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    Dream House: A Short Story
    Dream House: A Short Story
    Dream House: A Short Story
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    Dream House: A Short Story

    By Cheryl Kaye Tardif

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    A chilling short story by international bestselling author Cheryl Kaye Tardif.

    Evil lurks in the shadows...

    Christine and Ray Kingston are ecstatic to move into their “dream home,” a stately manor in Danvers, Massachusetts, but they have no idea that the house has a life of its own. As a disturbing history is revealed, their dream quickly turns into a heart-stopping nightmare.

    Something has been waiting for them...

    *DREAM HOUSE first appeared in SHADOW MASTERS: An Anthology from The Horror Zine, published by Imajin Books in May 2013.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherImajin Books
    Release dateMay 24, 2014
    ISBN9781927792728
    Dream House: A Short Story
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    Cheryl Kaye Tardif

    Cheryl Kaye Tardif is an award-winning, international bestselling Canadian suspense author published by various publishers. Some of her most popular novels have been translated into foreign languages. She is best known for CHILDREN OF THE FOG (over 100,000 copies sold worldwide) and WHALE SONG.When people ask her what she does, Cheryl likes to say, “I kill people off for a living!” You can imagine the looks she gets. Sometimes she’ll add, "Fictitiously, of course. I'm a suspense author." Sometimes she won't say anything else.Inspired by Stephen King, Dean Koontz and others, Cheryl strives to create stories that feel real, characters you’ll love or hate, and a pace that will keep you reading.In 2014, she penned her first “Qwickie” (novella) for Imajin BooksTM new imprint, Imajin QwickiesTM. E.Y.E. of the Scorpion is the first in her E.Y.E. Spy Mystery series.She is now working on her next thriller.Booklist raves, “Tardif, already a big hit in Canada...a name to reckon with south of the border.”Cheryl's website: http://www.cherylktardif.comOfficial blog: http://www.cherylktardif.blogspot.comTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/cherylktardifFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CherylKayeTardif

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      Dream House - Cheryl Kaye Tardif

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      DREAM HOUSE

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      Cheryl Kaye Tardif

      DREAM HOUSE

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

      Published by Imajin Books at Smashwords

      Copyright © 2014 by Cheryl Kaye Tardif. All Rights Reserved.

      Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. And any resemblance to actual persons, living, dead (or in any other form), business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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      FIRST EDITION eBook

      DREAM HOUSE first appeared in SHADOW MASTERS: An Anthology from The Horror Zine, published by Imajin Books in May 2013.

      Imajin Books - http://www.imajinbooks.com

      May 24, 2014

      ISBN: 978-1-927792-72-8

      Cover designed by Imajin Books; House graphic — 3Djml, iStockPhoto.com

      DREAM HOUSE

      A Short Story

      The day we moved into our dream house was the beginning of our nightmare. And it all started with five fortuitous words…

      I want my dream house, I told my husband.

      We stood in the poor excuse of a kitchen in

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