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    A new novella was published yesterday called Hollow Heart



    It is by tdt.org member Ben Eads.

    https://beneadsfiction.com/

    https://www.amazon.com/Hollow-Heart-...dp/1646693132/

    Welcome to Shady Hills, Florida, where death is the beginning and pain is the only true Art…

    Harold Stoe was a proud Marine until an insurgent’s bullet relegated him to a wheelchair. Now the only things he’s proud of are quitting alcohol and raising his sixteen-year-old son, Dale.

    But there is an infernal rhythm, beating like a diseased heart from the hollow behind his home. An aberration known as The Architect has finished his masterpiece: A god which slumbers beneath the hollow, hell-bent on changing the world into its own image.

    As the body count rises and the neighborhood residents change into mindless, shambling horrors, Harold and his former lover, Mary, begin their harrowing journey into the world within the hollow. If they fail, the hollow will expand to infinity. Every living being will be stripped of flesh and muscle, their nerves wrapped tightly around ribcages, so The Architect can play his sick music through them loud enough to swallow what gives them life: The last vestiges of a dying star.

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    Thank you so much, Brian! I deeply appreciate your support! =)

    For those on the fence, here are the blurbs:

    "Like the warped demonic lovechild of Clive Barker and Chuck Palahniuk, Ben Eads' work is not for the faint of heart...or stomach." --Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Kin and Sour Candy.

    "Ben Eads is a fearless writer, so be prepared. His horror is not for the faint of heart, rather his readers must be equally fearless to face the truth that hides in the dark heart of his work." --Fran Friel, Two-Time Bram Stoker Award Finalist.

    "In 2015, I reviewed Ben Eads' very fine novella, Cracked Sky. Among other things, I said the writing was first rate, and to underline twice Ben's name, put it on the fridge to remind you to look for his byline. I repeat, Hollow Heart is also a very good read, the writing is again 1st rate, the story compelling, only this time, underline his name three times on the fridge to remind you to search out and read everything he writes. Highly recommended." --Gene O'Neill, The White Plague Chronicles and A Stick of Doublemint.

    "With his latest offering, Hollow Heart, Ben Eads has not only penned an absorbing and deeply unsettling novella that adds to his already impressive and growing body of work, but one that further cements his position as a skilled author on the rise, and deservedly so."--Greg F. Gifune
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    I’m intrigued!
    "...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury

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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick View Post
    I’m intrigued!
    Thanks! =)
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    Very cool, congratulations!


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    Quote Originally Posted by vincent View Post
    Very cool, congratulations!


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    Thanks, Vincent! =)
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    Is on my read list now
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    Congrats Ben!
    I picked up the kindle version.
    I think this sold me:

    Every living being will be stripped of flesh and muscle, their nerves wrapped tightly around ribcages
    edit: I read the prologue. Great intro that has me intrigued.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Garrell View Post
    Is on my read list now
    I really hope you enjoy it! And thank you so much!
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    Quote Originally Posted by sullichin View Post
    Congrats Ben!
    I picked up the kindle version.
    I think this sold me:

    Every living being will be stripped of flesh and muscle, their nerves wrapped tightly around ribcages
    edit: I read the prologue. Great intro that has me intrigued.
    Thanks! =)

    Thank you so much for your support! It's deeply appreciated.

    I really hope you enjoy the read.
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    Congrats!!
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    Congrats man... That's a cool cover, too..

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    Crystal Lake Publishing + endorsements from Gene O'Neill & Burke & Gifune = another sale.

    I'm finishing up Full Throttle and then you're up. Looking forward to it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ari_Racing View Post
    Congrats!!
    Thanks, Ari! =)
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    Quote Originally Posted by peripheral View Post
    Congrats man... That's a cool cover, too..
    Thanks! Ben Baldwin did the cover and he is an amazing artist. =)
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    Quote Originally Posted by WeDealInLead View Post
    Crystal Lake Publishing + endorsements from Gene O'Neill & Burke & Gifune = another sale.

    I'm finishing up Full Throttle and then you're up. Looking forward to it.
    Thank you so much for buying a copy! I deeply appreciate it.

    I sincerely hope you enjoy reading it. =)
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    Just ordered my copy
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    That cover is SICK!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Garrell View Post
    Just ordered my copy
    Thank you so much, Garrell!

    I really hope you enjoy it!
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    Quote Originally Posted by webstar1000 View Post
    That cover is SICK!!!!
    Thanks! Ben Baldwin is the coolest artist I've ever worked with. I think he out-did himself with this one.
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    Finished it last night. It was a delightfully demented novella that moved so fast I thought I was on speed while reading it. I don't know how to properly describe it but from time to time I found myself "lost" from one sentence to the next...I had to go back and reread a passage to find out where I was again which heightened the dementedness of the whole thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aremag View Post
    Finished it last night. It was a delightfully demented novella that moved so fast I thought I was on speed while reading it. I don't know how to properly describe it but from time to time I found myself "lost" from one sentence to the next...I had to go back and reread a passage to find out where I was again which heightened the dementedness of the whole thing.
    Thank you so much for the kind words, Aremag! Very happy you enjoyed it. =)
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