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It Calls Me Home✍

Horror Novel By Sharina L Martin

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It Calls Me Home.

Horror Novel by Sharina L Martin

As the world around me fell into chaos, the world in my head seemingly fell into place.

Prologue

Ember stands at the edge of the pool ready to get in, but she stops. She doesn't know what stops her. Her sudden halt almost came naturally even though it wasn't exactly what she intended to do. She begins watching as everyone enjoyed themselves. Splashing, shooting water guns and dancing among several other things. Her friends who were already in a Jacuzzi on the other side were relaxing and talking to each other. Ember wants to walk over to them, but her body just wont move. Her hearing begins to turn the sound around her into far echoes that begin to overlap each other. She stares at Avah and Dawn expressionless as they continue talking and laughing unaware that her eyes are on them. A calming anger washes over her like a wave, she doesn't know why she's angry, but there was an intensity that overcame her as her dead stare never wavered from Dawn and Avah. Like a magnet pulling at her actions, Embers eyes slowly look away from her friends then down at the clear pool water beneath her. The water shimmers and reflects the sunlight, she begins to stare into her own eyes that were looking back at her in the water's reflection. As if slowly turning up the volume on headphones, the echoes from everyone around her got louder. She became intensely fixated on her reflection in the water; it was like she couldn't look anywhere else even if she wanted to. Her breathing became shallow, yet her heart sped up as if it were going to burst through her chest. She could hear her rapidly beating heart as it mixed in with the sounds around her while she continued staring. But the intense echoes were no longer the sounds of people having fun, it was now the sounds of everyone's inner thoughts, and all those thoughts were about her. She couldn't make out what everyone was saying, it was like hundreds of mumbled sentences that only clearly spoke her name when it came up. The sounds of the voices mixed with her heartbeat became so deafeningly loud that Ember could see blood streaming down her neck from her numbed ears. Ember slowly takes a step forward and falls into the pool, it almost felt like slow motion as she got engulfed by the water. The water didn't give her skin the cold shock factor that usually occurs because it was oddly warm. From what she remembers the pool wasn't heated, and the day wasn't hot enough to warm the pool naturally.So why was it so warm?

Body under the surface, and sound finally silent, the natural reaction of swimming back up for air, didn't occur. The natural science of the body floating back up on its own also didn't occur. Instead, her body seemingly turned into led as she sunk to the bottom of the 11'ft side of the pool. In an unnatural state, her body turns and sits Indian style as she continues to sink. Her hands rest on her knees as she stares ahead without any movement or any blinking. Now, nothing was going on in her head except the same pure calm anger. It wasn't directed at anyone or anything, it just seemed to overtake her mind. Rather than drowning in the water she was drowning in rage. There was no room for thoughts or other emotions.

Once again like volume slowly turning up, a low whisper makes its way into her ears. 

"Its time to go home"

 Says the deep inhuman voice. Ember shows no reaction to the voice as she finally sits at the very bottom of the pool. She didn't even need to breath; it was like air became obsolete. She sat underwater as if she were just sitting on her living room floor, she continues to stare ahead as her hair began to dance around her. 

"I said..."

 Mutters the mysterious whisper once again. 

" Its time... to GO HOME!"

 It screeches out the last two words with a roar of sinister anger. Suddenly a long-disfigured hand that looks like it belongs to something pretending to be human grabs Embers face from behind her. For the first time Ember reacts with widened eyes as she's pulled backwards so that she's forced to lay down. When her back hits the pool floor she's suddenly outside laying on grass staring up at the sky. People in bathing suits surrounded her with concerned looks on their faces as the guy who flirted with her earlier is closely hunched over her fully dressed but soaked.

What the fuck?

