Angelic Knight Press is launching a new series with the Southern Hauntings Saga of which The Vagrant is a short story leading the saga off. This is a very good stand alone story, a novellette, and would do great on its own, but there is sooo much more to come, and Bryan has certainly gotten me interested in what will transpire next. Great job Bryan Hall!
Bryan
Hall is a fiction writer living in a one hundred year old farmhouse
deep in the mountains of North Carolina with his wife and three
children.
He spent the first nineteen years of his life writing and reading voraciously, until pausing for some befuddling reason to spend a decade drinking whiskey and beer, playing in various garage bands, and rock climbing, eventually conquering practically every worthwhile cliff in western North Carolina.
Although a bad back has greatly hindered his rock climbing, he still considers himself an aficionado of good beer and great whiskey, which seem to add fuel to his demented imagination.
Growing up in the Appalachias, he's soaked up decades of fact and fiction from the area, bits and pieces of which usually weave their way into his writing whether he realizes it at the time or not.
Several of his stories can be found in print magazines, online e-zines, and in upcoming anthologies. The short story collection "WHISPERS FROM THE DARK" gathers together 14 of the best shorts he's published to date. His first novel, CONTAINMENT ROOM SEVEN, is now available from Permuted Press. In August 2012 the first novella in his "SOUTHERN HAUNTINGS SAGA" will be released by Angelic Knight Press. You can visit him online at www.bryanhallfiction.com
Book description below:
He spent the first nineteen years of his life writing and reading voraciously, until pausing for some befuddling reason to spend a decade drinking whiskey and beer, playing in various garage bands, and rock climbing, eventually conquering practically every worthwhile cliff in western North Carolina.
Although a bad back has greatly hindered his rock climbing, he still considers himself an aficionado of good beer and great whiskey, which seem to add fuel to his demented imagination.
Growing up in the Appalachias, he's soaked up decades of fact and fiction from the area, bits and pieces of which usually weave their way into his writing whether he realizes it at the time or not.
Several of his stories can be found in print magazines, online e-zines, and in upcoming anthologies. The short story collection "WHISPERS FROM THE DARK" gathers together 14 of the best shorts he's published to date. His first novel, CONTAINMENT ROOM SEVEN, is now available from Permuted Press. In August 2012 the first novella in his "SOUTHERN HAUNTINGS SAGA" will be released by Angelic Knight Press. You can visit him online at www.bryanhallfiction.com
Book description below:
Creighton Northgate is a man shrouded in mystery and on the run from a past he doesn't even fully understand. Blurring the lines between vagabond, enigma, drunkard, and savior, he spends his days staring into the southern legends and paranormal events that most only speak of in hushed, half-believing whispers.
In the midst of a sweltering southern day, he attempts to help a homeless man who seems to share his curse; a man haunted by a silent figure from beyond this world who pursues his every step. By the end of the day, Crate discovers that some things are best left alone; some truths best left in the dark.
This novellette serves as an introduction to the Southern Hauntings Saga and its central character Crate Northgate, a man whose shadowy past is slowly catching up to him. The first novella in the series will be released late summer 2012.
To find out more about Crate visit www.whoiscratenorthgate.weebly.com
My review on Amazon is below:
The Vagrant Takes Spirits To A whole New Level!,
This review is from: The Vagrant (Southern Hauntings Saga) (Kindle Edition)
In The Vagrant, a short tale leading in to The Southern Hauntings Saga,
author Bryan Hall has managed to add just the right amount of back story
to pique the reader's interest in to the past of Crate Northgate, a man
so haunted by his earlier life and the job he does with attempting to
solve hauntings, that he is forced to drink to maintain any sense of
touch with reality; and to help him sleep. Ah, but how can one sleep
when he finds a homeless man heavily under the influence of the spirit
of a dead judge? What connection can the two possibly have with each
other? Crate feels an attachment to the homeless man that soon works out
completely opposite from his earlier feelings. Or do they?I have read a lot lately about authors getting interest in their longer works by presenting a short teaser prior to the publication of the longer books. Bryan goes beyond that here by presenting a stand alone story which takes the reader by the hand and says, "You know you want to find out more about Crate's past; what drove him to do what he does; and what will happen next. Hee, hee. You will read more."
And so we will. Many of us. I am sure I will not be the only reader to do so.
This is a great read!
Blaze
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