Death Instinct

Overview: Bentley Little was born in Arizona in 1960 to parents Lawrence and Roseanne Little. He has worked as a newspaper reporter/photographer, video arcade attendant, window washer, rodeo gate keeper, telephone book delivery man, library aide, typesetter, furniture mover, sales clerk, technical writer and of course author (though not necessarily in that order!). He wrote The Revelation for his master's thesis. It went on to become his first published novel in 1990. It also won him the 1990 Bram Stoker Award. Bentley is a prolific writer who has penned over a dozen horror novels, over 100 short stories and nearly 300 articles and essays. He has also had one of his best short stories, The Washingtonians, made into an episode of the television program Masters of Horror. 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.