The Turtle Boy
Available for the first time on Amazon Kindle, Kealan Patrick Burke's Bram Stoker Award-winning coming of age story The Turtle Boy. School is out and summer has begun. For eleven year old Timmy Quinn and his best friend Pete Marshall, the dreary town of Delaware Ohio becomes a place of magic, hidden treasure and discovery. But on the day they encounter a strange young boy sitting on the bank of Myers Pond, a pond playground rumor says may hide turtles the size of Buicks, everything changes. For it soon becomes apparent that dark secrets abound in the little community, secrets which come cupped in the hands of the dead, and in a heartbeat, Timmy and Pete's summer of wonder becomes a season of terror, betrayal and murder. (Author description)
This is an enchanting tale (in more ways than one) written beautifully. Mr Burke’s narrative will keep you enthralled. You feel the terror of Timmy Quinn as each hair raising discovery unfolds. As Timmy loses his childhood innocence you carry the burden of revelation with him. I cannot say more than this was a well deserved winner of the Bram Stoker Award. Anyone who enjoys horror stories a la Stephen King will be riveted by this novella.
Without doubt 5 big fat *s.