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A cemetery filled with innocents. A ghostly chill in the air. Will a short walk through the woods awaken a dark power?
Kylie Macklin is eager to live a normal life. Freshly moved from Florida to Alabama and finally in remission from cancer, the optimistic nine-year-old is used to dodging her overprotective mom’s warnings. So when a new playmate invites her to hang out, the happy girl thinks nothing of the playground being located in a graveyard for young victims of the Spanish Flu… and a local serial killer.
Kayla Macklin hates starting over. Forced to relocate after her little sister’s recovery, the sullen nineteen-year-old despises her new home more when she sees a terrifying vision in the nearby crypt. And as kids around town start to fall gravely ill, she begins to suspect there is something sinister at play.
Tormented by a frightening specter’s ever-closer appearances, Kylie turns to her older sibling for help. But as Kayla digs into the history of the haunted ground, the twisted truths she discovers hint at a bloodthirst that can never be sated.
Can they face down the malevolent force without tripping into their own graves?
The Dead Children’s Playground is the bone-chilling first book in the American Horrors series. If you like dark twists, scary puzzles, and poignant moments, then you’ll love James Kaine’s supernatural spine-tingler.
Buy The Dead Children’s Playground to start a fatal game today!
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Customers find the story terrific, unusual, and captivating. They describe the book as an enjoyable, page-turning read. Readers also mention the pace is never dull.
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Livvy51 –
Great read, thoroughly enjoyed this book, but only three stars because of the epilogue, ruined it a bit for me.
Christine Fitchett –
Congratulations to James Kaine. Really good read kept you turning pages even when you wanted a break ftom it you soon went back to it as couldn’t put it down
tenaro –
1â Abzug da die Familienprobleme /-tragödien a bisserl too much sind.Ansonsten jedoch durchaus spannend und ein wenig gruselig. Horror kann man es nun nicht nennen. Die Geister sind Kinder und daher freundlich. Was jedoch der Grund für den Tod einiger der Kinder ist, die dort begraben sind, ist eine andere Sache.Die Familie hat erhebliche Probleme durch die Belastungen der Krebserkrankung der jüngsten Tochter. Die älteste fühlt sich, verständlicherweise, vernachlässigt. Hält aber trotzdem zu ihrer Schwester. Das alles ist nachvollziehbar und plausibel. Nachdem Kylie in die paranormalen Entwicklungen verstrickt wird und den Tod eines ihrer Freunde zu verkraften hat, machen sich ihre Schwester und zwei Freunde auf um den Kampf aufzunehmen. Das Böse zu besiegen und Kayla um ihre Schwester zu retten.Gut finde ich, wie beschrieben wird, wie man sich zusammen rauft, Differenzen managt und letztendlich zusammen hält.Die Charaktere sind durchaus gut ‘gezeichnet’. Die überfürsorgliche Mutter, der aggressive Teenager der sich zurück gesetzt fühlt, Kylie, die mitten drin steckt und der Vater dem alles zuviel wird.Es gibt auch den einen oder anderen Twist. Das Geistermädchen scheint anfangs eher einsam zu sein und einen Spielkameraden zu suchen. Weit gefehlt. Der vermeintliche Täter ist auch nicht das wonach es aussieht.Es ist im ganzen nichts Neues und wie gesagt, kein Horror sondern eben eine Geistergeschichte, aber dennoch hält sich der Spannungsbogen. Und das Ende ist auch anders als erwartet. Spoiler: sehr traurig.Alles in allem gute Unterhaltung für einen gemütlichen Nachmittag.
Kindle Customer –
I love the sisters bound the characters really brought to life and the not perfect parents. I could see the playground in my minds eye very creepy keep with this series I would buy more
Sara Wood –
This story had everything you could ask for within a story. Love, trauma, spirits, demons, conflict, and a (not so) happy ending. Would definitely recommend for anybody looking for a creepy read on a cool call night.
Tahnee Lowery –
One word….AMAZING!!!
If I could give this book more then 5 stars I would. Right from the start this book is great!! I can not wait for the next book in the series!!
Tabitha Heiss –
wow just wow
This is an amazingly told story. It was a true roller coaster till the end !! Thank you for writing it i couldnât put it down!!
carol g. –
Horror at its best!!!!
Loved this story!! Couldn’t put my tablet down. One of the best horror stories I have read, and believe me I have read a lot of them. Can hardly wait for your next publication. It’s going to be hard for you to top this one. I was really shocked and teary eyed at Eli’s death. It did however ad some reality to today’s happenings.
Christine –
Excellent
I enjoyed this book. Well paced, with interesting, believable characters. Off the beaten path. The story is unusual, could not put the book down.
TheBookSiren –
Well… that was intense. â¡
I was set on this path due to a recommendation in an fb horror group. I intended to read this one slowly over the weekend, but sped through it all in a day. Honestly, I loved it. It got me right from the prologue and never let go. You feel all the emotions with this book. I lost count of how many times I teared up, and I even got goosebumps once. It sucked me right in. It takes a lot for books to affect me anymore, but this was great amounts of trepidation, and dread, without boring, inneffectual, splatter mutilation. There were only a few paragraphs I skipped over to get back to the main storyline. All-in-all I really have no complaints, it was a great book. 5âs!
Nujean –
Very interesting horror story
This was a good ghost horror story. Nice plot twists, different take on the genre and enjoyable read.
Quiana D Mallory –
The dead children’s playground
This book is awesome keeps you on the edge of your seat and grabs you from the very first page until the very end. I couldn’t put it down. Awesome job
Teria –
Cemeteries and mischief
This book was good from beginning to end. It’s captivating, and it kept me wanting to read. I was a little disappointed towards the end, even though I saw it happening. All in all. I did enjoy this book.