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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">History of Center Street Suites Bed and Breakfast<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">Mt. Vernon, Missouri</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The property now known as Center Street Suites
Bed and Breakfast has a long history of ownership. Record of the property first
appears in Lawrence County Probate Court records in 1840 when the land was
given to Judge Wad H. Stroud as part of his pay. The property was sold several
times until 1930 when Ruth and Dr. Hal D. Fossett bought the property. It then became
the site of the Fossett Funeral Home. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The Fossetts and their son, Max, lived in part
of the home while using the other for the business. Dr. Fossett prepared the
bodies for burial in the basement. During the funeral, the body was displayed
in the hallway beneath the Victorian staircases. In 1941, Max joined his father
in the family business. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> In 1951, both Ruth
and Hal D. Fossett filed for a divorce. Ruth claimed Hal was insane. Hal
claimed his wife had tried to poison him on several occasions. After a lengthy
trial, the court dismissed the petition, giving neither party a divorce. The bitter
trial led to the break up of the father and son relationship. In 1951, Max left
the family business and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">opened
his own funeral home one block away on West Cherry Street. Dr. Fosset died in
1966, and the property was sold in 1968.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The property changed hands several more times.
It was opened as Center Street Suites Bed and Breakfast in 2009 by the present
owner, Alice Phillips. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Haunting of Center Street Suites <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Picture taken during
haunted tour of the establishment in 2014. The picture was taken
in the attic by one of the participants. Notice
ghost-like figure of a young girl over the shoulder of the blond
young woman and orbs overhead.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Alice
Phillips (owner) has received chilling accounts of explainable events and occurrences
from people who have lived in the house or visited the bed and breakfast.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Throughout House<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">People have heard a
man and woman fighting. The woman is crying. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A tobacco scent of
some sort, like a sweet pipe tobacco, has been smelled. People often hear
knocking late at night.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Colonial Room</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> (once used as a
children’s toy room now a downstairs suite)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A young girl that had
died of polio in the early 1900's has been seen in the room as a ghostlike
figure. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Staircase <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A figure of a woman
has been seen with a Victorian style dress and light brown/blondish hair
standing on the steps of the staircase. The woman does not appear as a ghost
like figure. She appears as a whole person. The color and material of her
clothing, shoes, and hair are clearly visible. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A soldier in full
dress has been seen standing at the foot of the stairs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Many people have
witnessed the two <span class="MsoSubtleEmphasis"><span style="color: windowtext;">antique wooden rockers</span></span>,
one shaped like a train and one shaped like an airplane, rocking in full
momentum on their own as if someone was riding them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Rose
Suite <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Several
guests have heard light footsteps overhead in the attic.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Some
guests report hearing faint music playing. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Royal
Suite <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
manager of the suites has had the bedroom door automatically close behind her. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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has also found the TV remote and guide in the center of the bedroom floor.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Princess
Suite<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Guests have reported being
awakened late at night by knocking at their suite door.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Attic <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">People have heard
things falling in the attic and yet nothing is found. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Neighbors have
reported seeing a </span>ghost-like<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> figure staring out of the attic window.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Neighbors have
reported seeing a soft-glowing sphere in the attic window.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Basement<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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though the door to the basement has been UNLOCKED, people are not able to open
the door. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been heard coming from the basement. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Carriage
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prior owner reported a presence of something in the carriage house. He
told Alice Phillips at the closing of escrow that he had
spent $40,000.00 upgrading the home, but he felt that the home did
not like him, and he had to move.</span> </div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Historical Cemetery
(behind Center Street Bed and Breakfast)</span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ghost-like figures of
soldiers on horses have been seen galloping from the cemetery over into the
