Gordon Place.
About the Author
ISAAC THORNE is a nice man who has, over the course of his life, developed a modest ability to spin a good yarn. Really. He promises. Just don’t push him down a flight of stairs.
Isaac reviews films for TNHorror.com and TheHorrorcist.com. He is the host of Thorne’s Theater of Terror and Classic
Cuts on 24/7/365 horror-themed SCRM Radio at scrmradio.com.
More of Isaac’s work is available at isaacthorne.com and wherever books are sold.
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