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Freaky Jules #1
Vanished
Paranormal Novella
A girl mysteriously disappears at school, and the cops are baffled.
Julia (Jules) Dundee, the school freak, is compelled to use her paranormal abilities to recover the missing girl. With the aid her new-found friend, boyfriend wannabe, Jack Kilgore, they start on a journey that ends up out of this universe.
A girl mysteriously disappears at school, and the cops are baffled.
Julia (Jules) Dundee, the school freak, is compelled to use her paranormal abilities to recover the missing girl. With the aid her new-found friend, boyfriend wannabe, Jack Kilgore, they start on a journey that ends up out of this universe.
82 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 22, 2011
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Tom Upton
22 books179 followersBorn in Chicago.Studied advanced writing at Columbia College.
Hopeless Romantic most of the time.
Hopeless Romantic most of the time.
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June 29, 2017
Vanished (Freaky Jules #1) by Tom Upton is a short story but is not short on excitement. This is one great story! It is a paranormal, mystery, intrigue, and more. It has a very unusual character that could be Dexter's sister, without the killing, and she is in high school. Despite her lack of emotions for others, I couldn't help but like her in a weird way. There is a girl that goes missing in the stall of the girl's bathroom with the door closed, and she just poofs! Our freaky Dexter type Julie, somehow agrees to help find the missing girl by Julie's home ghost, yes, ghost. It gets wild and crazy. Humor, fun, strange, and so worth the read. This may not have a high class cover but this story is super classy to me! Loved it soo much!
August 2, 2018
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“Sorry, I just don’t buy that,” I said. “I guarantee you, if I find Mary Jo, it’s going to be for purely selfish reasons. And I suppose I have to find her,” I added dismally. Already that morning, Jerry had been harping that I didn’t seem to be doing anything to retrieve Mary Jo.
“Sorry, I just don’t buy that,” I said. “I guarantee you, if I find Mary Jo, it’s going to be for purely selfish reasons. And I suppose I have to find her,” I added dismally. Already that morning, Jerry had been harping that I didn’t seem to be doing anything to retrieve Mary Jo.
June 11, 2011
Good story.
Excellent writing.
Maybe the best of all is Jules herself. She is an interesting character, given to dark thoughts, definitely an anti-hero rather than a hero. She is likable in a peculiar sort of way. Imagine a grown-up Wednesday Addams or maybe a young female Dexter-- at least in her thoughts, if not her actions.
Excellent writing.
Maybe the best of all is Jules herself. She is an interesting character, given to dark thoughts, definitely an anti-hero rather than a hero. She is likable in a peculiar sort of way. Imagine a grown-up Wednesday Addams or maybe a young female Dexter-- at least in her thoughts, if not her actions.
January 2, 2020
The Freaky Jules series appears to be a fun paranormal read for teens and fans of teen fiction, without the swooning love story.
Jules is a loner, separated by her psychic abilities; being around people is just too much of an ordeal. And when it comes time for her to be a hero, she's so reluctant that she must be forced by the ghost of her home.
This first installment kind of just sets things up, I feel. It introduces characters, gives us a feel of who Jules is, and let's us get comfortable. The actual problem, a student lost in another reality, feels like a side story. The ghost mentions a being that replaced the student causing car wrecks and other mishaps that weren't supposed to happen, but this is never addressed. How does he know these accidents weren't in the timeline? Was the portal-being the one doing this? Since Jules doesn't care about these details, we never learn more ourselves.
Jules is a loner, separated by her psychic abilities; being around people is just too much of an ordeal. And when it comes time for her to be a hero, she's so reluctant that she must be forced by the ghost of her home.
This first installment kind of just sets things up, I feel. It introduces characters, gives us a feel of who Jules is, and let's us get comfortable. The actual problem, a student lost in another reality, feels like a side story. The ghost mentions a being that replaced the student causing car wrecks and other mishaps that weren't supposed to happen, but this is never addressed. How does he know these accidents weren't in the timeline? Was the portal-being the one doing this? Since Jules doesn't care about these details, we never learn more ourselves.
