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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

YA Spooktacular Story #2


Welcome to another stop for the second annual YASpooktacular, hosted by Frenzy of Noise & Wicked Awesome Books

This year, there are three stories written by some of your favorite authors that will be posted throughout the week. Each story is a choose your adventure, where you get to decide what path to send the character down. Sometimes you live, sometimes you die, and sometimes you fall into a pit of no return.

There are also some TRICKS or TREATS scattered throughout the story, where you can enter to win prizes and get bonus points toward the prize packs. The prize pack for (story #2) will be up tomorrow! On Halloween day, the grand prize pack will be posted. You can click on the links above to see a full list of the YASpooktacular prize packs!

Be sure to visit Frenzy of Noise & Wicked Awesome Books for more details about this awesome YA Spooktacular blog tour.


Leigh Fallon – Run away from the stranger

Or, that dude was one ugly mother.... Either way, you’re not going to hang around to see.


You back away from the eerie eyes that follow your movements. Your eyes flicker to the sheet and the arm that just rolled out of it. It looks real, but it just couldn’t be. This was way too messed up. Your eyes return to the freaky figure, but he’s gone. You spin around in the darkness trying to locate him, but there’s nothing. Your heart beats frantically, clogging your throat. You swallow hard, but your mouth is too dry. Too freaked out to look any further, you run for the attic hatch and practically throw yourself down the ladder. You jump off the last rung and make for the stairs. Just as you reach the third step, the ladder slowly creaks and retracts back up and locks with sharp CLICK. You hug the bannister for support. What just happened? Had you seen that person, was there a body in your attic? Were your friends up there laughing at you right now? Your eyes slide around the hall and you slither down the rest of the stairs, slumping on the last one, burying your face in your hands. You lean back to look at the hatch, but it’s still closed, and all is quiet.

You dare to breathe, then shriek as the doorbell rings. Slowly you make your way to the door and peek through the window. It’s Stace, Michael, and the gang. You can’t open the door fast enough. Relief makes you feel weak.

“What’s up, babes? You look like you’ve seen a ghost,” Stace says, twirling around in her generic white sheet, ghost number. “Wow, you’re looking hot to trot tonight. So who will you be using your feather duster on tonight?” She winks lavishly.

You throw your arms around her. “Ah Stace, I’m so glad you’re here.”

Stace pulls back a little and raises her eyebrows up and down wildly. “Did you see who else is here?”

Your eyes flicker to Michael. He’s looking hot, dressed all in black with a cool vampire like cape with a high collar. He winks at you and flashes his fangs.

“Nice,” you say, looking over Michael’s shoulder at the empty porch. “Is Des not coming?”

Michael takes out his plastic fangs and grins. “He said he had a little surprise for you, that he’d follow on.”

“A surprise!” A flash of anger rips through you. Des! It was Des. What a shit.”

You’re just closing the door when Des puts his boot in the frame. “Hey, don’t forget me,” he calls, pushing the door back open and making a ghoulish sound. He pulls on a zombie like mask, complete with glowing eyes. He pushes Michael out of the way, and waves a bottle. “Never fear, the vodka is here!”

You glare at him as he walks by laughing. “That wasn’t funny.”

Des pulls up short and drops his mask. “It’s just a mask, there’s no need to get all snotty.” Des squints at you and shakes his head, then follows the others into the sitting room.

“He’s an idiot,” you mutter half to yourself.

Michael laughs. “That he is. But he does bring the booze. Come on; let’s get some before it’s all gone.” He holds out his hand to you. You look at it, not believing what’s going on. Is the gorgeous stud muffin, Michael Stearne actually making a pass at you? His lips curl into a charming smile, making his skin crinkle at the sides of his eyes. Your insides melt. Feck Des! Tonight was going to be perfect. You might even bring Michael down to the pond later. The dock would be the perfect first kiss location. Your stomach flutters at the thought.

A smile creeps across your face as you take his warm hand in yours. “Actually, a drink is exactly what I need…several of them.”

Continue the story by going to Fallen Archangel


Author bio:
Leigh Fallon was born in South Africa, raised in Dublin, Ireland and moved to Cork in her 20’s. While living in beautiful Kinsale, Co Cork she discovered a love of writing. She write sfor the young adult market. Her current book, The Carrier of the Mark, prompted her to abandon my ‘riveting’ career in corporate treasury and she has been writing ever since. She has three more books in the Carrier series and a few other projects. Leigh and her family share our time between Ireland and the US.

You can follow Leigh on her Website, Blog, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads

Purchase Carrier of the Mark from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | The Book Depository


Be sure to head on over to ReadingTeen to read the first part in the story and go HERE to find the list of bloggers who will also be featuring the stories today!


For a chance to win the lovely treat, which is an ARC of Dead of Winter by Chris Priestly, you'll need to uncover what each of the 12 YA book covers are. Be sure to go HERE to fill out the form once you've figured out the covers to be entered to win.

5 comments:

  1. Mary DeBorde [M.A.D.]
    zenrei57 (at) hotmail dot com

    Wondered when ol' Des was going to show up lol
    This is so much fun, reading all these incredible variations on a single story line! :D

    Thank you for this super fun *Spooktacular* ~

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  2. i wonder what really was up in that attic, because I somehow doubt it was Des.

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  3. I love how this one mirrors the other story (the one that would have happened had she stayed). Way to go, Leigh!

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  4. Great continuation, I'm excited to see what happens next.

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  5. This as an ending would make me happy. I worry about bad things happening in the next chapter.

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