Title: The Demon’s Grave
Series: The Demon’s Grave
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Author: E.M. MacCallum
Published: June
2015
Genre: Urban
Fantasy
Recommended Age:
16+
Synopsis
When strange shadows and messages plague Nora’s daily life she fears for her sanity. To escape questions from her family, Nora joins her friends on a weekend getaway. Despite not liking Aidan Birket, Nora finds his remote, Victorian house charming. Until they discover the marble doorway on the third floor and, against Nora’s better judgment, they open it.
When strange shadows and messages plague Nora’s daily life she fears for her sanity. To escape questions from her family, Nora joins her friends on a weekend getaway. Despite not liking Aidan Birket, Nora finds his remote, Victorian house charming. Until they discover the marble doorway on the third floor and, against Nora’s better judgment, they open it.
Trespassing into an unfamiliar world called the Demon’s
Grave, the group face a charismatic demon and six nightmarish Challenges as
punishment. Those that make it to the end can go home, but those that don’t
will be his forever. Friendships are tested, secrets revealed and sacrifices will
be made.
Nora battles zombies, doppelgängers, eyeless bikers, and
the demon—whose interests are more than just a game of cat and mouse. If it’s
all in her head, then it should be easy. But, if not, it means the demon knows
about her sticky past, and the death of her twin
sister.
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Excerpt from The Demon’s Grave by E.M. MacCallum:
“Aidan,” I insisted in a
whisper.
A few car lengths north of the Chevy a stereo
crackled to life. An echoing voice sang followed by a choir of voices that doo
de doo’ed in the background. The slow song sounded like something from the
1950's.
Read and I exchanged a curious glance as the
echoing main voice mentioned a game. Read pulled his hand from mine and we both
wiped our slick palms on our jeans.
“What is it?” I asked Aidan. “What should we be
looking for?”
He didn’t answer, his eyes kept wandering to the
cars then down the street and to the
motorbikes.
Read’s shoulders sagged, exasperated. He looked
ready to say something when the roar of an engine smothered the music as well
as my yelp. It stopped Read
cold.
Aidan jumped and grabbed my arm as if I were the
one to save him.
Craning my neck to see if there was a single
vehicle taking up the roadway, I saw none. It had been so loud I couldn’t
pinpoint the direction it came
from.
The music began to take over the street once more,
a new song erupting from the crackling speakers.
Between shallow breaths, Aidan said, “come
on.”
Before Read or I could question him, Aidan stood up
and started in long, purposeful strides, the kind that was harder to stop.
Read nudged me to move, or rather shoved me.
Panicked, we hurried to Aidan. Looking to him, our pace quickened to keep up.
Aidan stared straight ahead. His lean figure was rigid, but he hadn’t
slowed.
Keeping close to the buildings, we passed the occupied car
playing music. I could see three teenage boys inside. The muffled vintage music
carried through the window.
I felt the scream choke in my throat as we passed.
The passengers didn’t have eyes.
Their shapeless pale faces lacked not only the eyes
but also mouths. The skin where lips should be had stretched horizontally,
sealing any opening. The only portion of their faces that was noticeable was
the lump of their nose—without nostrils. Even their hair was all the same
color, styled the same, with a part in the middle, and they wore the same
collared shirt and slacks.
I thought to myself, it’s just a few of the
faceless, nameless people of this city, like any other...right? Maybe the demon
had a sense of sick, very sick,
humor.
I could hear, the eerie chorus of voices within the
car, making it all the more
surreal.
The three boys in the car watched us pass, as is if
they could see. They turned their heads as we hurried along and I found myself
staring back for as long as I
could.
What were the easiest and hardest things about writing The Demon's Grave?
I'd originally wrote it when I was in my teens and most of my work at that time was organic. I started a chapter and saw where the book and the characters wanted to go. The hardest part was ripping the original idea to shreds and really challenging these characters that I'd grown to adore.
What can the reader expect in The Demon's Grave?
