THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE BLOOD ON THE WALLS Wednesday, October 18th – 1:47 AM The light from Sloane’s phone cut through the darkness like a knife, illuminating fragments of a nightmare. The room was small. Smaller than she had expected. No more than ten feet by ten feet, with a ceiling so low … Read more
Buried During Snowfall – Chapter 13 Noah The tremors intensified. Concrete dust rained from the ceiling while red emergency lights pulsed across the underground chamber like a heartbeat. Somewhere far below them, metal screamed against metal. The entire facility beneath Blackwater Lake was shifting. Opening. Warren grabbed a radio from his belt. “Evacuation teams report … Read more
Buried During Snowfall – Chapter 12 Phase Three The observation windows surrounded them like an aquarium of human ghosts. Hundreds of faces stared through the glass in absolute silence. Some belonged to children no older than eight. Others were adults in their forties or fifties. Male. Female. Pale skin. Hollow eyes. Every one marked with … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE SEALED DOOR Wednesday, October 18th – 1:23 AM The basement of Meridian Psychiatric Hospital was not a place where sane people went willingly. Sloane had heard the rumors during her fifteen years on staff – whispers of strange sounds in the night, of cold spots that moved through the … Read more
Buried During Snowfall – Chapter 11 The Real Ashriver The underground facility stretched far beyond the limits of the school above it. Rows of restraint beds disappeared into darkness beneath flickering industrial lights. Rusted surgical trays sat overturned beside cracked tiles stained deep brown with ancient blood. Thick observation windows lined the walls, most shattered, … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE FALL Tuesday, October 17th – 11:47 PM The rain was coming down in sheets, thick and relentless, turning the streets of Ravenwood into rivers of black glass. Dr. Sloane Vance stood at the window of her corner office on the fourth floor of the Meridian Psychiatric Hospital, watching the … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 A THRILLER INTRODUCTION She remembers everything. She wishes she didn’t. Dr. Sloane Vance is a forensic psychologist who specializes in extreme trauma cases. She has spent fifteen years inside the minds of killers, victims, and survivors. She has never lost a patient to suicide. Until now. Patient Zero – the one who … Read more
Buried During Snowfall – Chapter 10 Phase Two The radios kept talking long after the voice stopped. Not words. Breathing. Slow mechanical breathing crackling through every emergency channel inside Ashriver. Federal agents downstairs ripped earpieces out violently while static screamed through speakers mounted on their tactical vests. Then the breathing changed. It became laughter. Distorted. … Read more
Buried During Snowfall – Chapter 9 The Children in the Hallway Neither Adrian nor Mara moved. The office remained completely dark except for pale moonlight leaking through gaps in the curtains. Outside the door, the children’s voices had gone silent again. But the presence remained. Waiting. Listening. Mara slowly raised her gun toward the doorway … Read more
Buried During Snowfall – Chapter 8 The Man Who Never Aged Nobody moved. Snow drifted through broken windows into the hallway while the figure stood motionless at the far end beneath pale moonlight. Tall. Thin. Black wool coat buttoned to the throat. Silver pocket watch chain hanging across his chest exactly as Adrian remembered. And … Read more
