White Walker (20 page)

“I’m not going to let anything happen to you.”

“You promise?”

“Cross my heart and hope to die,” Susan said as she
drew an X across her own heart.

“Stick a needle in your eye.” Christine said with a
faint smile playing about the corners of her lips.

“Eeewww no.” Susan slapped her hand over one
eye.

Christine giggled.

“I’m right down the hall. If anything comes to get
you just yell and I’ll be here so fast it’ll make your head
swim”

“Promise?”

“Of course, anything for you.”

“Can I sleep with you?”

“Now you’re pushing it.” Susan tickled Christine who
giggled.

Christine slipped under the blankets and gazed up at
Susan with a smile.

“I love you, Mommy.”

“I love you too, Baby Doll.”

Susan turned off the light next to the bed and
backed across the room to the door.

“Will you leave the hall light on?” Christine
asked.

“Of course.”

“Good night, Mommy.”

“Goodnight, sweetie,” Susan said as she stepped into
the hall. Leaving the door ajar, she rubbed her arms with her hands
as she walked back to her room.

As she crossed the staircase leading to the first
floor she stopped when a sound like that of a child crying came
from the shadows below. She stood at the top of the steps, her head
tilted to the side as she listened to the night. From the shadows
below came a thump followed by the faint whine of the furnace
kicking on.

The past few months had seen a lot of changes. They
had moved all the way across the country to be closer to John’s
parents, Susan’s parents had faded into the past, memories she kept
locked up in a place she’d rather not revisit.

They had a new life laid out before them, another
chance at a happiness that had been cut short by religious
intolerance that prompted a war. She was going to do everything in
her power to make sure Christine had every chance to become a
well-adjusted adult.

With a shrug she turned down the short hallway to
her bedroom.

Richard was born in Frostburg, Maryland, in the
winter of '58' and currently lives eight miles away. A five-year
stint with the military allowed him to see what he wanted of the
world. Married with four grown children and eleven grandchildren,
he and his wife provide a home to four pets that are spoiled beyond
rotten.

While the majority of his fiction is dark, his focus
is on the character's struggle to reach the light at the end of the
tunnel. A fight that mirrors his ongoing battle with depression. An
avid reader he has written and published three novels, two
novellas, and a collection of short stories since his return to
writing in 2008 after a computer crash wiped out nearly ten years
of work in 2001.

In addition to writing daily he works a full time
job in retail, and piddles around in his wood-shop making one mess
after another when time permits.

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Shadows of the Past:

When Washington D.C Homicide Detective Sam Hardin is
called upon to investigate a gruesome killing he stumbles upon the
theft of an ancient alien dagger that had been discovered in the
barren wastes of Antarctica. But this is no ordinary dagger. It has
an odd effect on anyone who comes into contact with it, for it
contains the essence of an alien race that once ruled a young
Earth.

Partially disabled Vietnam vet Jack Griffith has
been counting down his final days as the cancer, compliments of his
service in South East Asia, slowly consumes his body. Called upon
to clear a clogged storm drain he is accidentally stabbed by the
dagger that had been stolen to repay a gambling debt. Surrounded by
rats as death approaches he is given another chance at life when
that alien presence invades his body.

Jack, acting as an unwitting host to this alien life
form, embarks on a search for the only one who can stand in the way
of their return. An ancient legend appearing in the guise of Sam’s
brain damaged four-year-old son. A mere child, whose fathomless
black eyes hold the secrets of life and death.

Sam and Jack go head to head in a fight to the death
as the echoes of a distant past whisper from the antediluvian void.
In the balance hangs the future of all mankind, and his place at
the top of the food chain.

Will mankind awaken to new masters?

Or will good prevail?

Links to Shadows of the Past:

Amazon U.S
Amazon U.K

Parasite: Shadows of the Past Book II

They've awakened from an ageless sleep.
Quietly taking over the world one household at a time. Moving in
the dead of night, replacing those smiling neighbors across the
street with an unholy union of man and beast. They've waited eons
to reclaim this world as their own and when the balance of power
tilts in their favor, the feeding will begin.
Humankind faces an extinction event like no other, for there is
only room for one at the top of the food chain.
What should have died in the fire at his cabin didn't and Sam
Hardin is faced with the responsibility of putting an end to it
once and for all. As he battles to eradicate the menace in his neck
of the woods, discoveries in Washington state and Russia add to the
growing threat.
Will we retain our dominance over the world?

