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That boy Jack did okay in the end of his free run, see where he runs... in the origin story of the Wrought World Series. He was born dead… and then returned. Historical science fiction with teeth. No magic, just blood, breeding and bad weather cjcharlesauthor.com/wrought-…

The Squire's Tale cjcharlesauthor.substack.com… Into Darkness — Interlude IV: A Squire’s Tale Dare to Stand Alone April 1945. Deep in the Thuringian hills, three American Jeeps carry a battered team of soldiers towards safety. Among them, Army medic Daniel Larkin tends to the wounded Captain Arthur King as the convoy navigates dark woodland roads, uncertain what dangers lie ahead. But Daniel carries secrets of his own, and an unexpected encounter will test his convictions. Sometimes, the greatest battles take place far from the front line. #IntoDarkness #TheSpectralDetective #WWII #HistoricalFiction #SupernaturalMystery

Dusk at the Modernist cjcharlesauthor.substack.com… 2035. The Lumina's marquee is dark, Alex has stood Jamie up, and a split box in the shadows spills something that shouldn't exist: contraband from a spicier past. In a city of Mega-blocks and always-on tech, one young man out of step learns some things never change. Flash fiction from the Vault.

The Secret of Living Death arthurrkingsmysteriousworld.… Can science cheat death—or merely prolong the suffering of the living? Join Arthur R. King as he explores Odin’s severed oracle, Nazi occult ideology, the horrors of wartime medical experimentation, Frankenstein’s galvanism and Soviet attempts to sustain life beyond death. From ancient mythology to the laboratories of the twentieth century, discover the disturbing history behind The Spectral Detective. The Secret of Living Death — a new investigation in Arthur R. King’s Mysterious World. #History #Mystery #Frankenstein #WWII #TheSpectralDetective

Chapter 12: Hot Wheels cjcharlesauthor.substack.com… **Hot Wheels — The Spectral Detective: Into Darkness, Chapter 12** Blinded and gravely wounded, Captain Arthur King drifts between consciousness and a strange new reality. As his team prepares to escape Schloss Nachtgeist on captured German motorcycles, King sees things no one else can: ghosts from the castle's past, a dead soldier and spectral visions of his comrades. With enemy forces closing in, the team races for freedom. But King's greatest battle may lie between life and death. **A wartime escape where the supernatural becomes terrifyingly real.**

4 days left to get it free. Lost Boy Jack: Born Dead costs nothing on Kindle from now through Tuesday. Wednesday it goes back to $0.99. A boy born dead in 1639. A manor full of vampires who need him alive. A civil war outside the gates. storyoriginapp.com/universal… Read it already? A line or two on Amazon helps the next reader find Jack.

Sound vanished. Light tore through him. Darkness. Chapter 9 of Into Darkness: the night King lost his sight, and began to see ghosts. cjcharlesauthor.substack.com…

The free Wrought World prequel on StoryOrigin is Day Born Boy now. England, 1638. Lady Joan Caldwell goes to Blackthorn House to have her child. The other mothers came for the same reason. Nobody asks what the children are for. Download the ebook free, or read all fifteen parts on Substack. Alternate Cover (AI image) storyoriginapp.com/giveaways…

Into Darkness — Chapter 6: King Takes Castle cjcharlesauthor.substack.com… Into Darkness — Chapter 6: King Takes Castle April 1945. Deep behind enemy lines. Captain Arthur King leads his Allied commando team up the treacherous cliffs and ancient walls of Schloss Nachtgeist. Inside, Nazi troops scramble to evacuate, burning documents, looting treasures and loading a mysterious, coffin-shaped lead container onto a truck. As King and Maggie search for a route to the secret laboratory beneath the fortress, a chilling warning emerges. Something guards the underground passages. Something the castle's inhabitants call a vampire. The illustrated Spectral Detective prequel continues — free to read on Substack. What lurks beneath ‘Castle Night Ghost’?

Friday's child is loving and giving. At Blackthorn House, nobody asks what the children give, or who to. England, 1638. Day Born Boy is complete on Substack: fifteen parts, one contents page. It's where the Wrought World starts. Alternate Cover (AI image) cjcharlesauthor.substack.com…