He survived the crash on the castle road. By Reformation Day he walked with his head lolling to one side, the doctor one step behind.
Into Darkness, Interlude II, free to read:
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The free Wrought World prequel on StoryOrigin is Day Born Boy now.
England, 1638. Lady Joan Caldwell goes to Blackthorn House to have her child. The other mothers came for the same reason. Nobody asks what the children are for.
Download the ebook free, or read all fifteen parts on Substack.
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Into Darkness — Chapter 7: Pawn’s Gambit — A frightened maid, a pencilled map, and a borrowed Zippo: the way into the vault, and the only way out. cjcharlesauthor.substack.com…
Before we step into the laboratory and crack the secret of Schloss Nachtgeist — find out about another dark experiment, as seen by Anna Kressler.
Tomorrow: Interlude II: The First Move.
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Gate of Apples cjcharlesauthor.substack.com…
An apple too tempting to resist. A hidden orchard. A gateway to a world where every pleasure comes at a price.
When Mira ignores a warning and tastes a strange golden apple, she discovers something ancient lurking beyond the garden wall. But the orchard has an appetite of its own, and not everyone who enters finds their way home.
A Halloween tale of temptation, dark magic, and the terrible cost of curiosity.
🍎 The In-Between awaits.
The free Wrought World prequel on StoryOrigin is Day Born Boy now.
England, 1638. Lady Joan Caldwell goes to Blackthorn House to have her child. The other mothers came for the same reason. Nobody asks what the children are for.
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He was born dead… and then returned.
Lost Boy Jack: Born Dead is out now on Kindle. England, 1639. Blackthorn House made him. The Dominion wants to own him.
$0.99 or Kindle Unlimited.
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🎃 Frightful Friday — A Halloween Special!
It's not the dead you should be frightened of. It's the living!
This week, a family ghost story from my grandmother's childhood in the Yorkshire Dales, featuring frightened children, old storytellers, and one rather unfortunate interruption. 👻
Plus, Arthur King's next adventure reaches 20,000 words, Lost Boy Jack: Born Dead approaches its Amazon debut, and I share some frightful reads from fellow authors.
Come for the ghost stories. Stay for the tomfoolery!
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Into Darkness — Chapter 6: King Takes Castle
April 1945. Deep behind enemy lines.
Captain Arthur King leads his Allied commando team up the treacherous cliffs and ancient walls of Schloss Nachtgeist.
Inside, Nazi troops scramble to evacuate, burning documents, looting treasures and loading a mysterious, coffin-shaped lead container onto a truck.
As King and Maggie search for a route to the secret laboratory beneath the fortress, a chilling warning emerges.
Something guards the underground passages. Something the castle's inhabitants call a vampire.
The illustrated Spectral Detective prequel continues — free to read on Substack.
What lurks beneath ‘Castle Night Ghost’?
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How vampires use their people as crops.
Friday's child is loving and giving. At Blackthorn House, nobody asks what the children give, or who to.
England, 1638. Day Born Boy is complete on Substack: fifteen parts, one contents page. It's where the Wrought World starts.
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Weighed and found wanting
New flash fiction from the vault: From the Attic to the Cellar. In York's Gate Manor, an unassuming brown leather wallet turns up in an old overcoat, and nothing about it is ordinary. cjcharlesauthor.substack.com…
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Red Queen knows the prize
Into Darkness — Chapter 4: Flight, Check and Mate. Six pieces enter the board. Behind enemy lines, one wrong move could prove fatal.
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The dream behind the books
A blind hero in a noir dream. That's where Captain Arthur R. King came from.
From the archive: how one dream became King in the Dark.
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Into Darkness — Chapter 6: King Takes Castle
April 1945. Deep behind enemy lines.
Captain Arthur King leads his Allied commando team up the treacherous cliffs and ancient walls of Schloss Nachtgeist.
Inside, Nazi troops scramble to evacuate, burning documents, looting treasures and loading a mysterious, coffin-shaped lead container onto a truck.
As King and Maggie search for a route to the secret laboratory beneath the fortress, a chilling warning emerges.
Something guards the underground passages. Something the castle's inhabitants call a vampire.
The illustrated Spectral Detective prequel continues — free to read on Substack.
What lurks beneath ‘Castle Night Ghost’?
Friday's child is loving and giving. At Blackthorn House, nobody asks what the children give, or who to.
England, 1638. Day Born Boy is complete on Substack: fifteen parts, one contents page. It's where the Wrought World starts.
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Into Darkness — Chapter 6: King Takes Castle
🏰 April 1945. Behind enemy lines.
Captain Arthur King leads his six-person Allied commando team up the treacherous walls of Schloss Nachtgeist.
Inside, SS troops scramble to evacuate, burning documents and loading mysterious cargo. But something far more sinister lurks beneath the ancient fortress.
A secret Nazi experiment. A mysterious lead coffin. And whispers of a vampire guarding the way.
The illustrated Spectral Detective prequel continues — free to read on Substack.
Will King and his team discover the truth before the Nazis escape?
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Into Darkness — Chapter 4: Flight, Check and Mate. Six pieces enter the board. Behind enemy lines, one wrong move could prove fatal.
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A blind hero in a noir dream. That's where Captain Arthur R. King came from.
From the archive: how one dream became King in the Dark.
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Flash! Fiction!
Beneath the cliffs of the Kidron Valley, researchers Nathan and Emma uncover a hidden sanctuary, an ancient coffer, and tablets that point to a forgotten war.
The inscriptions speak of Earth-Angels
…near-immortal guardians who protect humanity from creatures that feed on blood. But Emma already knows more than she admits.
As Nathan begins to understand the truth, the discovery becomes something far more dangerous than archaeology.
Secrets of the Earth
— an ancient mystery of forbidden knowledge, hidden bloodlines, and a war that never ended.
