Death Instinct

Review If there's a better horror novelist working today, I don't know who it is. -- _ Los Angeles Times_ Product Description Cathy was six when the man next door killed his wife and himself. She heard the screams. She saw the blood and the bodies. Now, 20 years later, the house is no longer vacant. Someone new has moved in. Something terrible is happening to the neighbors. And Cathy has a secret of her own... Blessed with a gift for the written word, Jason Hanford has everything he needs: a pen, stationery and a prestamped envelope. His complaints yield complimentary meals and free hotel rooms. His correspondence with secret crushes makes fantasies come true. Letters to the editor spark citywide debates and inspire change. His letters are powerful, angry, heartfelt, sometimes obscene - and always persuasive

Jason Handford has a real gift for writing letters that get results-from complaints to love letters to editorials. Then he's offered a job to do it for a living. It consumes his time, his mind, and eventually, his soul. Jason really should have stuck with freelance.

"Four strangers with one thing in common: a mysterious train choking the sky with black smoke, charging trackless across the American night ... and carrying an unstoppable evil, raised from the bowels of history, that will bring their worst fears to life."--Back cover A man with a talent for writing letters that get results, from editorials to complaints to love letters--Jason Handford is delighted when he is offered a job to write letters for a living, until he discovers that his new career has horrific implications Four Strangers--a Young College Student, A Single Mother, A Park Ranger, And A Cross-country Traveler--are Drawn Together When A Train Carrying An Unimaginable Evil Preys On Their Darkest Fears. Bentley Little. When Jason Hanford, blessed with a gift for writing, receives an offer to write letters for a living, he realizes he should have asked a few more questions There was a witch in my hometown.