Knightshade Manor available at Amazon

25 Monday Sep 2023

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Book One of the Afterlife Institution Series. Knightshade Manor is the luxury style hotel where the recently deceased can reside while they reenact the events that led to their death. It is by working with other spirits and the caretakers that the guests are able to learn and perhaps chose a different option than the one that led to their unexpected demise. Bear in mind, all residents of the Manor have issues to deal with, that is why they are in an afterlife psychiatric institution. A mixture of tales from guests and caretakers are presented to you in the fiction format of horror, macabre, and dark humor. It is the first in a series of novels that will cover the gambit of human death experience of which they create an illusion of comfort and hence require the familiarity of their chosen occupation within which to spend their afterlife. As the Manor is set up as a residential hotel, the rooms are assigned, the amenities are explained and several stories occur on the grounds, and within the environs of the Manor.

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Afterlife Institutions Book II Dark Highways available on Amazon

22 Friday Sep 2023

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The second book in the Afterlife Institutions series. Kevin. Louis and Octavius act as bounty hunters who leave the afterlife to locate wayward spirits who have evaded their journey to their destined Afterlife Institutions. Raven, Aaron, Dena and others from Knightshade Manor make appearances. This is a horror novel, so demons, ghosts, Bigfoot, and vampires also appear within the short stories or cases that our hunters pursue. Enjoy riding on the back of a customized motorcycle with your arms wrapped around any one of the men, who are all sexy and interesting with a variance available to all tastes. I admit, I have also interacted with some of these cases, as I have a unique perspective having spent years in the archives extracting the details of each of these spirits. – Raven.

Amazon USA https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083XX4BS7

Browning Memorial Hospital

22 Friday Sep 2023

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This is the third book in the Afterlife Institutions Series. It is a medical facility for the dead. It is a medical facility which enables spirits who spent a majority of their lives as patients, medical personnel, doctors and medical specialists who live out their afterlife commuting the actions of which led up to their death. State of the art technologies and archaic methodologies are practiced here as dependent on the memories and delusions of the participating spirits. Alfred Knightshade is the Chief of Staff, and Caroline Browning Knightshade are responsible for this facility.

Amazon USA https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL2S456N

What could have been said differently?

02 Saturday Sep 2023

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At a time, when Raven was actively involved in music, there was an event that deeply affected her desire to interact with the living. A young man who had auditioned for one of the bands decided to end his life.

As the band’s lead guitarist commented to her, “you know why we pick up guitars is to get girls.” So, he wasn’t surprised, that this man was acting that way. Many of the guys he knew had made it clear she was desirable. He figured she should use it.

During the audition, the young man stared at her relentlessly. During breaks, he picked songs on his guitar and softly singing lyrics of unrequited love.

After the audition, the band agreed to meet up at a local coffee shop. This was important to be seen in the scene. I remember small talk, jokes the usual socializing. Seeing friends and fans as it is still a popular spot for local musicians. Suddenly, he declared he was bored. He wanted to head out,. He offered Raven a ride home as she resided near him. The other band mates were staying at the venue until later.

Raven carried her acoustic guitar in its gig bag to his car. As it was placed in the mammoth trunk of the powder blue Chevy Nova. She informed him that it had been in storage and needed to be tuned. He unzipped the bag and admired the workmanship. As it was made of a dark wood, he offered to tune it even oil the wooden body. Raven thanked him and agreed to the idea.

As they rode towards their neighborhood, a red and blue light flashed in the rear view mirror. A short bark of a siren.

“Oh no” he groaned. He looked at Raven, deeply embarrassed.

“It’s ok, cops are real jerks.” she said, trying to make him feel better.

After the traffic stop, the officer gave him the ticket.

They drove on in silence.

When they arrived at her house, the silence was broken. They said the brief goodbyes of acquaintances . They made plans to meet up the next day. He would work on her guitar that night.

A few days went by, she did not hear from him. She was informed by one of the other band mates,. Bob had set up the guitar in his dining room on the table. He had tightened the strings and oiled the guitar as promised. He then placed the barrel against his right temple. He pulled the trigger on the 9 mm handgun. He fell forward and bled out on the guitar and table.

Knightshade Manor Beginnings

02 Saturday Sep 2023

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As Raven Knightshade, I was once a lead singer and keyboardist for a variety of bands within the Goth and metal genre. I was writing the beginning stories and developing the characters who would be featured in the Afterlife Institutions graphic novels.. My guitarist uploaded some of these stories online as part of our promotions for fans. Soon thereafter, fans would bring their printed off copies for me to sign at shows.
After one of the shows, one fan asked me “How does one get to the Manor?” meaning Knightshade Manor, a psychiatric hospital for the dead. I answered “if he had read the introduction letter, that the guests at the Manor ended up there who died prematurely. Often due to their own decisions.” Distracted, I stated my response facetiously. I looked up and saw his eyes. I felt really concerned and realized that he was serious. I stopped writing the tales for years. But Raven would not be suppressed forever. Knightshade Manor became a book. Rather than a graphic novel. Dark Highways and Browning Memorial Hospital were soon written and published via Amazon.