Ember thinks to herself as her wet body violently shivers and her eyes were still wide with shock. Her hearing was tuning in and out as the guy spoke to her so she couldn't make out what he was saying. Ember begins to notice some movement on the top of his head. Suddenly, the same disfigured hand creeps up from behind his head and slides its fingers and palm through his hair. Its long fingers now resting on his forehead, It violently pulls his head back forcing the guys face to twist up into a wide unnatural ear to ear smile with his lips still together. His eyes bulged out as they stared into Embers eyes with a psychotic look. It was a chilling stare that silently said he would violently kill her for fun with that twisted happy face if he could. His mouth didn't speak, but his piercing wide eyes told the story as he began to lightly giggle. Panic consumes Ember as she lets out a loud scream then sits up and backs away. In the blink of an eye the hand was gone and the guy looked normal again, but now he looked alarmed and confused. Embers hearing was now back and she could hear herself screaming while the guy holds up his hands in a surrendering way to calm her down. The music was now loud and clear once again and the chatter around her made more sense. Ember looks around in search of that hand then begins patting at her own head for it.

Avah and Dawn run through the crowd and join Ember on the grass. 

"Are you ok? What happened?"

 Asked Avah with concern.

The guy answers for Ember with shrugs. 

"It looked like she was drowning, I noticed she was under the water for a while but when I pulled her out nothing was wrong. No coughing up water or catching her breath.She was...well fine. I just couldn't get her to blink or focus on me."

Dawn looks at Ember with a funny look. 

"Don't you have asthma? Sense when can you hold your breath longer than 15 seconds?"

Ember still confused, shakes her head. 

" I don't know." 

She says with a surprisingly hoarse voice.

"Did you lose your voice?" 

Asked Avah with more concern. 

Ember was just as much at a loss of words as everyone around her, was she going crazy? 

"I just want to go home."

 Whispers Ember as she continues trembling. Dawn shakes her head.

 "You should go to the hospital."

 As if Embers body had its own reaction to that comment, Ember slams down her fist on the grass overcome with anger.

 "NO!"

 She shouts. 

Dawn and Avah lean back in shock at the outburst. As quickly as the anger came, it also vanished. Ember puts her palm on her head and apologizes to Dawn. 

"I'm sorry, I just want to go home, please just take me home." 

Avah and Dawn each exchange a look once again then help Ember up as the rest of the onlookers stared. They were all definitely talking about Ember now.

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Luminous Enigma

Fantasy and Supernatural Novel By Sharina L Martin

Warning, this chapter snippit has Gory descriptions.

Chapter 6. WTF?

I've Just experienced the longest and worst day of my life.

It's 5:00am and its a freezing dark early morning, every surface outside is covered with snow. I throw the last black garbage bag into a garbage bin in a dark unpopulated alley behind some random restaurants. I made sure to fill other garbage bags with unimportant junk to cover the bags I was trying to get rid of. I close the bin then hurry and walk off with my hands stuffed in my jacket pockets.

I stuck around long enough.

Going back and forth from my SUV carrying out at least 6 or 7 bags I was really pushing it. I was so out of breath considering I was a small skinny woman, those heavy bags really took a lot out of me. I look around my surroundings once again as I approach my expensive truck. I quickly pull out my keys then unlock and start it with a push of a button. An old man walking by on the sidewalk with his dog where my SUV is parked smiles at me. I force a quick obvious fake smile and immediately hop into my truck. I watch the old man walking away with his big furry dog in my rear view mirror.

"SHIT!"

I scream to myself while repeatedly hitting my steering wheel. I snatch off the hat I wore to cover my long blond hair and throw it angrily at the windshield.  I was hoping I wouldn't be spotted by anyone but that hope just went right out of the window. The day started off so normal and ended with me throwing pieces of someone's chopped up remains in a garbage bin. I don't know how it got this far, and I can't believe I've taken it this far. But I'm not going to prison for murder! I can't! My life is finally coming together. I Just found out I was pregnant a few days ago and I'm getting married to the man of my dreams in a month. His ex-girlfriend came to my house threatening to expose to him that I've been sleeping with someone else. Not only would that ruin my relationship, but it will have him doubting if the child is even his.

