by Al Halsey
Walden studied the photographs on the wall. “Do you think she will be recommended for domestic termination?”
Marsh shook his head. “We generally don’t talk about that at this level. That has to end up on the desk of Secretary Johnson and Attorney General Holder for approval. I think right now we can contain her, especially while she is medicated in the hospital. Who would believe anything she says? Who in their right minds, anyway? Besides, we have been relying on targeted termination domestically to smooth things over too much lately. Don’t want the press to get suspicious.”
“Who in their right minds, indeed,” Walden said.
“We will continue to go through her writings, and then make some tough decisions,” Eugene said. “This one about the statue stolen from the monastery is a wild one. I just started the sequel.”
“Really? I can’t wait.”
Marsh pulled a spiral notebook from a drawer and put it on the desk. “Have a seat and listen to this one. It’s the second part to the Tibetan Nazi story. What happens to the green statue when it ends up in Berlin.”
“Sure,” Namir said while he studied the photos. “It’s funny. Your eyes look a lot like the eyes of the President and the Secretary of Homeland Security.”
Marsh looked askance at the framed pictures, and then smiled. “I doubt that. Everyone knows that the President was born in Hawaii.”
End Book 1
I love the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. I hope that these stories hold to the spirit of his writings. To this day he is my favorite author of all time.
Mists of the Miskatonic is an attempt to ask ‘what if?’ What if Roman soldiers encountered the denizens of the Lost City? What if the Anti-Christ is Cthulhu? What if there is more on Mars than just rock and dust? What if the Nazi’s recovered a statue of Cthulhu in their quest for the Holy Grail? What if the folks in a little North Idaho Town worshipped a s hoggoth that lived in an ancient well? What if our government were infiltrated at the highest levels by Deep Ones?
I don’t believe is sacred cows. To me, that is part of the horror: that institutions and politicians are privy to secrets kept from the rest of us, and hide the truth.
North Idaho is a beautiful place, and if you ever have a chance to come visit us you should. Priest River and Lake Pond Oreille can be breathtaking. The people of Priest River are hardworking and friendly: typical of Idaho. The Heart of the Monster in Kamiah is right by the highway that winds through town. It’s not very often you can stand by a people’s legend of creation, but you can there. I don’t mean any disrespect by weaving these wonderful places into my stories: quite the opposite.
Biography
When most everyone else was fawning over prancing, sparkling vampires, Al Halsey was toiling away writing about zombies. Fantasy zombies, western zombies, zombies and more zombies. To say it is an obsession is an understatement. Very few zombie movies have escaped his cadaverous eye.
He resides in Lewiston, in the Lewis/Clark Valley of the Idaho panhandle, where he has lived all of his life. Al is a graduate of Lewiston High School and Lewis-Clark State College, both in his home town. He has spent the last twenty-six years working with children with emotional and behavioral problems and training other professionals to do the same. Even though most of his coworkers at his day job consider him mentally ill, he generally enjoys his career. Thank goodness it is a secret that when he was twelve, he thought he was H.P. Lovecraft reincarnated.
In his free time he trains in martial arts, plays paintball, tells his rescued cats to get off the counters, consumes large quantities of Thai food unapologetically, and loves music. His favorites are Tantric, Theory of a Deadman, Rob Zombie, Nickelback, the Offspring, and he is a regular concert goer . He visits Montana and the Oregon Coast regularly, and is a connoisseur of fine dining: Arby’s. Al’s biggest and best accomplishment is his 17 year old son.
Considered by some to be the neighborhood curmudgeon, he wears this title as a badge of honor. He also hates writing biographies. You can catch up with Al on Twitter, Facebook and on his website.
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Other works by Al Halsey
Hellgate, Montana (soon to be released by Permuted Press) - http://www.permutedpress.com/
Fire Team (in the anthology Zombies Galore by KnightWatch Press)