lower open area of the property; this has been witnessed by the neighbors. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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orbs have been seen zipping through the cemetery.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240843436614726197.post-19669722783849365872015-08-31T10:14:00.000-07:002015-08-31T10:15:40.307-07:00The Historic Elms Hotel & Spa<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Elms<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">A Haunted Missouri Hotel<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> A resent stay at the historic Elms Hotel and
Spa in Excelsior Springs, Missouri included an unexpected experience with the
paranormal of the third kind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> In the late 1800s, Excelsior Springs was a
popular tourist destination for people seeking to take advantage of the healing
mineral waters of the springs. The luxurious Elms Hotel was built in 1888 to
provide lodging for those who came to the town. Over time, hundreds of those
who came to the “healing waters” were never cured and unfortunately died. Two
devastating fires destroyed The Elms in 1898 and 1910, but each time it was
rebuilt into an even grander hotel. In 2011, the century-old Elms closed and
then reopened in 2012 after a massive $20 million renovation to the hotel, spa,
restaurant, and grounds. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Many famous and infamous guests including politicians
and notorious crime figures have soaked in the mineral water baths or soaked up
the sun in the lush gardens of the Elms Hotel. In 1948, Harry S. Truman spent
election night at the hotel. The boxer Jack Dempsey used the facilities as a
training camp. The Elms Hotel was also a favorite playground for gangsters such
as Al Capone and “Pretty Boy” Floyd. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Guests Who Never Left<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The Elms Hotel is also famous for the guests
who checked in but never left. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It
is reported that a gambler killed by the mob prowls the lap pool area along
with a woman who is looking for her child. A young woman dressed as a maid from
the 1920s era is said to walk the halls of the third floor. It is believed by
many, the sounds of banging on the pipes in the walls are the ghosts of the
staff members who were trapped in the basement of the hotel when it burned in
1910.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Encounter with the
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Many visitors and staff at the Elms Hotel
have reported paranormal activity from unexplained noises to a fleeting glimpse
of one of the spirits. My sister, aunt, niece, and I experienced several unsettling
late-night occurrences while staying at the hotel in July of 2015. The four of
us agreed we felt an unearthly presence in the hallway on the fifth floor near
our rooms 500 and 501. At mid-night on the first night in the hotel, we were startled
by a knocking at our door and the door handle slowly moving up-and-down. When we investigated, no one was at the door
or in the dimly lit hallway. Spooked, I quickly called the front desk and reported
the incident. I was informed the door handle couldn’t be operated from the
outside because of the new card key system. I inquired if anything like this
had been reported for room 500 before. The desk clerk hesitated and then
answered, “Yes.” She suggested, “Someone wasn’t trying to get into your room,
but <b>something</b> was trying to get out!”
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The last night of our stay proved to be the most
intriguing. A little after midnight, my niece was awakened by someone sitting
down at the foot of her bed. Before she could open her eyes, she felt long
slender fingers wrap around her left leg near the ankle. Immediately, a paralyzing, electrical current pulsed
through her body. It didn’t hurt, but set her entire body tingling as if she
had been shocked. She could not pull away from the grip on her leg, scream, or
call out for help. Eventually she managed to pry open one eye wide enough to
see through the lashes. Sitting on the edge of the bed was a glowing women
dressed in white. She looked at my niece, removed her hand, and vanished. Staff
member from the past . . . former guest?
The encounter with the “Lady in White” was
fascinating. Why she chose my niece, what message she was trying to convey, and
her identity remain a mystery.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> The Basin
Hotel is one of Arkansas’s real haunted hotels. The </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">hotel has long been
the source of eerie tales, unusual happenings, and many ghostly hauntings. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">According to town
history, by 1880 an elegant, four-story hotel known as the Perry House was
built on the site of the healing spring which gives Eureka its name. Eureka
Springs grew rapidly because of the water. The healing waters attracted the
rich and those looking to get rich. Gambling, drinking, and prostitution were popular
activities available at the seventeen saloons in operation. Many notorious
outlaws were drawn to the boomtown including Frank and Jessie James, the
Younger bothers, Belle Starr, and members of the Dalton Gang.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Like most other
buildings in Eureka at that time, the Perry House was built completely out of
wood. In 1890, it fell victim to one of the four fires that completely leveled
Eureka Springs. William Duncan built t</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">he Basin Park Hotel from local limestone in
1905 on the site of the old Perry House.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Duncan died in
1907, but it’s believed that he continues to roam the halls of the Basin Hotel
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Besides
William Duncan, there are legends about visitors who checked into the hotel,
but who also never really left. P</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">atrons in rooms 307, 308, and 310 repeatedly report
sightings and encounters with a young translucent woman with steel blue eyes
and cotton candy blonde hair; a little girl with braided hair in a yellow dress;
and man in a cowboy hat and duster, with a six shooter strapped to his hip.
