The Fracture in the Scarlet Sky

by Craig M. Sampson

Self-Published

This book is written in English

Style: Horror, Paranormal, Supernatural

Published: 06 / 2025

Available Formats to Download: EPUB PDF 

STORY DESCRIPTION

Peter Winslow was coming off the high of seeing the mainstream reading audience begin to recognize him one of the new names on the scene...he had even had one of his older books being bandied about for a possible adaptation to a film. But when the dust settled, He found himself struggling with writer's block for the first time in his life. Peter was a writer like many others who physiologically needed to write, so this frustration was more problematic than for most.
But on a whim, He decide to venture into the horror genre just to see if he could come up with a believable story. And to his surprise, his new book, "The Scarlet Sky" took the world by storm. But with that success came a price. Peter normally dove deep into his plots and characters and in "The Scarlet Sky" this was no exception. However, his protagonist, Jack Hawthorne, was an especially dark and murderous villain. Peter could not let go of Hawthorne once he had finished the book and it was beginning to intrude on his mental health.
His therapist, Amanda Helmont, got him over the initial hump of getting back on track, but as good as she was, Amanda was unable to rid Peter of Jack Hawthorne completely. It was finally on a backpacking getaway to Colorado with his dogs, Klaxon and Jersey, that Peter saw just how serious this was. As impossible as it was, Jack Hawthorne had managed to leap from the pages of the book and Peter's imagination and became a presence in flesh and blood.
With anyone close to Peter at risk of Hawthorne's rage and anger unless Peter kept him alive in successive books, Peter felt trapped and doomed. There was one possibility...well...actually two...to resolve the nightmare, but Peter knew his primary scheme was a very long shot. Look inside and take a nightmarish ride with Peter Winslow as he sets in motion the most incredible and far-fetched solution that had ever crossed his mind.....with the alternative too terrible to consider...