Thank you Vicki for taking the time to share in
Malevolent Mind’s cover reveal. This book has been a lot of fun for me to write
and I hope in turn that readers will enjoy it as much as I have.
Hello, Readers!
Thank you for taking your time today to stop by to read about my novel and
partake in the cover reveal. This novel has truly been a labor of nightmares. I
mean that in the best possible way. Raven’s revenge certainly came straight
from those sleep-filled nights. There are pieces that are intricately woven
into the story line that I’d conjured up to terrify myself awake. Thank you
again for that subconscious. Still, there was something so intriguing about the
characters in this novel that I had to write their story.
After a nice talk with my editor I came to realize that there are bits of
me woven into each one of them. From Heath and his childhood antics of writing
stories to scare others, to Raven and her wild dreams to visit haunted places
around the world. Even Kade holds parts of me as well.
As a young child my nephew and I used to write these grand tails to tell
our younger siblings. We’d try to make them as scary as possible. Being the
young, inventive things we were back then we weren’t going to leave anything up
to chance. We would take them into the basement, in one of the backrooms and
read the scary tales to them. Just as we’d get to the climatic part of the bit
we were reading we’d haul our behinds through the basement, flipping off lights
as quickly as possible to leave them alone down there in the dark.
While we were busy laughing so hard we couldn’t breathe our parents were
right there, ready to ground us. Still, it didn’t matter how many times we did
that to them they kept returning to listen to more of the story. We knew we
were onto something when it even managed to scare us.
These things continued to stick with me as I grew up. I wove these stories
trying to scare me and others around me. Sometimes I succeed and sometimes I
don’t.
Still, I will continue to create these tails where I not only get to
frighten others and myself, but it’ll give me a chance to delve into the
psychological aspects that come with such things. I can’t wait to release more
novels in the future for readers to enjoy.
I hope you will all take time to enjoy the excerpt that I’ve chosen from
Malevolent Mind and will keep your eyes open for its release on March 16th.
Malevolent Mind
Horror
Blurb:
A story so
dark, twisted and unfinished has a way of driving the sanest to the brink of
insanity.
Between
the constant state of bullying from Heath and his friends, and the unrest of
not knowing what happened to her twin, Raven seeks revenge. Years later, she
becomes the nanny for Heath’s young son, Kade. She helps him start a horror
story with the plan to bring the horrible creature Kade created into the real
world to torment Heath and his friends. It was perfect, until everything began
unraveling. When Kade’s creation no longer wishes to do Raven’s bidding, it
becomes a fight for life or death. The only way to survive is to figure out how
to finish off the creature before she finds her freedom. Will Kade find a way
to stop the creation of his malevolent mind? Or will Raven’s revenge consume
them all?
Excerpt:
Kade sat there in the middle of the room. He pulled his legs up
against his chest, wrapping his arms around them. There was nothing to see now
that his head cowered there in the darkness of his own lap. If tonight was the
night that he’d die, he wasn’t so sure he’d want to see either of the girls
coming for him.
His ears perked up. Behind him came the sound of rustling clothes. He
lifted his head, unable to keep it down. It was just his imagination. That was
all.
The feel of icy breath slid over the back of his neck. Each tiny hair
stood at attention as the stench of decay washed over him. Was it the girl from
the river or was it Zilla? Kade flipped onto his knees, the beam of the
flashlight straight forward.
There, inches from his face, was Zilla. She stared at him. Her mouth
was open at an angle as her tongue flicked out against the air. It was too late
to run anywhere.
Death stared him right in the face. Part of him felt relief that it
was only her. Of course, that was if the other one wasn’t waiting for him as
well. He didn’t dare move the flashlight beam to find out. Zilla had appeared
out of nowhere so who knew what would happen once the light wasn’t on her?
Kade watched as her blue-tinged hand reached up for him. She held her
hand for him to take. Something told him that doing so would be the end of him.
Panic gripped his insides and he knew he had moments to make the first move. If
he didn’t react soon, she’d overpower him.
He swung out with the flashlight, catching her on the side of the head.
Her body rolled across the floor with a sickening thud. Kade was sure that the
magnum flashlight had cracked her skull. It had nearly broken his foot when
he'd dropped it one time. He jumped across his bed, darting into the hallway.
His gaze moved around the hall as he tried to make out anything.
The sound of her rapidly skittering toward him had him running down
the hallway. He stopped at Raven’s door, trying her handle, but the door
wouldn’t budge. Instead, the old wood rattled in the frame.
In a flash of lightning, he watched Zilla skitter into the hall on her
hands and feet, her body parallel to the floor as she let out a sickening hiss.
Half her head remained dented in from where he’d clocked her with the
flashlight. It was a terrifying image to behold. The fact that she continued to
chase him regardless turned his stomach.
Kade looked back only briefly before he ran. She was close on his
heels. In the distance, he could just make out his father’s door. His bare feet
padded against the wood flooring.
Goosebumps raced up his spine as her icy fingers wrapped around his
ankle. The weight of his body hit the floor with a loud thud. His head bounced against
the hard surface blurring his vision. Tears filled his eyes making it even
harder to see. At least now, he wouldn’t have to worry about seeing his death
coming.
The cold sensation crept up his leg, over his knee and toward his
waist. He could feel the weight of her above him as she crawled up his body.
Time slowed so that each second felt like eons. The stench of her undead body
burned at his nostrils. Kade gagged on the smell that was so strong he could
almost taste it.
He didn’t want to die. Life was too short for him. There was still so
much that he wanted to do. Besides, he wasn’t sure who would take care of his
father if he wasn’t there any longer. That thought rolled inside of him. He
wasn’t going to go out like this, a cowering lump of fear on the floor. If she
wanted to kill him, she’d have to fight a lot harder for it.
Kade grabbed her arms, rolling them over as he kicked out with both
his legs. Her body smashed into the wall across from them, freeing him to run.
He scrambled onto his feet, darting for his father’s room.
The bright light blinded him as he ran for it. That was it. He’d found
his end and now he was headed into the light. Just as he’d read in another
book. It was his time to cross over.
Misty Harvey loves writing spine-tingling
horror novels sure to thrill readers. The psychology behind such tales has
always been a fascination for her since she was younger. Even to the point that
she once contemplated taking up psychology as a profession. Still, her love
resides in the art of storytelling. An art she wishes to continue to share with
readers for the rest of her days.
After climbing out of her writing cave and
searching the house for the sound of the latest creak or pop, Misty can be
found doing one of many things. Often times she spends the remained of her day
with her amazingly supportive husband and youngest daughter. While she has two
older children that are out there spreading their wings around the world,
including giving her a few grandchildren.
Her favorite things to do when not writing are
crafts, wrestling with her dog, avoiding her cat’s bite or generally making her
husband and daughter crazy. Often times she can be found creating vivid tales
with her daughter about whatever mundane thing happened in their day and
turning it into a crazy story. She is also an avid gamer, crochet goddess (we
shall pretend there), domestic queen, and animal tamer (it’s a work in
progress).
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3 comments:
Thank you so much for a chance to guest appear on your blog, Vicki, and for sharing in the cover release for Malevolent Mind.
Misty I loved your story about making up stories when you were young! I can't wait to read Malevolent Mind I love this title and it fits the scary cover!
Thank you so much, Cat. It definitely made it easy to decide what I wanted to do with my life 'when I grew up'. However, it wasn't near as easy as I imagined it to be back then. Haha.
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