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Authors: Jonas Saul
My dead brother just said hello. There was no explanation for the banging that resonated from the garbage bin.
Without debating beliefs, let me tell you that I believe in this sort of thing. Whether it truly was my brother or not, doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things. What matters to me is that I believe it was him and he wanted us to know that he was there.
We got in the Ford, discussed what happened, and then headed over to the cemetery. Once parked by the mausoleum, my daughter and I ventured out to locate his gravestone. My brother’s epitaph reads,
Life Goes On,
just as Vivian’s does.
Finally, as we headed back to the car, not five feet from the vehicle, the car alarm goes off. Now let me explain, there was no rational reason for this or any evidence to offer an explanation. The cemetery was virtually empty. No one bumped the car. The keys were safely in my pocket. There wasn’t even a wind. Just the car alarm going off.
Again, my daughter and I eyed each other with a knowing stare.
I nodded, said a few words under my breath to my brother, and flicked the button to turn the alarm off.
After this experience, I had to write it in the first chapter with Aaron and Sarah at the cemetery. Sometimes not everything you read is fiction.
The name of the Amy Greg Psychiatric Hospital is entirely fiction. It’s the name of the hospital in the first novel I ever wrote,
Bad Vibes. Bad Vibes
is still on my hard drive but it isn’t published at this time. I miss that story and the Amy Greg facility so I had to breathe a little life into it in this story.
Lastly, the receptionist, Sandra Gonzales, is named after one of my favorite readers. Sandra is an avid reader with a huge heart. She often sends me bits of wisdom and quips on writing and reading. Every time I hear from Sandra, I can’t help but smile. If only the world could be filled with more Sandras, we’d all be better off. So, to Sandra Gonzales, thank you for being there and thank you for reading. May you continue your journey on this plane of existence for decades more, reading to your heart’s content. And thank you for allowing me to name a character after you. God Bless.
And now off to write the finishing touches of The Unlucky so I can release it shortly after this one. There’s a twist in The Unlucky that some of you might find unsettling, but hold on until the end and see how it all plays out. I hope you’re still with me after that—or with Sarah, I mean.
Take care of yourself and your loved ones and stay healthy.
Oh, and get caught reading.
I love you all,
Jonas Saul
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About Jonas Saul
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Jonas Saul Titles
The Sarah Roberts Series
1. Dark Visions
2. The Warning
3. The Crypt
4. The Hostage (*Featuring Drake Bellamy from The Threat)
5. The Victim (*Featuring Aaron Stevens from The Specter)
6. The Enigma
7. The Vigilante (*Featuring Aaron Stevens from The Specter)
8. The Rogue (*Featuring Darwin and Rosina Kostas from The Mafia Trilogy)
9. Killing Sarah
10. The Antagonist
11. The Redeemed
12. The Haunted
13. The Unlucky
14. The Abandoned (Coming Soon)
The Mafia Trilogy
(Starring Darwin and Rosina Kostas)
1. The Kill
2. The Blade
3. The Scythe
Standalone Novels
1. The Threat (Starring Drake Bellamy)
2. The Specter (Starring Aaron Stevens)
3. A Murder in Time (Starring Marcus Johnson)
4. The Snake (Coming Soon)
Short Stories
1. The Burning
2. The Numbers Game
3. Trapped
4. Twisted Fate (Tales of Horror)
Compilations
1. Sarah Roberts Series Vol. 1-3
2. Sarah Roberts Series Vol. 4-6
3. Sarah Roberts Series Vol. 7-9
4. Sarah Roberts Series Vol. 10-12
5. The Mafia Trilogy
6. The Jonas Saul Thriller Trilogy (The Threat, The Specter, A Murder in Time)
PUBLISHED BY:
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ISBN: 978-1-927404-37-9
The Haunted
Copyright © 2014 by Jonas Saul
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
