Next Door

by Lori R. Lopez

Overview

Have you ever wondered about your neighbors? A teen learns the terrible truth about the house next door in this comically chilling Halloween frightfest. Home alone on All Hallows Eve, Kat Mandou is being creeped out by the family that lives next to him. Why is a child often screaming over there? And what's with those crazy signs in their front yard? Feeling alienated from peers and parents, intimidated by his new pet, he decides to get to the bottom of the weirdness of his neighbors. What he discovers will haunt him. A fun and humorous horror story that proves you never can tell what might lurk in the house "Next Door". From THE MACABRE MIND OF LORI R. LOPEZ, a collection of thirteen bizarre tales.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015786309
Publisher:	Fairy Fly Entertainment
Publication date:	11/26/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	351 KB

About the Author

Lori R. Lopez has been on both sides of the mysterious, peculiar, odd, weird, strange, offbeat, abnormal, spooky or macabre next-door-neighbor coin. She, like her character Kat Mandou, has been inclined to wonder about the people who live nearby. Often, however, she has been wondered about herself . . . Why doesn’t she come outside? Why is she seldom seen? Is she a hermit? Is she a vampire? Is she secretive? Is she sinister? Is she dressed for a funeral? Is she a witch? Are there bats in her belfry? Are her walls padded? Does she sleep in a coffin? Does she ever sleep? Why is she so quiet? Why is she so pale? What does she do in there? Lori hopes her neighbors will one day read her books and stop wondering. Their questions will all be answered. At least a few of them. She hopes the answers for the remaining questions can be deciphered by reading her many Author Bios like this one. Or perhaps it will simply make them wonder more. Hmmm . . . And yet, if she ever becomes famous enough, they might be able to see her guest on a late-late-late-night talk show. Otherwise, she does her best to avoid interviews as she never knows what to say. On Halloween, for some reason, even Trick-Or-Treaters seem to wonder about Lori since they never knock at her door. Maybe they think she’s that eccentric crank or crackpot down the street. In which case, that is almost like being famous, isn’t it? Maybe everyone should just read her books. Then she would be famous and well-known, thanks to the helpful Bios found at the end. If she doesn’t become famous or well-known, please do her a favor and let everyone you know what you learned about Lori from this particular Bio. Then I will be famous. Whoever I am.

Editorial Reviews

As always, Lori R. Lopez gripped my interest with her technique of writing after about five paragraphs in. Maybe from now, I'll learn to keep the neighbors to themselves, not like I relate much anyway. It was a steady and interesting read. Might need to be reread before completely grasping the situation. Well done, Lori. I'll always love your work.

Smashwords Review - Artie Margrave

This story is an interesting affair, a mix of understated bizarro and good old-fashioned ghost story that starts with a physical, sickening vibe, before veering off sharply into the realms of chilling suspense -- something I am all in favour of. Crucially we see a well-rounded character in the story's hero . . . The first half is well-anchored in the weird side of the horror spectrum, but the second buries the needle in the macabre, sending unmistakable shivers down my spine.

The Bloody Bloody Book Review blog; Goodreads Review - Kevin Bufton

Creepy. Who lives next door? Sometimes it's better not to know. There [are] strange things going on next door to Kat, a kid with no interest and no emotions, but his curiosity is peaked. After hearing noises coming from the house and never meeting the neighbors, Kat goes to investigate. What he finds... Read on..

Goodreads Review - Grace Guerra