Old Letters & New Demons

Where History Meets Mystery

De: Richard Devall

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

A disturbing horror thriller.
Death feeds it.

Greg thought it was the drugs, maybe the girls. It could be his wife's death. His children were concerned.

Every decision he made was somehow justified. The nights brought lecherous behavior. The days decayed into debauchery. He was Dorian Gray, and the girls were his painting. He tried to give them wise counsel. He was muted by the entity that was snuggling into his soul. The gang bangers could smell it on him. Something was wrong with the old white dude.

Pulled from the pages of history, ancient Egypt until today, based on some real events. Yes, there was a family in Virginia where the siblings dug up their father, and when arrested for the disinterment of a human body, they had bread wrappers on their arms and feet to keep the demons away. Their brother had killed their parents in the same house.
And yes, there is historical truth to the man who killed his girlfriend in 1929 and himself, both found fully clothed with their shoes off and their toenails painted red.

Here are some 5-star reviews.

5 Stars - What a read!
This book blew me away—such a unique, intelligent, thrilling mystery wrapped in history. Honestly, if you like light, fluffy beach reads, this book isn't for you; however, if you enjoy an intellectual challenge while being told a truly unique, thrilling story, this book IS for you. I applaud the author for having the fortitude to write something so different. Highly recommended, and having read a few of Mr. Devall's other books, he now has a fan for life.


Top Contributor: HALL OF FAME TOP 100 REVIEWER 5.0 out of 5 Stars
Richard's voice is new in more ways than simply being fresh to the literary world. His writing is complex, weaving through various periods of time – the present, the last century, Egyptian mythology, and more – and combining both quotations and borrowings from authors and artists of the past such as Salvador Dali, F Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, Henry Miller, mixing these into letters of the past and of the resent and wild rides into delusions, drugs, sex and more. His writing is mesmerizing and thought-provoking, and at all times, entertaining. His book is not unlike a massive puzzle – one with missing pieces until the events scurry around to make them present. He writes fine mysteries and rolls them through his kaleidoscope of imagination and mythology and history, and all the arts and the end product is dazzling.