Links to Parasite:

Amazon U.S
Amazon U.K

Enter Night
: A night of celebration turns to
terror as six friends seek refuge in an abandoned farmhouse and
come face to face with their worst nightmares. For there are places
even the ghosts of the dead fear. Where nightmares wander the
hallways of our dreams, and not every story ends with a happily
ever after.

Links to Enter Night:

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Amazon U.K

Reprisal: Vengeance knows no boundary
. On the
surface her plan was brilliant in its simplicity. Return home, take
the place of her twin sister, and live out the rest of her life in
relative peace. Unfortunately even the best laid plans had their
flaws and this one involved Margaret's alter ego Candice, who was
hell bent on leaving a bloody trail in her wake. But Candice failed
to acknowledge one simple fact.

The dead always got their revenge.

Links to Reprisal:

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Nine Dark Tales:

From the Zombie apocalypse, to things that go bump
in the night, here are nine short tales that are sure to send a
shiver whispering down your spine.

In The Shadows

Waking up from a coma Chuck discovers he has the
ability to see into the secret life of the shadows around him and
he quickly learns one's shadow reveals their true nature, for
shadows cannot lie.  

Bobo

Sarah has been kidnapped, but her kidnappers don't
know about her coming divorce, and the possibility her husband
might just use the kidnapping as a means to get rid of her.
Stressed by her situation she is forced to face her past as old
family secrets are hauled into the light. Help arrives from the
other side, proving death is not the barrier many believe it to
be. 

Origin

A seismic event in Antarctica uncovers an ancient
secret about mans distant past. A group of scientists are
dispatched and soon learn some things are better left
undiscovered.

A Family Tradition

Would you give up your firstborn child to save
yourself? In the Valley of the Dead Oaks the barrier between life
and death, between the past and present, has the essence of a
dream. It is a place where the dead do not die, promises are
obligations that must be satisfied, and the way out may not be what
it seems.

Till Death Do We Part

For Eddie the Zombie Apocalypse is just another blow
in the long line of disappointments his life has become. Losing
everything that ever mattered to him he is left with but one
choice.

Perchance to Dream

Do the dead dream? Beverly was content with her life
at the end of the lane, until she started seeing things and
discovered that when you spend your days dying you have a lot of
time to dream.

Don't Mess With The Pizza Guy

After the Zombie Apocalypse, as man works to regain
his place in society, zombies are the least of his
worries. 

Where The Dead Things Go

Sometimes we're given a second chance to apologize
to a loved one after their untimely death.

Music of the Gods

So often we don't realize what we have until we've
lost it.

Links to 9 Dark Tales:

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Amazon U.K

The story is an engaging one that for the most part
is well written and suitably frightening.

Colleen Wanglund
:
Horror Fiction
Review

A horror-filled ride that left me white-knuckling
all the way to the end!

Charlene Gamble
:
Literary R&R
.

A nail-biting, spine-chilling read that will take
readers to the edge of their seats! Richard knows how to crank up
the tension and bring out the scary monsters:

Fiona Ingram
:
Readers Favorite Book
Reviews

I would place Mister Schiver's talents in league
with Neil Gaiman's. He shines in his ability to let dialogue propel
a story. That is trickier than it may seem, but the talented
writers do it with an effortless grace.

T.W Brown
:
Brutally Honest Reviews

This, the debut novel from Richard Schiver, will
pique constant reader's curiosity just enough: here we are
presented with uncomplicated plot strands and Lovecraftian
overtones evocative (perhaps) of something fashioned from the early
pen - or pseudonyms - of Dean Koontz.

Matthew Tait
:
Hellnotes

White Walker is a Jack Frost story for grown
ups, one not of wonder and imagination but instead a tale of horror
and fear. A tale about an ancient deity who carries winter with him
and devours the souls of all who get caught in his storm.