How do you convince your best friend you’re responsible for his murder when he won’t even admit he’s dead?
Some places are best left forgotten. In Rumors Mill, the old Monkey Farm is one of them.
For years, the abandoned laboratory and its surrounding woods have been the subject of dark rumors—whispers of secret government experiments and strange creatures lurking among the trees. But for Effin Hughes and his friends, those rumors become a horrifying reality during one fateful summer day. One friend doesn’t make it out alive, and Effin loses nearly everything he holds dear.
Ten years later, Effin finds himself confronting the memories he desperately wants to forget. With help from the ghost of his long-lost best friend and the girl he left behind, he begins searching for the missing child. But the deeper he digs, the more terrifying the truth becomes.
Some nightmares never die. Some friendships survive death. And some secrets were never meant to be unearthed.
S.A. Check is a Science Fiction / Fantasy / Comic Book writer who grew up on comics - heroes and villains, conflict and cliffhangers. He earned his degree in English from Penn State University and lives in Southwestern Pennsylvania, enjoying all the small dramas that come down the path.
His work in comics includes runs on The Three Stooges, Pink Panther, Casper The Friendly Ghost, Underdog, Laurel & Hardy, Oggy & The Cockroaches, Stargate Atlantis / Stargate Universe Anthologies, and others. He is a creative contributor and managing editor for American Mythology Comics. His first horror comic, Volcanosaurus, debuted in the Fall of 2017, with new original series in development for 2020. He’s written feature articles for Bleeding Cool Magazine and his short story, Tangled Lines, appeared in the charity anthology, Hazard Yet Forward.
His first novel Welcome To GreenGrass, was released in 2013, being reviewed as “Men in Black meets interplanetary Columbo”. His second novel, Maxx Fragg,V.P.I. was released in September of 2015 from Ink Smith Publications.
In the summer of 2019, he released his first middle grade novel - Legend Gary with World Castle Publishing. The novel is an all-ages fantasy adventure following a family of cryptid hunters.
His latest release, Monkey Farm, is a sci-fi and horror mashup from Necro Publications, a leader in horror for the past 20 years. How do you tell your friend you're responsible for his murder when he won't even admit he's dead?
His work has been featured on Horror Novel Reviews, Previews World, Bleeding Cool, Book Goodies, Locus Online Monitor, Horror Drive In, SFReader, Ginger Nuts of Horror, SFScope, Inveterate Media Junkies, and Horror World.
He was recently featured in a PreviewsWorld article "Panels to Prose" with authors Brad Meltzer, Charlaine Harris, and Peter David.
Monsters and mayhem reign when a genetics lab is left unchecked. A young man with visions, his murdered best friend(ghost of corse) and an old flame team up to save a missing girl but find oh so much more. Silly and fun at times, dark and frisky at others, this was an amusing read that I will recommend to horror fans.