“Exploring
a remote island can sometimes get you
into trouble.
Especially
when you stumble upon a cave and awaken two demons.”
Book Details:
Title:
THE ISLAND
Genre:
Paranormal Horror
Author:
Clarissa Johal
Editor:
Marisa Chenery
Booktrope, Forsaken Imprint (2015)
Booktrope, Forsaken Imprint (2015)
ISBN-13:
978-1-5137-0161-5
ASIN:
B010TE7W1G
Number
of Pages: 210
About THE ISLAND:
Emma
Keller’s estranged grandmother has been missing for seven years. Emma journeys
to her grandmother’s private island with the task of readying it for sale.
Local rumors say it’s cursed, but she dismisses them as superstition. While
there, she unearths a hidden cave, and is visited by two men soon after. Itu is
well-spoken, though he hides his face in shadow. The other is more of a worry;
with skin of alabaster, Thim’s feral presence sets her on edge. Emma discovers
the island has a dark past. The two men aren’t human, but awakened demons…and
they have their sights set on her.
Excerpt from THE
ISLAND:
She was jarred awake by a cry. The vestiges of
her nightmare dissipated as she orientated herself. Nightmare. Emma let
out a sigh of relief. The cry sounded again. A distant sound, high and wailing.
A baby’s cry. Her heart quickened. Good god, surely that can’t be a baby?
The fire in the stove had burned down, its
embers lending a glow to the living room. Emma looked out the front window. The
yard was still. She unlocked the door and opened it a crack. The cry drifted in
with the breeze, faint but unmistakable. She ran through her mind what possible
bird or animal could make the sound and came up with nothing. Characteristically,
the island was blanketed with silence, almost like a vacuum. She stood,
uncertain. After several minutes, the sound started again—the unmistakable high
wail of a baby. She slipped on her boots and parka.
Fog trailed like cobwebs in her wake. The
mournful cry threaded through the trees and came from the direction of the
house ruins. In spite of a growing anxiety at what she’d find, she quickened
her pace. If that is a baby, it’s still alive, and I need to get to it. If
it’s not a baby… She blocked out the possibilities of what else it could
be.
She approached the ruins and the sound stopped.
Her heart raced. I know it was coming from here. The area held an
unnatural heaviness. A branch cracked behind her and she turned with a start.
Something dark darted through the trees.
“Hello?” Her voice sounded muffled in the fog.
Emma’s attention snapped to the left. The dark figure ducked out of sight. She
took one step backward, and fled.
Heavy footsteps echoed from behind as she
plunged through the trees. They were catching up with her. Emma pushed herself
to run faster, terrified she’d lose her footing on the uneven ground. The cabin
loomed large, a haven in the thick fog. Stumbling across the cabin’s porch, she
hurdled through the door and slammed it shut, locking it.
Emma rooted her feet to keep from running
around in circles. Straining to hear, she was greeted with eerie silence.
Several moments passed before the baby’s cry started again. And this time, it
sounded from right outside the door.
***
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About the Author:
Clarissa
Johal is the author of paranormal novels, THE ISLAND, VOICES, STRUCK, and
BETWEEN. When she’s not listening to the ghosts in her head, she’s dancing,
taking pictures of gargoyles, or swinging from a trapeze. She shares her life
with her husband, two daughters, and every stray animal that darkens their
doorstep.
*Member
of the Horror Writers Association
*Member
of the Authors Guild
THE ISLAND
Coming August 5, 2015 from Booktrope
VOICES
(May 2015) Permuted Press
STRUCK
(2014)
Musa Publishing
(2015) Clarissa Johal
(2015) Clarissa Johal
*Second
place in the Preditors and Editors Readers Poll 2014
*Winner of the Indie Book of the Day Award
*Winner of the Indie Book of the Day Award
BETWEEN
(2012) Musa Publishing
(2015) Clarissa Johal
*Second place in the Preditors and Editors Readers Poll 2012
*Winner of the Indie Book of the Day Award
(2012) Musa Publishing
(2015) Clarissa Johal
*Second place in the Preditors and Editors Readers Poll 2012
*Winner of the Indie Book of the Day Award
PRADEE
(2010) Clarissa Johal
*Second round finalist in Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Award Contest 2012
Short stories:
PIGEONS (Susurrus Literary Journal)
(2010) Clarissa Johal
*Second round finalist in Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Award Contest 2012
Short stories:
PIGEONS (Susurrus Literary Journal)
THE ROPE (Susurrus
Literary Journal)
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