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Monkey Farm
How do you convince your best friend you’re responsible for their murder when they won’t even admit they’re dead?
Ask any kid in Rumors Mill and they’ll tell you the same thing, playing anywhere around the old Monkey Farm was completely off limits. The dark branches of the woods surrounding the abandoned lab held whispers of secret government experiments and creatures that lurked the property at night on both two legs and four. So, it was no real surprise when Effin and his friends decided to spend one fateful summer day in those same woods, one of them didn’t make it out alive. That day cost Effin his family, his friends, and more than a bit of his sanity. When he left town to go live with his aunt, he never looked back.
Ten years and a sketchbook full of nightmares later, Effin’s past finally caught up with him. A little girl’s gone missing in those same cursed woods. He knows returning home means facing his own tortured past, but someone, or something, is calling him back. With the help of the only two people who still believe in him, the ghost of his long-lost best friend, and the girl he left behind, Effin begins a search for a missing child but ends up unlocking the secrets of the Farm’s checkered past and his own lost childhood.
Ask any kid in Rumors Mill and they’ll tell you the same thing, playing anywhere around the old Monkey Farm was completely off limits. The dark branches of the woods surrounding the abandoned lab held whispers of secret government experiments and creatures that lurked the property at night on both two legs and four. So, it was no real surprise when Effin and his friends decided to spend one fateful summer day in those same woods, one of them didn’t make it out alive. That day cost Effin his family, his friends, and more than a bit of his sanity. When he left town to go live with his aunt, he never looked back.
Ten years and a sketchbook full of nightmares later, Effin’s past finally caught up with him. A little girl’s gone missing in those same cursed woods. He knows returning home means facing his own tortured past, but someone, or something, is calling him back. With the help of the only two people who still believe in him, the ghost of his long-lost best friend, and the girl he left behind, Effin begins a search for a missing child but ends up unlocking the secrets of the Farm’s checkered past and his own lost childhood.
269 pages, Paperback
First published July 10, 2019
10 people want to read
About the author
S.A. Check
120 books20 followersS.A. Check is a Science Fiction / Fantasy / Comic Book writer who grew up on comics - heroes and villains, conflict and cliffhangers. He earned his degree in English from Penn State University and lives in Southwestern Pennsylvania, enjoying all the small dramas that come down the path.
His work in comics includes runs on The Three Stooges, Pink Panther, Casper The Friendly Ghost, Underdog, Laurel & Hardy, Oggy & The Cockroaches, Stargate Atlantis / Stargate Universe Anthologies, and others. He is a creative contributor and managing editor for American Mythology Comics. His first horror comic, Volcanosaurus, debuted in the Fall of 2017, with new original series in development for 2020. He’s written feature articles for Bleeding Cool Magazine and his short story, Tangled Lines, appeared in the charity anthology, Hazard Yet Forward.
His first novel Welcome To GreenGrass, was released in 2013, being reviewed as “Men in Black meets interplanetary Columbo”. His second novel, Maxx Fragg,V.P.I. was released in September of 2015 from Ink Smith Publications.
In the summer of 2019, he released his first middle grade novel - Legend Gary with World Castle Publishing. The novel is an all-ages fantasy adventure following a family of cryptid hunters.
His latest release, Monkey Farm, is a sci-fi and horror mashup from Necro Publications, a leader in horror for the past 20 years. How do you tell your friend you're responsible for his murder when he won't even admit he's dead?
His work has been featured on Horror Novel Reviews, Previews World, Bleeding Cool, Book Goodies, Locus Online Monitor, Horror Drive In, SFReader, Ginger Nuts of Horror, SFScope, Inveterate Media Junkies, and Horror World.
He was recently featured in a PreviewsWorld article "Panels to Prose" with authors Brad Meltzer, Charlaine Harris, and Peter David.
https://www.previewsworld.com/Article...
You can visit his website at www.SACheck.com.
His work in comics includes runs on The Three Stooges, Pink Panther, Casper The Friendly Ghost, Underdog, Laurel & Hardy, Oggy & The Cockroaches, Stargate Atlantis / Stargate Universe Anthologies, and others. He is a creative contributor and managing editor for American Mythology Comics. His first horror comic, Volcanosaurus, debuted in the Fall of 2017, with new original series in development for 2020. He’s written feature articles for Bleeding Cool Magazine and his short story, Tangled Lines, appeared in the charity anthology, Hazard Yet Forward.
His first novel Welcome To GreenGrass, was released in 2013, being reviewed as “Men in Black meets interplanetary Columbo”. His second novel, Maxx Fragg,V.P.I. was released in September of 2015 from Ink Smith Publications.
In the summer of 2019, he released his first middle grade novel - Legend Gary with World Castle Publishing. The novel is an all-ages fantasy adventure following a family of cryptid hunters.
His latest release, Monkey Farm, is a sci-fi and horror mashup from Necro Publications, a leader in horror for the past 20 years. How do you tell your friend you're responsible for his murder when he won't even admit he's dead?
His work has been featured on Horror Novel Reviews, Previews World, Bleeding Cool, Book Goodies, Locus Online Monitor, Horror Drive In, SFReader, Ginger Nuts of Horror, SFScope, Inveterate Media Junkies, and Horror World.
He was recently featured in a PreviewsWorld article "Panels to Prose" with authors Brad Meltzer, Charlaine Harris, and Peter David.
https://www.previewsworld.com/Article...
You can visit his website at www.SACheck.com.
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October 16, 2023
Monsters and mayhem reign when a genetics lab is left unchecked.
A young man with visions, his murdered best friend(ghost of corse) and an old flame team up to save a missing girl but find oh so much more.
Silly and fun at times, dark and frisky at others, this was an amusing read that I will recommend to horror fans.
A young man with visions, his murdered best friend(ghost of corse) and an old flame team up to save a missing girl but find oh so much more.
Silly and fun at times, dark and frisky at others, this was an amusing read that I will recommend to horror fans.
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