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The author's original screenplay adaptation of this bestselling suspense novel THE SKULL RING. DRM-free and 99 cents for a limited time, featuring a new, improved, and tougher Julia Stone and an invitation to make your own casting recommendations. --------------------- When the fire whispers your name, how do you answer? Dr. Pamela Forrest is determined to bring Julia's memories to the surface, hoping to heal Julia's panic disorder. The therapist keeps returning Julia to a night twenty-three years ago when Julia was four. A night of hooded figures, strange chants, pain, and blood. The night her father disappeared from the face of the earth. But the line between the past and the present begins to blur. Julia finds a silver skull ring that bears the name "Judas Stone" and her fellow journalist Rick O'Dell is investigating a suspected ritual murder. Someone is leaving strange messages inside her house, even though the door is locked. The handyman Walter spends a lot of time in the woods behind her house. Her romance with her boyfriend Mitchell grows uneasy. And the cop who investigated the mystery of her father's disappearance has followed her to the small Appalachian town of Elkwood. Now she has a head full of memories, but she doesn't know which are real. As the shadows of Julia's panic grow larger and darker, she' needs to trust one of the men in her life. And the wrong choice may not only cost her heart and her life, but her soul as well. ------ Original movie script by Scott Nicholson, the bestselling author of the thrillers DISINTEGRATION, THE RED CHURCH, SPEED DATING WITH THE DEAD, DRUMMER BOY, and more, as well as the urban fantasy CURSED! with J.R. Rain and the paranormal romance OCTOBER GIRLS written as L.C. Glazebrook. Visit Scott Nicholson's blog at Author Central on Amazon . ---------------------------------------------- "Always surprises and always entertains."--thriller writer Jonathan Maberry, The Dragon Factory and Rot & Ruin "A chilling, suspense-filled psychological thriller." --mystery writer Vicki Tyley, Thin Blood "The Skull Ring creates unforgettable settings and characters. Nicholson weaves together fear and hope, cloaking his readers in palpable suspense."--Eric Wilson, NY Times best-selling Christian suspense novelist "Like Stephen King, he knows how to summon serious scares. Buy everything he writes."--horror writer Bentley Little, The Disappearance "A wonderful storyteller."-Sharyn McCrumb, author of The Ballad novels "Drills down deep, exposing every latent fear."--paranormal author Deborah Leblanc, Water Witch OTHER KINDLE WORKS BY SCOTT NICHOLSON As I Die Lying, Forever Never Ends, Ashes, Curtains: Mystery Stories, They Hunger, The First, Murdermouth: Zombie Bits, The Skull Ring (novel), Burial to Follow, Flowers, and Gateway Drug. Coming soon are the original screenplays Creative Spirit: The Movie, The Gorge: The Movie, Playin' Possum, Moving Pictures, and Meat Camp.

What happens when you're driven to create at the risk of losing your very soul? CREATIVE SPIRIT: THE MOVIE Original screenplay adaptation of the author's 2004 novel THE MANOR. When artists gather at a remote mountain retreat, their energy feeds the fire of a slumbering spirit. DRM-free. After paranormal researcher Anna Galloway is diagnosed with metastatic cancer, she has a recurring dream in which she sees her own ghost. The setting of her dream is the historic Korban Manor, which is now an artist’s retreat in the remote Appalachian Mountains. Drawn both by the ghost stories surrounding the manor and her own sense of destiny, Anna signs up for the retreat. Sculptor Mason Jackson has come to Korban Manor to make a final, all-or-nothing attempt at success before giving up his dreams. When he becomes obsessed with carving Ephram Korban’s form out of wood, he questions his motivation but is swept up in a creative frenzy unlike any he has ever known. Sylva Hartley is an old mountain witchwoman who is connected to Ephram Korban both before and after his death. Her knowledge of Appalachian folk spells and potions has bound her to the manor in a deeper and darker way. Sylva harbors a family secret that refuses to stay slumbering in its grave. The manor itself has secrets, with fires that blaze constantly in the hearths, portraits of Korban in every room, and deceptive mirrors on the walls. The house’s brooding atmosphere affects the creative visions of the visiting artists. A mysterious woman in white calls to Anna from the forest, while Mason is driven by the whispers of an unseen critic. With an October blue moon looming, both the living and the dead learn the true power of their dreams. It’s a power that Korban craves for himself, because he walks a shadowy land where passions burn cold and even the ghosts are haunted. And Mason and Anna are dying to join him. ------------------------------ "Scott Nicholson understands that the best horror novels achieve primal fear through a combination of sustained atmosphere, richly drawn characters, and believable if uncanny evils that draw unholy power from everyday lives." --Christopher Ransom, author of The Birthing House "Keep both hands on your pants, because Nicholson is about to scare them off."--J.A. Konrath, Origin "Scott Nicholson explores the dark legends of the southern end of the Appalachian mountain chain, a nightmare country that ends in Stephen King's yard."-- Sharyn McCrumb, author of The Ballad novels Scott Nicholson is the kind of writer who always surprises and always entertains."--Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero --------------------------------- Scott Nicholson is the bestselling Kindle author of the mystery, suspense, and paranormal thrillers DISINTEGRATION, THE RED CHURCH, THE SKULL RING, AS I DIE LYING, DRUMMER BOY, FOREVER NEVER ENDS, and BURIAL TO FOLLOW. As L.C. Glazebrook, he's written the YA paranormal romance OCTOBER GIRLS. With J.R. Rain, he wrote the urban fantasy CURSED! Nicholson's other screenplays include THE SKULL RING: THE MOVIE, PLAYIN' POSSUM, MEAT CAMP, MOVING PICTURES, and THE GORGE: THE MOVIE. He's also written a number of short story collections, including ASHES, THE FIRST, CURTAINS, MURDERMOUTH: ZOMBIE BITS, and FLOWERS.