Ghosts Of Brookhaven

by Jack Wallen

During its heyday, the Brookhaven Asylum suffered a steady stream of Tuberculosis deaths, horrible passings, gruesome to witness. This refuge for those dying souls became the perfect environment for spirits to congregate. Some deceased strive to serve a higher purpose; some simply want to exist in peace. But not all are blithe. When the veil is lifted and the malicious, vengeful spirits of the past begin to invade the present, it takes a very special soul to guide the living through the nightmare.Betsy Potts is one such spirit. Crossing a threshold into the present, when the noble hospital has become a home for the Marchbanks family, the young victim of TB is not only faced with expelling a group of malevolent ghosts from the Brookhaven of old, but protecting a newfound friend from a different malignancy...one growing from within.

288 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 19, 2021

About the author

Jack Wallen is what happens when a Gen Xer mind-melds with present day snark. Jack is a seeker of truth and a writer of words with a quantum mechanical pencil and a disjointed beat of sound and soul. Although he resides in the unlikely city of Louisville, Kentucky, Jack likes to think of himself more as an interplanetary traveler, on the lookout for the Satellite of Love and a perpetual movie sign...or so he tells the reflection in the mirror (some times in 3rd person). Jack is the author of numerous tales of dark, twisty fiction including the I Zombie series, the Klockwerk Movement, the Fringe Killer series, Shero, The Nameless Saga, and much more.

Reviews

[Kelly Rickard · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic chilling tales of ghosts in a tuberculosis sanitarium for the sick and dying.

If you enjoyed the haunting of Hill House or Bly Manor you will love this.

An eclectic and well-written bunch of characters bringing this haunting tale to life.

[Joan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A character driven, emotionally charged tale of the spirits and the family inhabiting what was once a hospital for TB patients. How the ghosts were treated and passed has a lot to do with how they re-act to the family. Bartholomew Marchbanks II, his wife Lucille and young daughter Lilly move in and unfortunately Bart bears an uncanny resemblance to his father who ran the hospital and lets just say he had many character flaws. I highly recommend this great tale to any fan of the supernatural/horror genres.

[Amber Fernie · Rating 2 out of 5]

To be fair, when I picked it up, I was in a hurry and didn’t read the description. I had the impression it would be a micro history of an asylum. But I like ghost stories, so I read it anyway. It wasn’t terrible, but I didn’t really care about the characters, and I didn’t think the mythology was well designed or consistently applied. I was not on edge, scared, thrilled, or moved. Just an okay story.

[Susan M Hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good!

This ghost story was not like any I've read before. It told the story of non-related, family of ghosts and what they would do for each other.