Eternal Victim by Dexter Morgenstern - Book Tour + Giveaway
Eternal Victim
by Dexter Morgenstern
Genre:
Paranormal Horror
Paranormal Horror
From the author of "The Slender Man" comes a fast-paced,
terrifying tale, filled with gruesome murderers, ghostly
abominations, and a dark puzzle that connects them all to the Witness.
terrifying tale, filled with gruesome murderers, ghostly
abominations, and a dark puzzle that connects them all to the Witness.
Follow the Witness as she travels through a perpetual series of nightmares,
haunted by a mixture of pernicious serial killers and their
imprisoned, undead victims, known as preta. As she wanders through
time and memories shared by the killers and their victims, she fights
to solve the puzzle of their connection to each other and to herself.
Her only hope of salvation lies in connecting key victims to the
souls who can rescue them, thus waking her from the nightmare, but
one killer follows the next, bringing forth a new set of victims, a
new score of preta, and immediately landing her in a new terror.
haunted by a mixture of pernicious serial killers and their
imprisoned, undead victims, known as preta. As she wanders through
time and memories shared by the killers and their victims, she fights
to solve the puzzle of their connection to each other and to herself.
Her only hope of salvation lies in connecting key victims to the
souls who can rescue them, thus waking her from the nightmare, but
one killer follows the next, bringing forth a new set of victims, a
new score of preta, and immediately landing her in a new terror.
A few things about you:
Yeah,
so I’m an army brat from the South. Lived there for quite a bit, and then I had
the pleasure of living in South Korea, which broadened my horizons. I live in
Seattle now, though I’d say Colorado was probably my favorite home. Right now,
I’m working on two business degrees: one for business administration and one
for marketing. I know a lot of authors/creative writers go for English or
something along those lines, but I think business and especially marketing is
more conducive to my future success. It works with a lot more than just
writing, and I work as a manager and bartender at a restaurant for my day job,
meaning once I graduate, I can put all of those skills to use. Beyond writing,
working, and school, I’m also a huge music lover. I play the bass, do a bit of
kickboxing, and when I scrap together the free time, I like to run a triathlon
or two in the summers. I spent a lot of my life playing video games, and still
try to get into them every now and then, but… only 24 hours in the day.
What inspired the book?
This
book was a small side project I did while working on my upcoming fantasy novel.
When I handed that one off to the beta-team, I worked on this one in the
meantime. I wrote The Slender Man five years ago, which I marketed towards
young adults, so it had to be PG-13. Kids liked it, but I mean… was it really
horror? With this book… well I went all out. It takes a lot to shake me; all
that Silent Hill and Resident Evil growing up really warped my brain, I guess,
and for me, books have never been scary. My favorite book, Alhazred, which my
dad gave me to read when I was 13, had invisible, man-eating, man-sized,
ghouls, that… were invisible and they ate people, and that’s just one of the
first horrors in that book. I enjoyed it. I used to have frequent sleep
paralysis nightmares, but I got so used to them, that even those stopped
scaring me. So… well I went for something that even made me cringe at certain
parts. Though, I wanted a compelling, puzzling story on top of it. One of my
problems with a lot of horror movies is that so many of them are about the
violence and not the plot. Why not both? This book’s current reviews highlight
its gratuitous violence along with the gamer-centric puzzle, so… well now ya
know where it all comes from. It’s also super short because… 2018 attention
spans, and what not.
Why did you start writing?
So
like I said, I’ve been writing for a few years. I don’t really have a passion
for literature or even English, though I enjoy reading. I like storytelling. I
like twists. I like immersing myself in other worlds. Some people go for the
Great American Novel, but I just want to tell stories. When I was 9, I was
diagnosed with mild Asperger’s, which explained a lot of my eccentricities. My
parents homeschooled me and worked on me for years, so now I’ve come to embrace
my differences, and one of the perks is I never really have to deal with things
like writer’s block. People with Asperger’s tend to get laser-focused on
certain things. I put that energy towards writing. I’ll sometimes sit for nine
hours at my work after clocking out (it’s a restaurant with lots of coffee) and
just write, or edit, or do schoolwork. It’s almost like a binge, really.
Dexter is a Southern-born Seattle author and model. Homeschooled after a
diagnosis of mild Asperger’s, he learned to play to his strengths
as an energetic, creative artist. He began writing at the age of
fifteen, and published his first novel two years later. Outside of
art, Dexter spends his time gaming, studying, and socializing with
other ambitious minds. As an army brat, he attained a pragmatic sense
of discipline that he uses to balance his artistic endeavors with his
academic ones. Dexter’s ultimate goal is to contribute to the
subjugation of humanity by artificial intelligence.
diagnosis of mild Asperger’s, he learned to play to his strengths
as an energetic, creative artist. He began writing at the age of
fifteen, and published his first novel two years later. Outside of
art, Dexter spends his time gaming, studying, and socializing with
other ambitious minds. As an army brat, he attained a pragmatic sense
of discipline that he uses to balance his artistic endeavors with his
academic ones. Dexter’s ultimate goal is to contribute to the
subjugation of humanity by artificial intelligence.
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2 Comments
I enjoyed getting to know your book and thanks for the chance to win :)
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