"It started with a writing challenge - 1,000 words based on a random image. 18 authors took on and completed the task all in aid of PKDcharity.org.uk and the results were turned into an anthology - http://amzn.to/1dZVaOO. From demons to lost loves, from unsolved mysteries to spooky supernatural happenings read what came out of the imaginations of Jacyln Ann Lee, Lila L. Pinord, Rob Shepherd, Andy Lockwood, L.H. Davis, James Bryant, Anthony V. Pugliese, Kevin S. Hall, Rick Eddy, Max E. Stone, Dave J. Suscheck Jr., Vered Ehsani, J. Cornell Michele, Michele Jones, Lizzie Wachter, Linda Jenkinson, Kally Jo Surbeck and Samie Sands. Never will you find such an eclectic collection of stories in one book, but which such a varying collection of writers, what did you expect? All the pictures that inspired these stories can be seen below. Buying this book will not only entertain and amuse you, it will support a hard working charity and might even lead you to discover your new favourite author!"

1. Ghost Hunter
By Samie Sands
As Mary stared at the rundown shack standing in front of her, she couldn’t help but feel
disappointed. She had spent a lot of her life travelling to alleged haunted sites—places she found
online that promised terrifying experiences—and had never found anything like what she was
looking for. This excursion was shaping up to be no different.
“At least this place is kinda pretty!” She huffed to herself, disenchantment etched across her
face. She sat down on a rock near the small waterfall that lay next to the old ruins. Admittedly,
she had been to some dreadful places ghost hunting—but what else could she expect? Hauntings
don’t tend to occur in brand new shopping malls. That was probably what had attracted her to
this particular place. At the very least, she knew that she would be able to get some picturesque
photographs for her Facebook page.
She let out a deep sigh as she let her eyes take in the smashed windows, the crumbling
brickwork, and the overall creepy demeanor. She wondered how she let herself get suckered in
once more. After the abandoned airfield disaster, she thought she was going to stop. Yet here she
was, doing it all over again. She knew the answer, of course—Andrew.
Much as she didn’t like to think about him, memories of their brief time together flooded her
mind. They met in college, and fell in love almost instantly. He was obsessed with the
supernatural and she had quickly gotten caught up in the magic of it all. They had actually been
planning their first trip, just like this one—to a fabulous ancient house built upon a graveyard—
when he was hit by a bus, killing him instantly.
At first Mary had been numb, acting on autopilot, unable to really function. Then, on the day
the trip was supposed to start, she found herself at the airport, as if something else had taken
her there. Getting away from all of the direct memories had done her the world of good and
something—an unhealthy need to carry this on—made her continue to do so. It had been 10
years since Mary lost Andrew, but for some reason, she just couldn’t let him go.
“You’d have loved this one, Andrew.” She spoke aloud, just as she always did when she was at
these sites because she felt much closer to him than normal. “Even if it is just another old
building with nothing in...”
Something, a spark of a shadow in one of the old windows, caught her eye and stopped her
in her tracks. Mary stood slowly, moving towards the building. Her heart was pounding
ferociously and her breathing became laboured. Suddenly, she was gripped by fear unlike
anything she had ever experienced before. She didn’t know what had her so afraid after all, she
had experienced supernatural possibilities before. But for some reason, this felt...different.