Description:

A cemetery filled with innocents. A ghostly chill in the air. Will a short walk through the woods awaken a dark power?

Kylie Macklin is eager to live a normal life. Freshly moved from Florida to Alabama and finally in remission from cancer, the optimistic nine-year-old is used to dodging her overprotective mom’s warnings. So when a new playmate invites her to hang out, the happy girl thinks nothing of the playground being located in a graveyard for young victims of the Spanish Flu… and a local serial killer.

Kayla Macklin hates starting over. Forced to relocate after her little sister’s recovery, the sullen nineteen-year-old despises her new home more when she sees a terrifying vision in the nearby crypt. And as kids around town start to fall gravely ill, she begins to suspect there is something sinister at play.

Tormented by a frightening specter’s ever-closer appearances, Kylie turns to her older sibling for help. But as Kayla digs into the history of the haunted ground, the twisted truths she discovers hint at a bloodthirst that can never be sated.

Can they face down the malevolent force without tripping into their own graves?

The Dead Children’s Playground is the bone-chilling first book in the American Horrors series. If you like dark twists, scary puzzles, and poignant moments, then you’ll love James Kaine’s supernatural spine-tingler.

Buy The Dead Children’s Playground to start a fatal game today!

Review

" Kaine delivers a terrific, high-stakes story about a haunting with historical roots and family drama that ratcheted up the stakes."
-Debra Castenada, author of "A Dark and Rising Tide"

"The characters were solid, the premise is fantastic and the pacing was great."
-Ben Young, author of " Stuck"

"An effective, chilling and emotional ghost story"
-Graeme Reynolds, author of "High Moor"

"An absolute masterpiece of a ghostly tale."
-Z. Martin, author of " The Price of Insanity"

"A page turner and sure to entertain"
-John Watson, author of "Karaoke Night "

" Poignant yet spooky, The Dead Children's Playground will chill readers to the bone, then warm their hearts. "
-BookLife by Publishers Weekly

" I am really difficult to scare, but this had me tucking my legs under the blanket at 1 a.m."
-Creepy Reads

" Dark twists and eerie moments that will chill you to the very bone. "
-Honey's Horror Haven

"A perfect horror story that you will want to leave the lights on for."
-Red Book Review

About the Author

James Kaine picked up a copy of The Scariest Stories You've Ever Heard at a scholastic book fair when he was a kid and hasn't looked back since. Now an active Member of the Horror Writers Association, James, as he puts it, "lives his dream to give you nightmares." His work includes novels such as My Pet Werewolf , Pursuit and The Dead Children's Playground.

Born and raised in Trenton, NJ, James still resides in the Garden State with his wife, two children and a loveable Boston Terrier, named Obi. When not writing about horrible things, James enjoys reading, movies, music, cooking and rooting for the New York Giants. Well, maybe he doesn't enjoy that last one.

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