HELIUM BEACH PRESENTS
By BRANDON LONG
A Nightmare Called Home
A Novella
Struggling screenwriter Jonah Hartwell has searched the bottom of every bottle for inspiration. Nearly out of good will and second chances, he turns to a powerful psychedelic drug in his desperate bid for his breakthrough story idea.
Instead of gifting fame and fortune, the hallucination triggers an ominous sobriety and a chilling pull toward the small Midwestern town he abandoned fifteen years ago. He returns to find his former home transformed into a soon-to-be haunted house attraction.
But the real horror isn't staged. As withdrawal begins twisting his body and fracturing his mind, Jonah must confront buried trauma and the restless spirits who linger within the house.
They haven't forgotten him.
And they aren't finished.
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By Gene Turnbow
Juniper Fairchild
and the Alterwhere
A Novel
Juniper Fairchild and her only friend Megan Eastman are drawn into the Alterwhere, a half-broken fantasy world meant for girls half their age. But the Alterwhere is unraveling, and thinks Juniper and Megan are the same Lost Princess.
With a pair of misfit Fae footmen, a magical amulet that points the way but won't open, and an enchanted model T, Juniper must cross a forbidding landscape to rescue Megan before the world collapses around them.
Witty, heartfelt and quietly epic, Juniper Fairchild and the Alterwhere is for anyone who's ever wondered if it's too late to matter.
Making his Authorial Debut
Brandon Long
Brandon Long is a pop media journalist from Illinois, writing movie reviews, interviews and features. He enjoys creative writing, and losing himself in a good book, a movie, or inspiring music.
A Nightmare Called Home is his debut novella.
Making his Authorial Debut
Gene Turnbow
Gene Turnbow is a polymath, a writer and editor, artist, musician, animator and maker based in Los Angeles. He is also the founder and station manager of SCIFI.radio, the world’s only science fiction and fantasy-themed radio station, supported by an ongoing Patreon campaign. He lives with his wife Susan, his son Charles, a scruffy little dog named Nemo, and far too many guitars.
Juniper Fairchild and the Alterwhere is his debut novel.
It is the province of every author to be able to invite the reader to visit some wondrous new world, and to tell them, "I see you. This is a place you can belong for a little while. Welcome home."
- Gene Turnbow
Helium Beach is an imprint of the Krypton Media Group, Inc., the same company who brings you SCIFI.radio.