Book & Author Details:
The Unseen by J.L. Bryan
Publication date: October 31st 2013
Genres: Horror
Publication date: October 31st 2013
Genres: Horror
Synopsis:
Cassidy
is a young tattoo artist living in the Little Five Points neighborhood
of Atlanta. She’s always suffered terrible nightmares, and sometimes the
hideous creatures seem to follow her out of her dreams and into her
waking life, though she’s the only one who can see them. Drugs and
alcohol can blot them out, but never entirely chase them away.
When a demonic cult begins to take control of the people in her life, including her younger brother, Cassidy discovers that the unseen world of monsters is very real. She can no longer avoid it. To protect those she loves, she must accept her own hidden supernatural talents and face the forces of evil before the sinister cult achieves its twisted goals and casts the world into darkness.
When a demonic cult begins to take control of the people in her life, including her younger brother, Cassidy discovers that the unseen world of monsters is very real. She can no longer avoid it. To protect those she loves, she must accept her own hidden supernatural talents and face the forces of evil before the sinister cult achieves its twisted goals and casts the world into darkness.
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The
glass moved across the alphabet to the word YES
in the upper left corner of the poster, scraping up glue and glitter
from a sparkly red pentagram along the way.
“Who’s
doing that? Are you doing that?” Reese asked Tamila, who shook her
head, her wide eyes fixed on the board.
“Hello?
Are you a spirit?” Barb asked.
The
glass slid half an inch, then right back into place. YES
again.
“Who
are you?” Barb asked. “I mean, to whom do we have the pleasure of
speaking?”
The
wineglass lay still for a moment, then vibrated and hummed as if
someone had plinked it with a fingernail. The glass slid over the
alphabet.
Cassidy
felt her heart racing. She hadn’t expected it to work at all, and
it was starting to freak her out. She wished they hadn’t turned
off the lights.
The
wine glass smeared its way across the board, its entire rim glowing
green now. It stopped at the letter N,
and didn’t move again until Barb said the letter aloud. It stopped
again on the I.
“N...I...”
Barb said.
“Nipple?”
Reese suggested.
The
glass continued on to the B,
then H...A...and
then it stopped on Z.
“N-I-B-H-A-Z,”
Barb said.
“It’s
just nonsense,” Cassidy said.
The
wineglass jerked under their fingers, then flew to the word NO,
dragging their fingers with it.
“Who’s
doing that?” Reese asked. “Is it you, Cassidy? Barb? It’s
you, isn’t it, Barb? You big Goth girl.”
“Sh,”
Barb said. “Nib...haz? Is that right?”
The
wineglass zipped over to YES.
“What
does that mean?” Cassidy asked.
The
wineglass spelled out N...A...M...E.
“Your
name is Nibhaz?”
YES.
“Sounds
like a demon’s name to me,” Tamila said in a soft voice.
“Pfft,
shut up,” Reese told her. “Like you would know.”
“Do
you have a message for someone here, Nibhaz?” Barb asked.
YES.
“For
who?” Barb asked.
C...A...S...S...
Cassidy felt her blood turn cold.
“Oh,
shit, for Cassidy?” Reese asked.
YES.
“Nibhaz,
what is your message for Cassidy?” Barb asked.
The
four girls watched as the glass crept back and forth along the top
row of text. D...I...E...
“Die?
It’s telling her to die?” Tamila gasped.
“Sh,
it’s not done
yet,” Barb told her.
“Yeah,
it’s not done yet,” Reese echoed, her eyes fixated on the glass.
Cassidy shivered, trying to think of any non-scary word that started
with “die.”
“Diesel?”
Cassidy asked in a shaky voice. She expected someone to laugh at
her, but nobody did.
The
glass moved back to the letter D.
“Died,”
Barb said. “He’s saying he
died, I think. He’s a ghost.”
The
glass whipped over to the word NO,
then returned to the letter D.
D...I...E..
D...I...E...
D...I...E...
AUTHOR BIO: J.L. Bryan studied English literature at the University of Georgia and at Oxford, with a focus on the English Renaissance and the Romantic period. He also studied screenwriting at UCLA. He enjoys remixing elements of paranormal, supernatural, fantasy, horror and science fiction into new kinds of stories.
He is the author of The Paranormals series (starting with Jenny Pox), The Songs of Magic series, Nomad, and other books. He lives in Atlanta with his wife Christina, his son John, and some dogs and cats.
Website: www.jlbryanbooks.com
Twitter: @jlbryanbooks
Demon-Summoning
Do’s and Don’ts
So you’ve cast a
circle and you’re ready to bring an infernal spirit into your home
for a visit. Or are you? Summoning demons takes care and
consideration—it’s nothing to jam in between doing the dishes and
catching the new episode of Walking Dead.
These
simple tips will help you put together an exciting evocation, without
all the messy embarrassment of getting your soul ripped from your
flesh and devoured.
DO
offer a blood sacrifice. Your guest has traveled across endless
darkness from the lower pits of Hell and will be expecting a snack.
Chicken or lizard blood will do nicely for a lesser spirit. For an
archdemon, you’ll want to sacrifice a human being instead—anything
less is considered rude. Virgins are still preferred, but no longer
expected by more modern demons. Finally, an activity you can do with
that annoying neighbor you’ve always wanted to eliminate from the
earth!
DON’T
call
up the wrong kind of demon. Incubi and succubi will arrive with
certain expectations, because these unholy hornballs only have one
thing on their evil minds at all times. If you’re not ready for a
swingers’ sabbat, avoid them. If you do summon them, you’re
going to need a little more protection that the typical enchanted
circle provides—the beasties get around. Also avoid gluttony
demons, because these corpulent creatures not only look like
disgusting mountains of flab with enormous mouths, they’ll also
destroy your snack bar and leave an unpleasant flatulent odor that
takes weeks to remove from your carpet.
DO
be polite. Powerful demons resent being summoned by mere mortals,
but minding your manners can go a long way towards creating a more
pleasant evening. When you say, “I bind thee and summon thee, foul
Mephistopheles!” and the enraged horned demon appears in a flash of
fire and brimstone, don’t forget to add, “Thank you!”
DON’T
expect them to bring wine or a hot dish. Again, they’ve come a
long way and can’t be expected to carry host gifts up from the
abyss. Also, demon food tends to be rotten and vermin-infested, so
how badly did you really want that casserole, anyway?
DO
remember to take pictures! Remember, the only reason to do anything
extraordinary in life is so you can brag to your friends on Facebook.
A picture of you and Beelzebub with his host of flesh-eating flies
will totally shut up that one friend who’s always bragging about
the time she met Colin Farrell on an airplane.
DON’T
forget to banish! If you don’t send that demon right back to Hell
when you’re done, it may move onto your couch and stay there for
months. Demons don’t pay rent, they don’t do chores, and they
never, ever give up control of the remote. They will, however, watch
home shopping channels twenty-four hours a day and max out your
credit card to ordering useless knickknacks. They won’t take
subtle hints to go home, either, no matter how many you drop—you
have to order them out. Exercise your right to excorsize!
Following this list is sure to make your demonic encounter a more
successful one! When you summon horrific spirits from the fiery
underworld into your living room, you don’t want it to ruin the
rest of your weekend.
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