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A Writer’s Journey, continued
I began writing spooky stories when I was in sixth grade. I believe my first was a retelling of my mother’s real life encounter with a UFO. By the age of thirteen, I was working on my first novel. It was in no way inspired by The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight, but featured a scarecrow … Continue reading A Writer’s Journey, continued
SPOTLIGHT: Chasing Demons by C. D. Kester
(First 3 pages)
“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy, when skies are gray, you’ll never know, dear, how much I love you, so please don’t t-“
“Mom! Stop already, you know I hate when you do that. I’m almost a teenager, it’s time to stop with the baby stuff.’
“You’ll always be my baby,sweetheart. If it makes you feel better, though, I’ll try to keep it to a minimum. Since you’re so grown up now.”
She exaggerated the last part and ruffled my hair. I pushed her hand away and pulled the mirror down to make sure she hadn’t messed it up too bad.
“Mom! It’s my first day of school. I don’t want my hair looking all crazy.”
She smiled warmlyat meas we pulled up a little further in the car rider line.
“I wish your father was here to see you becoming such…
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Deck The Halls Narration
Check out the excellent narration for my Christmas horror story, Deck The Halls, on the Grisly Details YouTube channel. It is about a boy who becomes suspicious of the stories that his parents tell him about Santa Claus. youtu.be/INDgRx5Mg8Q
Chasing Demons, Out Now!
https://a.co/d/haoJM5PToday is the day! Chasing Demons is available on Amazon. Thanks to VT Little for all the amazing artwork and Alien Buddha Press for publishing the book. It is a coming of age story in the vein of It, Stranger Things, or Fear Street. I put a list of comparable books, movies, and shows below … Continue reading Chasing Demons, Out Now!
Chasing Demons (Cover Reveal/Blog)
Today is the day that I was able to reveal the cover to my first full-length novel. I thought it might be a good time to do a bit of reflecting on the process of writing the novel and how that has fueled me to continue writing and pursuing my muse in the future. It … Continue reading Chasing Demons (Cover Reveal/Blog)
The Night’s End Podcast
Listen to my story, Halloween Night, on The Night's End Podcast (@nightsendpodcast) available now! They did a great job with the voice acting and sound effects. Get your spooky story time in for Halloween Weekend. https://open.spotify.com/episode/4BSKkgQQGUarPAbdIEHbhJ?si=7n4g5UuLQUWi-r65QzocYA&utm_source=copy-link
4th Place (Face of Horror)
https://faceofhorror.org/2022/chris-kester Thank you so much for all of your support! It was really eye opening to see how many people participated with this and I'm very grateful for everyone who voted for me during my time in the competition. It also helped me realize that a lot of my friends and family knew nothing about … Continue reading 4th Place (Face of Horror)
The Spirit of the Season
Listen to the audio narration of this story on the Library Voices podcast! https://www.hcpl.net/podcast It was getting late at the library in Fairmont, Texas. Trenton was done with all of his homework and decided he would look for some books to entertain him for the weekend. He loved a good spooky story and the Library … Continue reading The Spirit of the Season
Horror Tree’s Trembling With Fear
https://horrortree.com/trembling-with-fear-end-of-summer-2022-edition/ I was lucky enough to have one of my stories chosen for the end of summer special over at Horror Tree's Trembling With Fear. There is a lot of great free fiction to check out and reminisce on the joys of summer and summer past while also getting into the spirit of spooky season. … Continue reading Horror Tree’s Trembling With Fear
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