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ATONEMENT
Charlie Harper
Had a wife.
He hired a killer
To take her life.
Regretful now
And all alone
To save his soul
He must atone.
To his surprise
In a drunken trance
He's about to get
A Second Chance.
Will he succeed?
Or will he fail?
You'll have to read
This twisted tale.
Had a wife.
He hired a killer
To take her life.
Regretful now
And all alone
To save his soul
He must atone.
To his surprise
In a drunken trance
He's about to get
A Second Chance.
Will he succeed?
Or will he fail?
You'll have to read
This twisted tale.
44 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 9, 2013
5 people want to read
About the author
Gary Val Tenuta
17 books33 followersHaving had a life long interest in paranormal phenomena, esoteric lore, the supernatural, occult and ancient mysteries and basically anything that could be squeezed into those categories, it should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me that these same elements would become the fodder for my novels and short stories. I grew up devouring Poe, Lovecraft and Roald Dahl and those writers definitely had a huge influence on me. I wonder if they realize what they've done? Maybe I should dig out my old 1920s-era Ouija board and let them know. Nah. Probably not a good idea.
I'm a book cover designer as well as an author with a degree in Social Psychology. My professional writing career began as a contributing writer for Fate Magazine in the 1990s. One of my feature articles about the mystery of the alleged secret military group known as Majestic-12 resulted in requests to appear on radio programs across the U.S. and Canada.
I'm thrilled that my most recent novel, a supernatural crime chiller entitled Ash: Return Of The Beast (Kindle & paperback) is receiving excellent reviews and has been compared to the likes of Straub, Koontz, Stephen King, Dan Brown and Dennis Lehane. Seriously? Well, at least according to the reviews. So I mean, you know... far be it for me to argue. LOL
The first four novellas and novelettes in my series of "Twisted Tales From The Files Of The Second Chance Limousine Service" are available individually on Kindle (99¢) or in a single volume entitled "Wanna Take a Ride?" also on Kindle ($2.99). The titles of those stories are "A Bite Out Of Time", "1st Avenue Annie", "Atonement" and "The Good Librarian". A fifth in the series ("The Prank") was released in June, 2014 on Kindle (99¢). Check out the trailer: https://www.goodreads.com/videos/6788... A 6th addition to the series is expected to be released in August, 2012.
I live with my big black cat, Bear, in a cozy condo in the Pacific Northwest where, when I'm not writing, or designing book covers for other authors, I may very well be watching America's Got Talent or The Voice or reruns of Seinfeld or I might just be relaxing out on the patio, grooving to the mellow sax-jazz stylings of Stanley Turrentine. Then again, you never know. I could be listening to Dwight Yoakum singing about "Guitars and Cadillacs and Loud, Loud Music". Either way, it's all good.
I'm a book cover designer as well as an author with a degree in Social Psychology. My professional writing career began as a contributing writer for Fate Magazine in the 1990s. One of my feature articles about the mystery of the alleged secret military group known as Majestic-12 resulted in requests to appear on radio programs across the U.S. and Canada.
I'm thrilled that my most recent novel, a supernatural crime chiller entitled Ash: Return Of The Beast (Kindle & paperback) is receiving excellent reviews and has been compared to the likes of Straub, Koontz, Stephen King, Dan Brown and Dennis Lehane. Seriously? Well, at least according to the reviews. So I mean, you know... far be it for me to argue. LOL
The first four novellas and novelettes in my series of "Twisted Tales From The Files Of The Second Chance Limousine Service" are available individually on Kindle (99¢) or in a single volume entitled "Wanna Take a Ride?" also on Kindle ($2.99). The titles of those stories are "A Bite Out Of Time", "1st Avenue Annie", "Atonement" and "The Good Librarian". A fifth in the series ("The Prank") was released in June, 2014 on Kindle (99¢). Check out the trailer: https://www.goodreads.com/videos/6788... A 6th addition to the series is expected to be released in August, 2012.
I live with my big black cat, Bear, in a cozy condo in the Pacific Northwest where, when I'm not writing, or designing book covers for other authors, I may very well be watching America's Got Talent or The Voice or reruns of Seinfeld or I might just be relaxing out on the patio, grooving to the mellow sax-jazz stylings of Stanley Turrentine. Then again, you never know. I could be listening to Dwight Yoakum singing about "Guitars and Cadillacs and Loud, Loud Music". Either way, it's all good.
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April 13, 2013
Give me more of these twisted tales!
As a fan of the author's short story, A Bite Out of Time, I picked this one up right away. Like the first story, Atonement has a very intriguing concept at its core - a specialty limousine service - I can't say anything more about it so that I don't spoil it, but I hope there will be many more of these stories. The possibilities are endless, plus they're wickedly cool and entertaining!
Atonement had me zipping through my kindle pages very quickly. I found my heart beating faster with each page, wondering what was going to happen. And what happens also packs a delicious twist, as the story bends your sympathies this way and that. You don't know where it's going to take you, and then it turns everything on its head so fast that you're thinking `no way', then it spins it around again. What a ride!
As a fan of the author's short story, A Bite Out of Time, I picked this one up right away. Like the first story, Atonement has a very intriguing concept at its core - a specialty limousine service - I can't say anything more about it so that I don't spoil it, but I hope there will be many more of these stories. The possibilities are endless, plus they're wickedly cool and entertaining!
Atonement had me zipping through my kindle pages very quickly. I found my heart beating faster with each page, wondering what was going to happen. And what happens also packs a delicious twist, as the story bends your sympathies this way and that. You don't know where it's going to take you, and then it turns everything on its head so fast that you're thinking `no way', then it spins it around again. What a ride!
March 31, 2013
Review of Atonement by Gary Val Tenuta
5 stars
“Atonement,” like “A Bite Out of Time” is Another Twisted Tale From The Files of the Second Chance Limousine Service, but it is more thriller-drama than horror, as is “A Bite Out of Time.” On the tenth anniversary of his late wife Linda’s abduction and subsequent murder, millionaire Charlie drowns his sorrows at the bar, then is too intoxicated to safely drive home. No problem, Second Chance Limo Service is here. Charlie falls asleep in the back seat, and wakes in the bedroom of the home he shared with his wife—awakens on the day of her death, a murder for which he has hired a contract killer. Now it’s up to Charlie to change the path he took back then; but it’s not only Charlie who acted, unbeknown to him, and he’s going to find second chances are really just that: an opportunity to change the past, for better or for worse. This is a deep short story which will really make readers think.
5 stars
“Atonement,” like “A Bite Out of Time” is Another Twisted Tale From The Files of the Second Chance Limousine Service, but it is more thriller-drama than horror, as is “A Bite Out of Time.” On the tenth anniversary of his late wife Linda’s abduction and subsequent murder, millionaire Charlie drowns his sorrows at the bar, then is too intoxicated to safely drive home. No problem, Second Chance Limo Service is here. Charlie falls asleep in the back seat, and wakes in the bedroom of the home he shared with his wife—awakens on the day of her death, a murder for which he has hired a contract killer. Now it’s up to Charlie to change the path he took back then; but it’s not only Charlie who acted, unbeknown to him, and he’s going to find second chances are really just that: an opportunity to change the past, for better or for worse. This is a deep short story which will really make readers think.
October 16, 2013
Holy crap, this was awesome!!! Man, I'm looking forward to more of these...
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