Ghost on the Left: An Unforgettable Tale of the Paranormal

by C. Howard Rieling

Carl Redling’s anger burns. Set on fire and horrifically scarred by bullies when he was ten, the passing of years has done nothing to quench his hunger for revenge. So when a voice whispers in his left ear that he can get away with gruesome acts of justice, he hunts down the assholes who ruined his life and gives in to his urge to kill… Continuing to channel his disgust for those who inflict pain on others, he and his ghostly pal evolve into perfectly murderous partners-in-crime. But as the rampage of righting wrongs takes its toll, the vigilante husband and father faces a wave of reckoning. Will his ruthless retribution balance out the scales of karma before his deeds come back to haunt him? Ghost on the Left is a standalone suspense novel in the Paranormal Payback supernatural thriller series. If you like flawed protagonists, dark motivations, and devious twists, then you’ll love C. Howard Rieling’s chilling tale.

245 pages, Paperback

Published August 16, 2020

About the author

C. Howard Rieling has a way of writing that makes people ask his wife if she’s safe being married to him. Two words that have been used to describe him are “talented…and sick.” Retribution fiction is what he calls his genre, and Rieling draws inspiration for his writing from a childhood of traumatic altercations as an inner-city kid living in Jersey City, New Jersey. Unable to escape bullying and beatings, Rieling would imagine himself to be imbued with powers like his comic-book heroes. His stories are rich in recompense and travel down dark roads, employ supernatural forces, and dish out overflowing portions of whoop-ass against carefully crafted villains.

City life led Rieling to become a lifelong practitioner of Chinese and Okinawan martial arts and he has been awarded three black belt ranks. He is also an avid collector of fossils and is happy digging and sinking knee-deep in sticky mud in bug-infested streams in search of specimens. He loves music and has two awesome and accomplished teenagers - a daughter with an angelic voice who is destined for greatness, and a son who is an animal on the drums.