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The Brook
There's something evil lurking in the waters of the mountain streams, and only ten year-old Michael Wilson knows how to stop it. Can he kill the creature and save the residents of Sampson, Tennessee, or will he become the monster's next meal?
This bite-sized short story can easily be read in one sitting.
This bite-sized short story can easily be read in one sitting.
- GenresHorror
15 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2013
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Anne Marie Stoddard
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August 24, 2021
I’m Not A Fan Of Vampires, But...
After catching her boyfriend Jake cheating on her, Violet decides to go for a midnight swim in the neighborhood lake. Something in the water attacks her.
When Michael finds out that his favorite babysitter is killed, unlike everyone else, he doesn’t believe it is a bear.
He is convinced it is a vampire. He should know. He may only be ten years old, but he is an expert on vampiric lore.
Since, not even his older brother Tom, or his father, who is the Sherrif, believe him, he has to kill the vampire on his own.
This story has a surprise ending…
After catching her boyfriend Jake cheating on her, Violet decides to go for a midnight swim in the neighborhood lake. Something in the water attacks her.
When Michael finds out that his favorite babysitter is killed, unlike everyone else, he doesn’t believe it is a bear.
He is convinced it is a vampire. He should know. He may only be ten years old, but he is an expert on vampiric lore.
Since, not even his older brother Tom, or his father, who is the Sherrif, believe him, he has to kill the vampire on his own.
This story has a surprise ending…
March 19, 2014
This short kindle selection can easily be read in one sitting. Stoddard has switched from murder mystery to horror and vampires in this short story. At the outset we meet a young girl named Violet Carson, who goes against her instincts to follow the sounds of a babbling brook along the trail of Honeysuckle Path. She decides to take a midnight swim. As she dives into the icy pool, she experiences a radical drop in temperature and a tingling sensation all over her body. Before she can react, the surface underneath her disappears and the water around her turns scarlet red. Only her skin, bone and hair remained.
Violet had been employed as a babysitter for ten year old Michael Wilson. Michael believes in vampires and is convinced that this is how Violet met her demise. He searches for evidence that vampires might have appeared in the mist near the brook, but his older brother Tom, as well as everyone else in the small Mississippi town of Sampson refuse to believe in his theory. There are those adults in town who blame Violet’s former boyfriend, Jake, whom she just caught cheating the night before she died, but there is no plausible evidence to validate that. Michael’s father Dale threatens to send his son to therapy, if he continues to talk about monsters.
Michael does love scary stories about supernatural powers, but he sincerely believes that the town is in danger. So one night when he is home alone with Tom, Michael succeeds in sneaking out with a supernatural emergency kit, containing a canister of garlic and a wooden cross made from a chair leg. Michael is determined to prove that he is right, solve the mystery, and slay the monster.
Are the ten year old’s fears substantiated? Will he encounter a supernatural force? What part did Jake play in the murder? The reader already has lots of questions he wants answered. There are quite a few twists and turns in this short story.
I would recommend this book for adults and young adults over the age of twelve. There are one or two curse words, and some mention of nudity, but the book does not present overt sex or gruesome horror scenes. The book is a fast paced, exciting read.
Violet had been employed as a babysitter for ten year old Michael Wilson. Michael believes in vampires and is convinced that this is how Violet met her demise. He searches for evidence that vampires might have appeared in the mist near the brook, but his older brother Tom, as well as everyone else in the small Mississippi town of Sampson refuse to believe in his theory. There are those adults in town who blame Violet’s former boyfriend, Jake, whom she just caught cheating the night before she died, but there is no plausible evidence to validate that. Michael’s father Dale threatens to send his son to therapy, if he continues to talk about monsters.
Michael does love scary stories about supernatural powers, but he sincerely believes that the town is in danger. So one night when he is home alone with Tom, Michael succeeds in sneaking out with a supernatural emergency kit, containing a canister of garlic and a wooden cross made from a chair leg. Michael is determined to prove that he is right, solve the mystery, and slay the monster.
Are the ten year old’s fears substantiated? Will he encounter a supernatural force? What part did Jake play in the murder? The reader already has lots of questions he wants answered. There are quite a few twists and turns in this short story.
I would recommend this book for adults and young adults over the age of twelve. There are one or two curse words, and some mention of nudity, but the book does not present overt sex or gruesome horror scenes. The book is a fast paced, exciting read.
September 13, 2019
In honor of Friday the 13th I found a random horror freebie and it is appropriate since it has to deal with water. Oooo!
The story follows Michael is a just a kid and his babysitter had been murdered. He is convinced there is a monster lurking. Can he kill it and save the residents? Or is he doomed?
Oooo kid...never go looking for monsters...it is only asking for trouble.
This was creepy and fun. The ending really got me! Did NOT see that twist...even though I should've. Very good, very good.
I do wish we had some more character development though.
It is short but good and if you need a touch of creepy in your life I recommend this little guy. A good twist at the end that was obvious but not too obvious. I'll stamp this with 4 stars.
The story follows Michael is a just a kid and his babysitter had been murdered. He is convinced there is a monster lurking. Can he kill it and save the residents? Or is he doomed?
Oooo kid...never go looking for monsters...it is only asking for trouble.
This was creepy and fun. The ending really got me! Did NOT see that twist...even though I should've. Very good, very good.
I do wish we had some more character development though.
It is short but good and if you need a touch of creepy in your life I recommend this little guy. A good twist at the end that was obvious but not too obvious. I'll stamp this with 4 stars.
October 29, 2019
Cool idea, poor execution...
This story had some potential. It's a short story about a vampire who lives underwater, which is a pretty cool idea. However the execution was all wrong. I feel like the story tried too hard and moved too fast and didn't have enough time to build tension and make you be afraid for any of the characters.
The author does have talent as a writer, this was just a story that I feel they could have done better with.
This story had some potential. It's a short story about a vampire who lives underwater, which is a pretty cool idea. However the execution was all wrong. I feel like the story tried too hard and moved too fast and didn't have enough time to build tension and make you be afraid for any of the characters.
The author does have talent as a writer, this was just a story that I feel they could have done better with.
September 30, 2023
New Take on a Classic Monster
Short and sweet, The Brook tells the story of two young brothers who wrestle with a mystery, a local girl whose body was found shredded and bloodless by a stream.
I would have enjoyed a longer story, but the story is entertaining in its own right, a few moments of a shiver for a chilly autumn night.
Short and sweet, The Brook tells the story of two young brothers who wrestle with a mystery, a local girl whose body was found shredded and bloodless by a stream.
I would have enjoyed a longer story, but the story is entertaining in its own right, a few moments of a shiver for a chilly autumn night.
September 6, 2017
A short read with a twist of an ending. Very well written. I loved the horror fanatic and the surprise of the truth of the gory scene.
November 16, 2019
Nice little twist....
November 25, 2024
a *vampire*? really?
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