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December 2, 2020
Hhh
I was baffled. I’d first encountered Jerry when we moved into the house, seven years ago, when I was ten years old. He’d never been troublesome. For the most part, he kept to himself. He never made the walls creak, or caused things to fall off shelves, or rattled windows. He never actually haunted the house, but I sensed that might change.
I was baffled. I’d first encountered Jerry when we moved into the house, seven years ago, when I was ten years old. He’d never been troublesome. For the most part, he kept to himself. He never made the walls creak, or caused things to fall off shelves, or rattled windows. He never actually haunted the house, but I sensed that might change.
August 8, 2025
4.5⭐️. Fun, fast paced read. I’m not sure if I like Jules or not, but I did love the story and the writing. There are several wrong words in places (needed an editor), but that was easy to overlook.
Julia has some “freaky” senses. She can see and communicate with ghosts, she can sense details about a person, etc. She has one friend at her school, and that’s exactly how she likes it. Then a girl goes missing in a locked bathroom stall at school. A ghost tells her that she needs to find this girl, who is in another dimension, and bring her back. Otherwise things will go a bit haywire in her reality.
Along the way she makes a new friend, possibly for life, or at least until school ends.
This alternate reality was nicely described / thought up.
Song: I Don’t Care by Apocalyptica & Adam Gontier
Julia has some “freaky” senses. She can see and communicate with ghosts, she can sense details about a person, etc. She has one friend at her school, and that’s exactly how she likes it. Then a girl goes missing in a locked bathroom stall at school. A ghost tells her that she needs to find this girl, who is in another dimension, and bring her back. Otherwise things will go a bit haywire in her reality.
Along the way she makes a new friend, possibly for life, or at least until school ends.
This alternate reality was nicely described / thought up.
Song: I Don’t Care by Apocalyptica & Adam Gontier
March 31, 2021
Gg
Which meant he would make my life even more miserable than it already was. As much as I hated the idea, I guessed I would have to become—on top of everything else—a dogcatcher, a dead dogcatcher.
Which meant he would make my life even more miserable than it already was. As much as I hated the idea, I guessed I would have to become—on top of everything else—a dogcatcher, a dead dogcatcher.
April 29, 2021
Huuuu
Which meant he would make my life even more miserable than it already was. As much as I hated the idea, I guessed I would have to become—on top of everything else—a dogcatcher, a dead dogcatcher.
Which meant he would make my life even more miserable than it already was. As much as I hated the idea, I guessed I would have to become—on top of everything else—a dogcatcher, a dead dogcatcher.
January 8, 2024
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you?” “I wouldn’t want to be miserable, but yeah, I’d be pretty miserable,” he said. Which meant he.
you?” “I wouldn’t want to be miserable, but yeah, I’d be pretty miserable,” he said. Which meant he
you?” “I wouldn’t want to be miserable, but yeah, I’d be pretty miserable,” he said. Which meant he.
you?” “I wouldn’t want to be miserable, but yeah, I’d be pretty miserable,” he said. Which meant he
May 22, 2017
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September 27, 2021
Hh
guessed I would have to become—on top of everything else—a dogcatcher, a dead dogcat in NJ j j j j
guessed I would have to become—on top of everything else—a dogcatcher, a dead dogcat in NJ j j j j
January 8, 2021
Good
I was baffled. I’d first encountered Jerry when we moved into the house, seven years ago, when I was ten years old. He’d never been troublesome. For the most part, he kept to himself. He never made the walls creak, or caused things to fall off shelves, or rattled windows. He never actually haunted the house, but I sensed that might change.
I was baffled. I’d first encountered Jerry when we moved into the house, seven years ago, when I was ten years old. He’d never been troublesome. For the most part, he kept to himself. He never made the walls creak, or caused things to fall off shelves, or rattled windows. He never actually haunted the house, but I sensed that might change.
June 27, 2020
Vanished by Tom Upton is about a snarky, angst-ridden teenager with powers. This girl can do it all. She can talk to the dead, read your mind, move things with her thoughts. If she touches you, she can see your past. I thought it was convenient and a little unfair that she could do everything. But there you have it.
Vanished is a fun read for teens and pre-teens.
Vanished is a fun read for teens and pre-teens.
September 9, 2016
Pretty freaky. Quite a compelling story though, you won't put it down.
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