Desertion

by Karl Pfeiffer

There is a way about brothers and there is a way about children. There is a way the young see the world as if the world is new and fresh and a place of magic. Sometimes all that matters is that you have someone to share it with, who understands, who sees as you see.

Desertion is a story about reality, childhood, adulthood imagination, and growing up. It's about possibility, hope and loss. It's about two brothers and a man in the forest and the places where lies meet truth.

And as always, it's about where the lines lay.

"We're in... territory [of] mystery and mysterious places... We and the characters seem to move across boundaries, real ones involving the landscape, and emotional ones, where the lines between dream, fantasy, and reality get blurred... This story will stay with me a long time." -Leslee Becker, Author and Professor.

Karl Pfeiffer is an aspiring novelist, journalist, paranormal investigator, lecturer, college student, and ghost hunter at the Stanley Hotel. Forever a romantic, he can't resist those things dark, epic, and mysterious, and this comes through in his writing as he explores the extremes of human emotion, where the edges fray, and what happens when the world breaks down.

Karl carries a strong web presence, and can be followed on twitter and facebook through his website www.KarlPfeiffer.com

22 pages, ebook

First published March 21, 2011

About the author

Karl Pfeiffer is a novelist, photographer, lecturer, and paranormal investigator. He won the first season of the pilot reality series Ghost Hunters Academy and went on to work with the Ghost Hunters International team on the same network. Since then he's lead the weekend ghost hunts at the Stanley Hotel, lectures across America, and consults for numerous investigative teams across Colorado. He writes for the TAPS Paramagazine and contributes to the Paranormal Pop Culture Blog. He's the author of the novel Hallowtide, the short story collection Into a Sky Below, Forever, and he's at work on two more books; Amarricages and the Record of Dead Religions. He's a portrait and conceptual photographer in Colorado. More information can be found on his website, http://www.KarlPfeiffer.com