They can expect uncertainty, self-doubt, action, horror and a touch of romance. I wanted this book to be unlike anything that was out there without straying so far that it was unrecognizable as something cohesive.
Did you enjoy the research for this book?
Because the research was varying from "cool cars" to Greek deities, there was a lot of fun with it. I love researching the books that I'm writing but I always end up straying from the main focus. With this book I could just go with it.
Will The Demon's Grave be a stand-alone, a series or will there be any other stories set in this world?
It is a trilogy. Book 2 & 3 are available now!
How many books have you written so far and which is your favourite?
I've written over thirty, and published four. My favorite is set in ancient Egypt and follows a woman seeking immortality to exact vengeance. My favorite that's been published is "The Haunting", I got to explore so many of my favorite haunted stories and twist them up.
I hear that you're interested in the supernatural, what is your favourite supernatural mystery or phenomenon?
I'm a huge ghost hunter fan or anything paranormal. I mean, if I say "Did you hear that?" in a British accent any ghost-hunting-fan knows you're talking about Yvette from "Most Haunted". I think that was her only line outside the open and closing monologues.
I also hear that you are a fan of Disney. What is your favourite Disney character and why?
Because I'm a ginger, everyone seems to think I like Ariel, but my favorite is probably Mr. Basil of Baker Street in "The Great Mouse Detective". He was intelligent, quirky and capable of solving any mystery. He also had a soft spot for kids and helped Olivia find her father. *sniff* I watched this movie so many times as a kid I think I wore out the VHS. I know I totally just dated myself.
And the most important question of all, do you like tea? If so, what is your favourite type?
I love tea! You're right that this is an important question. I'd take tea over coffee any day of the week. I generally lean toward green, but also anything sweet with vanilla or cinnamon.
I'd originally wrote it when I was in my teens and most of my work at that time was organic. I started a chapter and saw where the book and the characters wanted to go. The hardest part was ripping the original idea to shreds and really challenging these characters that I'd grown to adore.
What can the reader expect in The Demon's Grave?
They can expect uncertainty, self-doubt, action, horror and a touch of romance. I wanted this book to be unlike anything that was out there without straying so far that it was unrecognizable as something cohesive.
Did you enjoy the research for this book?
Because the research was varying from "cool cars" to Greek deities, there was a lot of fun with it. I love researching the books that I'm writing but I always end up straying from the main focus. With this book I could just go with it.
Will The Demon's Grave be a stand-alone, a series or will there be any other stories set in this world?
It is a trilogy. Book 2 & 3 are available now!
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| Midnight Ruling |
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| The Haunting |
How many books have you written so far and which is your favourite?
I've written over thirty, and published four. My favorite is set in ancient Egypt and follows a woman seeking immortality to exact vengeance. My favorite that's been published is "The Haunting", I got to explore so many of my favorite haunted stories and twist them up.
I hear that you're interested in the supernatural, what is your favourite supernatural mystery or phenomenon?
I'm a huge ghost hunter fan or anything paranormal. I mean, if I say "Did you hear that?" in a British accent any ghost-hunting-fan knows you're talking about Yvette from "Most Haunted". I think that was her only line outside the open and closing monologues.
I also hear that you are a fan of Disney. What is your favourite Disney character and why?
Because I'm a ginger, everyone seems to think I like Ariel, but my favorite is probably Mr. Basil of Baker Street in "The Great Mouse Detective". He was intelligent, quirky and capable of solving any mystery. He also had a soft spot for kids and helped Olivia find her father. *sniff* I watched this movie so many times as a kid I think I wore out the VHS. I know I totally just dated myself.
And the most important question of all, do you like tea? If so, what is your favourite type?
I love tea! You're right that this is an important question. I'd take tea over coffee any day of the week. I generally lean toward green, but also anything sweet with vanilla or cinnamon.
About the author:
E.M. loves long walks through bookstores, Disney, horror
movies/books, anything supernatural, and researching random facts. She lives by
a lake out in the Canadian wilderness with internet access, her husband and
rag-tag band of pets.
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Sounds awesome.
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