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    One Buck Horror: Volume One
    One Buck Horror: Volume One
    One Buck Horror: Volume One
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    One Buck Horror: Volume One

    By Christopher Hawkins

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    One Buck Horror presents five chilling tales from five of today's most up-and-coming horror authors.

    "Jenny's House" is a great place to play, but an unexpected playmate makes for a dark session of show-and-tell.

    Three kids seek to steal from a traveling carnival and get more than they bargained for in "A Lullaby for Caliban"

    In "The Last Nephew", Nephew yearns to be free of Uncle's depredations, but when Uncle leaves his pocket watch behind one night, it gives him the key to his escape.

    Crossing "The Cornfield" is harrowing on the best of winter nights, but this night, Jack turns to see eyes in the darkness, and knows that something is following him...

    In "The Ginger Men", mother is baking a special ingredient into a treat for father, an ingredient that gives her pie dough a life of its own.

    Featuring stories by Ada Hoffmann, Julie Jansen, Mark Onspaugh, Mike Trier, and Elizabeth Twist.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCoronis Publishing
    Release dateAug 1, 2011
    ISBN9781937346027
    One Buck Horror: Volume One
    Author

    Christopher Hawkins

    Christopher Hawkins Ph.D, LPCC-S, CCJS Dr. Hawkins earned a Doctorate of Philosophy in Urban Education with a Counseling Specialization as well as a Master of Education degree in Counseling and a Bachelors degree in Psychology from Cleveland State University. He is a Nationally Certified Clinical Forensic Criminal Justice Specialist, and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Supervisor registered with the State of Ohio. Over the years, he has conducted extensive individual, group and family therapy with children, adolescents, adults and families dealing with adjustment issues, abuse and neglect, and sexual abuse treatment (both victims as well as perpetrators). Dr. Hawkins has also worked extensively with various school districts providing counseling services and training teachers. He has also worked with the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court system providing court mandated counseling for juveniles, as well as with the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services testifying in court cases and assisting with family reunification. He has many years of experience in career counseling and presently helps individuals including those with felonies to find their life’s purpose through appropriate career matching.

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      Book preview

      One Buck Horror - Christopher Hawkins

      One Buck Horror

      Volume 1

      edited by

      Christopher Hawkins

      Kris M. Hawkins

      featuring stories by

      Ada Hoffmann

      Julie Jansen

      Mark Onspaugh

      Mike Trier

      Elizabeth Twist

      cover art by

      Shawn Conn

      ISBN: 978-1-937346-02-7

      Copyright © 2011 Coronis Publishing. All rights reserved.

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      This is fast becoming a firm favourite of mine and if you like short horror stories with plots that are original and rewarding, I urge you to have a look.

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      One Buck Horror is sure to become a renowned anthology of great horror works...

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      Contents

      Jenny's House by Ada Hoffmann

      A Lullaby for Caliban by Mark Onspaugh

      The Last Nephew by Elizabeth Twist

      The Cornfield by Mike Trier

      The Ginger Men by Julie Jansen

      Jenny's House

      by Ada Hoffmann

      For show and tell today I brought a G.I. Joe covered with slime from the slime monster in Jenny's basement. You can see how it's green and gooey and light goes right through it, and if you squeeze the ziplock bag, it moves like this. Squish. I'm not going to open the bag because it smells bad. It smelled worse at Jenny's house.

      I was over there playing G.I. Joes with Jenny and the whole house smelled awful, and I held my nose and I said, Pee-yu! And Jenny said, Sorry, that's the slime monster. We can't clean it up.

      I told Jenny I wanted to see the slime monster, because slime monsters are awesome and you guys would want to hear about it. But Jenny said, No, it's dangerous. I said, If it's so dangerous why do you live here? Can't you move somewhere else? And Jenny said, Mom doesn't want to. A man came in trying to steal the TV and it ate him, so Mom says it's safer to stay. I said, That’s cool, even if it smells bad. It’s a superhero. Slime Monster Defender Man!

      So we tried to play with G.I. Joes but everything smelled bad. I said, All my G.I. Joes are going to stink when I bring them home. And Jenny said, Sorry. When she talked about the slime monster her face got all screwed up and nervous like this. Meeeugh.

      I said, Did the slime monster ever try to eat you? And Jenny said, I don't want to talk about it. Let's just play G.I. Joes.

      Jenny made her G.I. Joe fall off a cliff and land on a lion so he survived but then the lion ate him up, and I laughed and laughed, and Jenny's face got all screwed up and she said, Don't laugh so loud, that makes it mad. And when my Lego knights attacked the G.I. Joes in a big Lego cart I had them yelling like this, Kyaaaaa! And

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