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Deadshine: A Short Story
A Short Story
Any railroading man worth his salt knows about the bad stretch of tracks they call the Cut, and Ernie Simms has been a Bangor and Aroostook Railroad man his entire adult life. One warm fall day in 1947, a couple of kids go missing there, and the yard boss tasks Ernie and his buddies to investigate. What they find is much worse than they feared. The Cut has gone bad again, and they must all face . . . the DEADSHINE.
Praise for A Short Story
Excerpts from Linda Hitchcock's (Booktrib Review Crew) review of DEADSHINE (Sept. 15, 2012) 4/5 Deadshine [is] a creepy tale that is guaranteed to haunt your dreams and linger in your memory. ... This complex, nuanced short story examines relationships between the railroad workers and comrades, their spouses and the bosses. It's up to the reader to decide what is real and what may be the stuff of nightmares. Seidel writes taut psychological thrillers with unexpected plot twists that hold rapt a reader's attention.
Spencer Seidel is the author of the critically-acclaimed mystery suspense thrillers Dead of Wynter and Lovesick, available as a Kindle eBooks.
Any railroading man worth his salt knows about the bad stretch of tracks they call the Cut, and Ernie Simms has been a Bangor and Aroostook Railroad man his entire adult life. One warm fall day in 1947, a couple of kids go missing there, and the yard boss tasks Ernie and his buddies to investigate. What they find is much worse than they feared. The Cut has gone bad again, and they must all face . . . the DEADSHINE.
Praise for A Short Story
Excerpts from Linda Hitchcock's (Booktrib Review Crew) review of DEADSHINE (Sept. 15, 2012) 4/5 Deadshine [is] a creepy tale that is guaranteed to haunt your dreams and linger in your memory. ... This complex, nuanced short story examines relationships between the railroad workers and comrades, their spouses and the bosses. It's up to the reader to decide what is real and what may be the stuff of nightmares. Seidel writes taut psychological thrillers with unexpected plot twists that hold rapt a reader's attention.
Spencer Seidel is the author of the critically-acclaimed mystery suspense thrillers Dead of Wynter and Lovesick, available as a Kindle eBooks.
- GenresHorror
27 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 30, 2014
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About the author
Spencer Seidel
9 books27 followersSpencer Seidel lives and works in suburban New Jersey but has also called Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Portland, Maine home. He is an honors graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University and attended the Berklee College of Music to study guitar, which he has been playing for over 25 years. His love of reading and books began as a child after discovering Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Later, he was drawn to darker work by authors such as Stephen King, Peter Straub, and Jack Ketchum, who continue to influence his dark novels and short stories.
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April 8, 2014
Spence Seidel is a favourite horror author of mine whose work deserves a bigger public profile. His excellent debut novel Dead of Wynter needs to be snapped up and turned into a TV mini-series. He is clearly influenced by Stephen King, but what I think is interesting about this latest little piece is that I see notes of Steinbeck in it.
A nice, efficient page-turner with good atmosphere and a sense of foreboding.
A nice, efficient page-turner with good atmosphere and a sense of foreboding.
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