Whatever you do, don’t swim alone. In his next YA horror, Indie bestselling author Shawn Sarles dives into the terrifying myth behind the dead man’s float.
Sometimes the truth hurts. Sometimes it even kills.
Seven years ago, Sam watched her friend drown. The water, and the fact that Sam couldn’t save her, has haunted her ever since. But what she didn’t see that day was the hand that had reached out for her friend, wrenching her beneath the water.
Now, as Sam gets ready for varsity pre-season on the school swim team, she vows once again not to let the fear of the water bring her down into its depths. But when the upperclassmen take the girls to the abandoned neighborhood pool called the Graveyard for their yearly hazing ritual, a seemingly harmless prank will set off a catastrophic chain of events. It will unleash a spirit, a ghost that has unfinished business both in the pool and outside of it, intent on finding its killer.
On this team, they all have a secret. They all have a motive.
The truth can set them free, if it doesn't bury them first.
This one looks sooo spooky! It's giving me Are You Afraid of the Dark vibes since there was an episode with the same title, but a completely different story. Although that one did involve a high school swim team/pool too...strange isn't it? Lol.
TITLE: Dead Man's Float
AUTHOR: Shawn Sarles
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press
GENRE: YA Horror
RELEASE DATE: September 5, 2023
Eric Vause is done.
Done with ghosts. Done with hellhounds. And definitely done with asshole demons, mostly because he’d been possessed by one. Even now, five years later, the rage he absorbed from the creature has yet to wane, so he decides a road trip is in order. Surely some cool air, great scenery, and a case of Dos Equis will shake things loose. Unfortunately, supernatural events happen everywhere. When he meets up with a friend whose partner’s daughter needs help with a pest problem—aka, a ghost—Eric takes that as his cue to leave.
Until he sees her.
He can tell Halle’s house isn’t the only thing that is haunted. The hopelessness behind her eyes tugs at something deep inside him. Something all too familiar. The fact that she’s the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen has nothing to do with his change of heart. And he vows to leave her in his rearview the minute he takes care of the poltergeist. Then again, vows were never his strong suit.
I haven't started this novella series yet, because after I read another author's novella trilogy with the same publisher, they always ended in cliffhangers and the wait was killer! So I decided I'd wait this one out! Pretty sure they're on my kindle somewhere...
TITLE: The Grave Robber
AUTHOR: Darynda Jones
PUBLISHER: 1001 Dark Nights Press
GENRE: Urban Fantasy
RELEASE DATE: September 5, 2023
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