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The Dark Rite
Jim Bridges and his family are gathering for one last camping trip before the snow flies. The family property has a dark past. Twenty years ago, a group of campers were found murdered nearby. Members of a cult who live near property were suspected, but nothing was proven. Jim and his family begin to hear strange things in the night. Tapping on windows. They start seeing mysterious shadows. Soon they realize something evil resides in the woods. Something with ties to the cult. Jim's weekend camping trip turns into a battle for survival against dark forces he cannot fully understand.
108 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 13, 2022
About the author
Anthony Izzo
55 books25 followersHello, my name is Anthony Izzo and I'm the author of over 40 horror, thriller, and fantasy titles.
I love to write, but when I'm not writing I enjoy spending time with my wife and kids, playing guitar, and drawing fantasy and horror art. I've been told my drawings are as twisted as my fiction, but I'm actually pretty normal. Well, mostly.
Looking forward to hearing from you and discussing books.
I love to write, but when I'm not writing I enjoy spending time with my wife and kids, playing guitar, and drawing fantasy and horror art. I've been told my drawings are as twisted as my fiction, but I'm actually pretty normal. Well, mostly.
Looking forward to hearing from you and discussing books.
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April 19, 2022
Oh, look,I'm the first to rate and review this one. Fancy that. Ok, I'll play nice, I'll even round up the rating.
I found this novella during a random Kindle freebie search. The author’s name sounded familiar; I looked him up in my GR records and, sure enough, I’ve read him. Ages ago. Apparently found him decent but thoroughly mediocre than and it seems that the quality of his writing hasn’t changed in the intervening years.
Which is to say this novella is a perfectly decent and readable take on the familiar genre presets with some nice frights along the way, but ultimately there just isn’t much to it. The writing is fine, short sentences that move the plot along. The setting is decent too…an old campsite across the way from something that looks dangerously like a cult.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep…and to no genre fan’s surprise, there’s a monster lurking in there. One that may only be appeased with a blood sacrifice. You know, the sort of thing that’s absolutely bound to ruin a family get-together weekend.
So yeah, not wheel reinventing here, just a decent spinning of the existing one. Nothing crazy. Nothing special either, but it read quickly, was properly edited and for a freebie, it was perfectly fine. Whether or not, it’ll finally warn people of an activity as stupid, reckless and tedious as camping remain to be seen.
This and more at https://advancetheplot.weebly.com/
I found this novella during a random Kindle freebie search. The author’s name sounded familiar; I looked him up in my GR records and, sure enough, I’ve read him. Ages ago. Apparently found him decent but thoroughly mediocre than and it seems that the quality of his writing hasn’t changed in the intervening years.
Which is to say this novella is a perfectly decent and readable take on the familiar genre presets with some nice frights along the way, but ultimately there just isn’t much to it. The writing is fine, short sentences that move the plot along. The setting is decent too…an old campsite across the way from something that looks dangerously like a cult.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep…and to no genre fan’s surprise, there’s a monster lurking in there. One that may only be appeased with a blood sacrifice. You know, the sort of thing that’s absolutely bound to ruin a family get-together weekend.
So yeah, not wheel reinventing here, just a decent spinning of the existing one. Nothing crazy. Nothing special either, but it read quickly, was properly edited and for a freebie, it was perfectly fine. Whether or not, it’ll finally warn people of an activity as stupid, reckless and tedious as camping remain to be seen.
This and more at https://advancetheplot.weebly.com/
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