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    John's Story
    John's Story
    John's Story
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    John's Story

    By John Vault

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    If you had committed an act so brutally despicable that you couldn't live with yourself, how would you atone for it? Step into the bizarre world of John Dante and live the nightmare. John's Story is the second of Uncle John's Bedtime Tales by John Vault. Reader discretion is advised.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Vault
    Release dateApr 10, 2011
    ISBN9781458060495
    John's Story
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    John Vault

    I'm an Englishman abroad in New Zealand, having moved here from the UK about four years ago. Writing for me has evolved from a means of escapism into something of an obsession. A subject that plays a major part in the content of many of my stories. Yes I'm pretty much infatuated with lunacy. It scares the hell out of me. It's all the unpredictability I think. My writing style is unorthodox and rarely sticks firmly to the genre for which it is presented, which is good because formulaic horror is like an 80's pop single. Same old, same old. I like to flip rapidly between gory horror and farcical comedy. I think that this kind of contrast amplifies the effects of both. It certainly affects me that way. I saw a film once, a long time ago, called 'The old dark house'. It was basically horror comedy but it was done so well that it just creeped me out for months! Another of my favourites (for all the wrong reasons) is 'Eraser head'. The atmosphere in this movie just blew me away. I've been criticised in the past for rampant use of expletives in character dialogue but I don't care. The characters that I write about actually live for me. I get to know them like friends and all my friends swear like troopers!I consider myself a normal man, having a wife, children and several household pets, but I have a real dark side and the best way to appease it is to write horror stories. I don't like stuff where the hero always wins out because justice has no place in horror either. Sometimes the hero and the villain are the same character. Sometimes the villains win and the heroes meet with ghastly deaths. When you see the villain/monster die in flames at the end of a movie, it's over. Why not let it live and enjoy the possibility that it just may turn up at your bedroom window in the middle of the night? Isn't that sooo much sexier?If you want to get in touch please feel free to do so. But no stalkers please. I'm fully booked in that department until somewhere around January 2025! I can be reached via my e-publisher at:HiRiscPublications@gmail.com - please put 'FAO John Vault' in the subject header and I'll get it.

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      John's Story - John Vault

      John's Story.

      By

      John Vault.

      SMASHWORDS EDITION.

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      John's Story.

      Copyright © 2011 by John Vault.

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's work.

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      HiRisc Publications has rated this work suitable for readers of 16 years or older.

      It may contain frequent use of strong language, horror themes, violence or descriptions of a sexual nature. Reader discretion is advised.

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      This work is dedicated to those with a sufficiently honed sense of guilt to appreciate it.

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      Contents.

      Introduction.

      John's Story.

      About the author.

      Also by John Vault.

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      Introduction.

      Guilt is how we punish ourselves, and while the method of punishment may vary, guilt is nonetheless the motivating force. From the flagellants of medieval England to the bottomless angst of Woody Allen, guilt is our urge to atone for our misdeeds whether real or imagined. But how do we atone for that which is so despicable an act that nothing seems to be enough?

      Enjoy.

      John V.

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      John's Story.

      A single spotlight picked him out. Too bright for the eyes and harsh against the dim shadows of the stage, he seemed to be composed of little more than varying degrees of white.

      The students filed in, white clad and bejewelled with silver

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