The Pit: Part 1 of 2

by Mark Murray

Life in the small town of Millstone is starting to change too rapidly for Judd Pritcher. If his mom was honest with herself she would admit that too. Instead she drinks more to disguise her fears. They are both better suited to gentler times and without so many strangers invading the town—including the carnival hustlers. The strangers coming and going within her boarding house doesn’t help. But with his dad gone and the fancy lake hotel having been built, Deidra is desperate for business to survive.

Judd has difficulty coping with all of the pressures, especially graduating high school within another year. After that he’s not sure what he will do with his life or whether he’ll even remain within town. If anybody that cares ever discovers the worst he’s been doing, he may not even be given the option to leave. The aspect that is working in his favor is the possibility he may live a long, long time.

If it weren’t for the ground tremors it might not be so bad in Millstone and life could get back to normal. Maybe that will happen after the carnival packs up their cheating games and decide to leave town.

109 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 15, 2016

About the author

Mark Murray works in the computer field and also writes novels. He has written short stories for the E-Zine, Dargonzine (http://www.dargonzine.org) and has been published by Arctic Wolf Publishing (http://www.arcticwolfpublishing.com). He also has several self published novels out there.

When not working, he can usually be found studying martial arts. Mark currently resides in Ohio where he loves outdoor activities, traveling, good food and quality coffee.

Home page is http://www.MarkMurrayBooks.com/

Blog is at http://markmurraybooks.blogspot.com/