Ours

by Regina Puckett

While Sheriff Wilson has no idea what really transpired the night twelve people were murdered in the old mental hospital during what was supposed to be a simple night of ghost hunting, he was at the scene moments after the lone survivor committed suicide. Now it’s a year later and a group of paranormal investigators want to set up a haunted house and invite the general public in that same abandoned mental hospital. How is he supposed to keep that many people safe from whoever or whatever killed the last group?

Genres: Horror, Short Stories

ebook

Published May 14, 2014

About the author

Regina Puckett is a 2014 Readers' Favorite Award winning author for her sweet romance, Concealed in My Heart. Her steampunk book, I Will Breathe, and her children's picture book, Borrowed Wings, both received the Children's Literary Classic Seal of Approval. "I Will Breathe" was selected as a Science Fiction Finalist in the 2015 IAN Book of the Year Awards. I Will Breathe won a silver in the 2017 Literary Classics Award/Science fiction/dystopian (high school)

Her boxed set, A TOUCH OF PASSION, is the 2016 WINNER of The Romance Reviews Readers' Choice Awards.

Memories, won first place in the 1st WSBR International Poetry Contest, and her collection of poetry, Fireflies, won the 2013 Turning Pages Poetry Book of the Year.

Regina Puckett has been writing for over forty-eight years, and lives in Tennessee with her husband of over forty years. She has two grown daughters and four grandchildren.

She writes sweet romances, horror, inspirational, steampunk, picture books and poetry. There are always several projects in various stages of completion and characters and stories waiting in the wings for their chance to finally get out of her head and onto paper. The only way she knows to shut the voices up is to tell their stories and to let them live among the pages of her books.

She loves writing in many different genres because life is too short to be stuck in a rut.

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Reviews

[Cataline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ghost hunting anyone? Believers and non-believers in the supernatural can sit back and enjoy this spider web of a story. This is an enjoyable read with a plot twist that will have you re-reading a few sentences just to make sure you read them right the first time. Regina got it right with this frightful night of ghost hunting, all the way from talking to an empty to room to contact spirits to the huffing and puffing of a non-believer. I'm just curious to know if there will be more tales of horror on the horizon from Mrs. Puckett!

[Nancy Silk · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Souls to Free"
I love horror stories by Author Regina Puckett. Her imagination and creativity is astounding. In this story, Sheriff Wilson is in a big huff about a haunted house being set up in one of the buildings in an old mental hospital complex. Why is he upset? Because 12 people were killed there, in the same building, the previous year. Deputy Worley felt his boss was getting totally out of control over this as Sheriff Wilson is determined to not let any more killings happen again. So he decides to volunteer to help the ghost hunters set up the haunted house. Youthful looking Rhonda Byrd has been ghost hunting for over eight years. He explains to her his safety concerns and also that Wallace Webster, a serial killer who killed over 100 children was housed in the facility and died there. Rhonda is hopeful that she can make contact with the ghost of Wallace Webster, and finally there is contact. This is a very spooky story which unsuspectingly catches the reader off guard. It's best to read this on a dark, quiet, rainy night to get the best thrill of this truly ... spooky ... tale. Great job, Regina. Keep the stories coming!

[Mark Abrams · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a well-written horror story by one of my favorite authors in this genre. The characters were well described and memorable in this sequel to "Mine" by the same author. I don't really think that is necessary to read this first, but it would probably help to understand a little background. The twist at the end was scary and unexpected as we have come to expect from this author. I would highly recommend this 28 page quick read, as I would all her horror stories, to anyone who would enjoy a creepy good time!

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great read. I love reading horror stories and this one
delivered....if you haven't already,you need to read "Mine" another
great horror story by Regina Puckett. Loved it!!! Keep on writing!!!

[Cindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent short story about having a haunted house in an abandoned mental hospital. What could be scarier? This was a very well written horror story. I didn't see the ending coming and it gave me chills!

[Ann Mullen · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting storyline about a ghost hunt at a vacant mental hospital. Scary good with a surprise ending. Just the right stuff for a good, spooky mystery.

[Anne (Angel Anne Reviews) Nelson · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 / 5 angel stars

[Erik Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a story that reminds me of the classic universal horror movies of the 30's and 40's. Though there are no monsters like Dracula or Frankenstein in Regina Puckett's "Ours", the motifs and characters are somewhat similar to those movies. This is a short story however, there is a lot of great detail with the characters and the history surrounding the haunted mental hospital which is where the majority of the story takes place. A year after the murders of twelve people that took place in the hospital, paranormal scientists wanted to rebuild the hospital as a haunted house. And what is the outcome of it all? What is the public's reaction? And what does the local sheriff plan to do about it all? I actually read this story three times. Not because I had a hard time understanding it but because I enjoyed it so much. And yes maybe I also read it more than once because it was so short but that's because I wanted to read more of it. With that being said, my only criticism is the ending. It's not a weak ending. I just wish there were more events written but oh well. It's still a very strong story. I read it the three times on Halloween and afterwords, I had no need to watch any scary movie.

[Joy Yehle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Creepy little novella

[Nancy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was an ok book how ever I do wish the author had done more to make it more interesting. I look forward to reading more of this author's work.