Spookshow 1: The Spookshow

Tim McGregor

Dec 2014 · Spookshow Book 1 ·

About this eBook

When her dormant psychic abilities are awakened by a near-death experience, a young woman discovers, to her horror, that she can now see the dead. Terror turns to chaos when the ghosts begin stalking her and the paranormal bleeds into every aspect of her life.

THE SPOOKSHOW is a macabre, fast-paced paranormal romance series about how the supernatural disrupts one woman's fate. Billie Culpepper fears that she's drifting through her own life when her latent psychic ability is suddenly awakened. But the dead can also see her, and they demand to be heard. As Billie struggles to adapt, dark secrets about her past threaten not only her own future, but that of her friends as well. Complicating matters is the homicide detective who becomes protective of her after nearly killing her while pursuing a dangerous suspect. Billie finds herself drawn to him but keeps her distance when she learns he's involved with someone else. Imagine, if you will, the eerie world of American Horror Story descending on the characters from Girls.

The Spookshow is the first in the occult, dark fantasy Spookshow series. If you like the creepy, ghostly worlds of Bella Forest, Patricia Briggs, and C. J. Archer. 

The series so far...

1. The Spookshow

2. Welcome to the Spookshow

3. The Women in the walls

4. Bringing up the bodies

5. Half-Boys and Gypsy Girls

6. A Haunting in Crown Point

7. Cordelia

8. Sisters of Mercy

9. The Boy in the Woods

10. Midwinter

11. Spiritualist & Medium

 

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Ratings and reviews

I've never read a horror book before and I'm glad I did, would I read another again? Definitely not !!!That's not to say this wasn't a good book I'm just a wimp!!!This truly had me shaking in my boots I wish I read it during the day but once I started I could not put it down

This was a surprisingly enjoyable horror novel. I was not anticipating enjoying it as much as I did so that is always a bonus for any book. That said I am on the fence about purchasing further installments in the series as the characters were fine in isolation in one, rather slim volume; I feel that they could become tedious very, very quickly. There is an attempt at romantic tension between our psychic heroine Billie and the police office Ray Mockler. They clearly have a history and this left me wondering if I had inadvertently ended up a few tales in but this is labelled as Book One so I guess not. Sadly the romance angle really doesn't work as it feels a little stalkerish on Billie's part and that made my skin prickle. The horror, or occult as Mr McGregor, section is very well written. With the discovery of a satanic "temple" in the basement of an abandoned house complete with corpse the tension really begins to ratchet up. This is especially true when the house's inhabitants start crowding in on Billie knowing that she can see and hear them. The plot is fast paced but didn't feel rushed and I was actually rather glad that the author stuck to his guns and kept it the length it needed to be rather than trying to extrapolate another hundred pages from it. Although it ends of a cliffhanger I don't feel compelled to read on, which is probably bad news for the author, as the tale felt complete enough for me to be happy to leave the characters at this juncture. Enjoyable romp that has quasi-believable characters and enough scares to keep you interested.

3 stars. Glad I got it for free because I didn't realize it was only a brief novella when I uploaded it. Compared to what to me was the extremely!!! enjoyable 'Bad Wolf' series, 'Spookshow' is a tame story with zero horror or real intrigue. The plot is so obvious I'm not even sure my eyes read every page fully but then again, I doubt I missed anything. I am going to do my research before moving on - it was good enough to continue but only just - but if this is just a mish-mash of short stories featuring a bunch of post-adolescent girls, well then, no I won't. Shame really as again the Werewolf Trilogy really pushed all the right buttons. This just read like the script of the latest post-music video era MTV show.

About the author

Tim McGregor is the author of WASPS IN THE ICE CREAM, TABOO IN FOUR COLORS, LURE, HEARTS STRANGE AND DREADFUL, and the SPOOKSHOW series. He lives in Toronto with his wife and children. More info at timmcgregorauthor.com