I WANT TO DIE

by Bruce W. Durbin

Samuel, a loner, forced to live with his mother, because he has no money and no career, discovers that the internet is an ocean of willing victims. Samuel enters the chatrooms, where depressed people discuss their inner most feelings, their secret desires, their thoughts of suicide, and discovers a new career. Samuel preys on depression, telling the people what they already Life isn't worth living. Samuel encourages the people to commit suicide, while he gives them the attention they have been starving for, but.....He films their suicides, because seeing people die excites him. When Samuel's hunger increases, he decides to personally assist people in committing suicide, lying to them, but saying that they will form a suicide pact, that they both will die. When the people realize that life is worth living, Samuel ignores their pleas and kills them. The police dismiss the killings as suicides, as Samuel is smart and knows how to make the killings appear to be suicide and the police have REAL murders to investigate. As a person on the internet makes a plea for help, for someone to listen to them, Samuel appears, telling them that he understands what they're going through.

387 pages, Paperback

Published September 23, 2018