Two Titles By Stan Grimes

Talberts Plunge” is a short horror novel about a writer named Talbert Massey, most call him Tal, whose wife gives birth to a child whose soul is owned by Satan himself. The child, ironically named Christian, was born prematurely his birthing process was altered by an evil man named Mishok. Tal rejected by the child’s mother, Ruthie, at the hospital and from that cold February night forward experienced many strange and horrifying events. One in particular occurred in the infant’s bedroom before mother and child arrived home from the hospital. The room became a deep freeze and a creature was laying the baby’s crib.

Mishok grooms young Christian for replacing him as a Crosser. A Crosser is an individual chosen by evil that crosses between this world and the Netherworld. Mishok teaches Christian not only how to cross, but he also teaches the young boy how to be a shape shifter. Christian loves his new purpose and his new talents. He chooses to change into a Hyena. Not your garden variety of Hyena, but an ancient variety that tolerates frigid weather and loves to rip the entrails out of other creatures.

“Talbert’s Plunge” takes many twisted paths to reach its crescendo. The ending leaves the reader with a bitter taste of evil in his/her mouth.