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The Black Bat Inn: An October Haunts Novel
What Happened to Greg Whitmore?You remember him, don’t you? That hockey player on the U.S. Olympic team—the one who never made it to the final game because of the car crash. Whatever became of him? You’d think he’d be training for another shot at the Olympics by now…
But sadly, this is not the case. The accident left him crippled, and the past year has been nothing but one long downward slide. Out of options and nearly out of hope, Greg moves in with his sister at the old Black Bat Inn.
Yet a voice keeps whispering in the back of his mind, warning him that something’s coming—something worse. Is it only his imagination? Or will the Black Bat Inn become the last, cruel twist in his sad story?
(Excerpt)
A skittering of some unseen entity moved in the depths of the basement, frantic and desperate. Her father insisted it was just the building settling, the wind whispering through cracks in the foundation. The inn was old, after all. Old places had strange noises. And for months, she believed her father’s assurances.
Until a few weeks ago.
He had come up from the basement, his face pale as death, his left hand wrapped hastily in a cloth, crimson blooming through the white fabric. The sight of him had frozen her in place, the words dying on her lips before she could even speak.
“DO NOT go into the basement!” he insisted once more, his voice quaking with something deeper than pain. “Never!”
It was the fear in his eyes that undid her. Her father, a man strong as an ox, was terrified. And she knew, at that moment, the basement held something monstrous—something that had drawn his blood.
But sadly, this is not the case. The accident left him crippled, and the past year has been nothing but one long downward slide. Out of options and nearly out of hope, Greg moves in with his sister at the old Black Bat Inn.
Yet a voice keeps whispering in the back of his mind, warning him that something’s coming—something worse. Is it only his imagination? Or will the Black Bat Inn become the last, cruel twist in his sad story?
(Excerpt)
A skittering of some unseen entity moved in the depths of the basement, frantic and desperate. Her father insisted it was just the building settling, the wind whispering through cracks in the foundation. The inn was old, after all. Old places had strange noises. And for months, she believed her father’s assurances.
Until a few weeks ago.
He had come up from the basement, his face pale as death, his left hand wrapped hastily in a cloth, crimson blooming through the white fabric. The sight of him had frozen her in place, the words dying on her lips before she could even speak.
“DO NOT go into the basement!” he insisted once more, his voice quaking with something deeper than pain. “Never!”
It was the fear in his eyes that undid her. Her father, a man strong as an ox, was terrified. And she knew, at that moment, the basement held something monstrous—something that had drawn his blood.
191 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 8, 2025
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Roma Gray
132 books94 followersRoma Gray is the author of a multitude of horror short stories, novellas, and novels.
Please check out my series of anthologies, novels, novellas and shorts in the Trick-or-Treat Thrillers series. From horror to ghosts stories to backyard monsters to tales of science fiction, you can count on a variety of topics, all with a Halloween flair.
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Please check out my series of anthologies, novels, novellas and shorts in the Trick-or-Treat Thrillers series. From horror to ghosts stories to backyard monsters to tales of science fiction, you can count on a variety of topics, all with a Halloween flair.
Sign up for news on new releases and free books: Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/dcAI5P
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