The Blue Church Or: the Only Home a Ghost Ever Had |
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| Author:
| McGinnis, John |
| Series title: | The Silent Struggle Between Horror and Humor Ser. |
| ISBN: | 979-8-4082-9171-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2022 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $12.99 |
Book Description:
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Single mother Margaret Cole has a bright fourteen-year-old son, a beautiful house in picturesque Pleasant Valley, and she has amassed a sizable fortune. Margaret is young, attractive, and rich. She tells herself that she should be happy; however, an obstacle stands in her way towards bliss. Margaret's son is maturing into an independent young adult, and she feels him drifting away. What Margaret needs is a new project for her and her son to bond over. Margaret purchased this project at...
More DescriptionSingle mother Margaret Cole has a bright fourteen-year-old son, a beautiful house in picturesque Pleasant Valley, and she has amassed a sizable fortune. Margaret is young, attractive, and rich. She tells herself that she should be happy; however, an obstacle stands in her way towards bliss. Margaret's son is maturing into an independent young adult, and she feels him drifting away. What Margaret needs is a new project for her and her son to bond over. Margaret purchased this project at an auction. It is the dilapidated El Dorado Lodge, a brooding eyesore placed precariously close to the edge of a cliff protruding three-thousand-feet, above the desert floor.
To prepare the El Dorado for its grand re-opening, Margaret and her son Johnny move into the El Dorado for a month-long stay. Johnny is anxious about having to spend a month in the El Dorado. It is rumored to be haunted. Plagued by a frightful memory, Johnny recalls an encounter he had when he was five. She was an intruder standing in the hallway leading to his mother's bedroom. She was a child in white with a gaping dark cavity in place for a mouth. Johnny insists that this memory was only a dream. He tells himself the only home a ghost ever had, was in someone's head. - If only he could convince himself, that that is true. The paranormal phenomena Johnny encounters in the El Dorado would have him believe otherwise.
Johnny has enough to worry about without dreading the undead. His mother's mental health is deteriorating before his eyes. He is afraid of her. - He is afraid for her. Johnny is not alone though. He can count on having just a little help from his friends, and his two-hundred- and twenty-five-pound St. Bernard, 'Atlas'.