Stories involving floating orbs, moving objects, and late night shouts of
“Fire!” are frequently reported to hotel management.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <i> Blood Moon, </i>to be published in 2016<i>,</i> is a fictionalized account
of the mysterious and unexplainable events we experienced during our recent
stay at the Basin. In writing our story, we tired to stay true to the history
of the area and the hotel. We focused on facts and true incidents that have
occurred at the establishment. We personally look forward to revisiting the
Basin Park Hotel in the future and investigating further the spirits of the
paranormal kind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240843436614726197.post-64635071974581812262015-04-01T20:57:00.001-07:002015-04-03T16:59:38.307-07:00Vampires vs. Werewolves <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> "Have you noticed that werewolves have great abs?" Angel asked remembering the werewolf standing naked in the demolished doorway of the train.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Financially embarrassed after her big losses at the Chinook Casino, Raven focused on the hidden cost associated with werewolves. "You'd have to take up coupon clipping to afford the tick and flea powder for their shaggy asses."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Consider this, urged Jaylyn, digging her toes deeper into the sand, "Try taking a vampire to a restaurant. There's nothing they can order off the menu."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> "Yeah, they're worse than vegetarians," Angel spat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Mona didn't hesitate, "The vamps win hands down! Dark hair, magnetic eyes, and prefect bodies; vampires are sexy!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Raven shivered and said, "I don't care how "hot" a vampire is; he's still a walking corpse!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240843436614726197.post-20989437717270717442015-04-01T20:45:00.003-07:002015-04-01T20:45:41.362-07:00Paranormal Fiction<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The demand for entertaining paranormal novels has skyrocketed. Fans of this genre have an unquenchable thirst for vampires, werewolves, and other worldly creatures that prowl the dark side. They crave realistic-fiction that is laced with romance, erotica, and humor. They enjoy an adventure with mystery and magic where battles are fought between humans and beasts of the night. The <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sookie Stachouse</span></em> vampire series by Charlaine Harris and <em>The Vampire Chronicles </em>by Anne Rice are two examples of our favorite paranormal novels. </span></div>
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Brown has crafted two edgy paranormal novels in the <i>Dark Side Series</i> with a third on the way. The stories are set in the
real world, the world as we know it…with a small twist; creatures that go bump
in the night. The trilogy takes the reader on an action-packed journey filled with dark
secrets, night creatures, and electrifying passions as good battles evil.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The sacred relic of the undead... the Vampire Bible has fallen into the hands
of a paranormal-artifact dealer, Koleen O’Brien. An eBay bid and an annual
vacation lead Koleen and her five friends to San Antonio to deliver the book to
a wealthy Texan. They are clueless to the fact that a pack of blood-thirsty
vampires are stalking them to reclaim the Bible. Immortals meet their match as
they discover that these women aren't typical mortals; they're members of the
Black Widow Society! </span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Black Widow Society</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> is available at
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a friendly warning: the forces of spiritual darkness are nothing to trifle
with. Vampires do exist, no matter what the so-called scientific, modern minds
might say, and they ARE dangerous!" -Koleen, member of the Black Widow
Society and owner of the Vampire Bible<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Pacific Northwest and the Redwood Forest on their annual adventure
vacation. Instead, they find themselves pursued by an ancient pack of shape
shifting wolves led by the powerful and mysterious Dmitri. As Mona and her
friends travel by train, motorcycle, and dune buggy, the Zuni wolf fetish
hanging from Mona’s neck attracts danger at every turn. In a clash between
worlds, will the werewolves be a match for the deadly Black Widow Society? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Wolf
Stone</i></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">is available from Red
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