 He's been away for months across sea's helping different countries that got hit with natural disasters. They needed more medical help and him being a respected traveling doctor, he didn't turn down the opportunity to help those in need. He comes back and visits a week or so out of every month, but I've gotten so lonely with him being gone. He'll finally be back for good in another week, but as my luck had it his ex-showed up yesterday revealing she's been watching and filming me, she even showed me a printed-out photo of me and the other man making out. I asked her what she wanted and she told me to give her fifteen thousand dollars a month for the next year. My fiancé just added me to an adjoined account but there was no way I could just take that money out. We had a lot of money, but it would be such a big repeated noticeable amount gone that it wouldn't be over looked, it was insane. She also revealed that she knew I was stalking him before we dated. She knew I was the cause of their breakup because... I framed her by making him think she broke into his mother's business and destroyed the place. At the time, I learned that her and his mother didn't get along and even argued so it was perfect. Now, she had the raw evidence proving her innocence and my guilt on many levels. She refused to be reasonable and told me to take the deal or leave it. The tramp was a scorned gold digger who lost her trophy and she wasn't letting him get away without getting some money out of him.

"This is all so unreal."

I say out loud to myself.

I was paranoid and frightened. I couldn't get the gory scene I created out of my head. All the limbs and blood that filled up my tub, I was a monster. I sawed her apart and it's a vision that I will never forget. I murdered someone in the big brand-new home that me and my fiancé were starting our life in. I took someone's child someone's friend possibly a sister. The sick part is I had so many chances to stop...

I told her to take a seat on the couch, my mind was racing a million miles a minute. She continued rubbing it in calling me a whore and calling him an idiot. She went on bragging about how she would reveal the evidence to him if I didn't pay up. She laughed at the thought of seeing me as a poor single mother struggling to raise a disgusting bastard child on my own.She went on to talk about my upbringing and how she knew I was homeless for many years then upgraded to white trailer trash.I didn't understand how she knew so much about me. She laughed at the thought of me going to jail for the crime she was falsely accused of. The more she dug up my life the angrier and more desperate I felt. The thought of being found out was eating at my insides like a virus, I almost wanted to faint as the room began to spin. Finally, in a fit of silent rage I grabbed a small marble figurine sitting on my fireplace then came up behind her and hit her on the back of her head. She fell to the side on the coach moaning in pain while swearing at me. I walked around the couch and hit her three more times until she stopped moving. I backed away while looking at her bloody head and dropping the figurine to the floor with shock. What the hell have I just done?

"NOOO!"

I cried out in desperation.

"Oh no, oh no no no no.!!"

I look down at my shaking bloody hands then back at the woman soaking my white couch with hauntingly deep red  blood. I spot my cell phone on the table  across the room and begin walking over to it. But I stop in my tracks.

"No, I can't call the police my life would be over! I can't do that I just can't!"

I walk back over and look at her.

"What am I going to do?"

I asked myself as I continued pacing.I kept looking from her to my phone as if fighting with my instincts on the right thing to do . My eyes finally break the back and forth cycle once I stare at the hallway that led to the garage door. Quickly, I went and grabbed a big blue tarp from my garage and rolled her onto it. I brainstormed for another couple of minutes until I decided to drag her to my downstairs bathtub. After covering her the best I could with the large tarp I began to drag her. Suddenly, I started hearing gargling and moaning coming from her. She was still alive! I stopped dragging her and stared down at the tarp with eyes as wide as saucers. In complete shock I began to once again pace back and forth while covering my mouth with my hand as tears starting falling from my eyes. I didn't know what to do, I've come so far and if she stays alive my life is sunk. Not only would I lose my fiancé and my baby, but I'd have tough charges pressed against me. Him and his family would hate me! I love his family so much! I finally felt at home with them and it would all be taken away. My child wasn't being born in prison and my child wasn't growing up without me!

Mind made up, I grabbed her legs and continued dragging her to the bathroom. I finally reach the bathroom and sit on the toilet out of exhaustion. She continues making noises as I stare at the tarp moving around slightly. I then get up from the toilet and use all my strength to get her into the large bathtub. After again catching my breath I walk out of the bathroom and head straight to my kitchen. Grabbing a large knife out of a drawer, I quickly walk back into the bathroom. For a moment I just stand at the entryway, I had to take a moment to convince myself that it had to be done. Finally, I walk into the bathroom and stand over the woman wrapped in a tarp inside of my bathtub. The knife is squeezed tightly in the palm of my hands as my breathing gets faster and faster. The woman surprisingly begins to mutter something.

"Please..."

She says in a cracked painfully desperate tone.

My eyes fill with tears as the knife burns in the palm of my hands. The woman mutters the words again but louder. It was then that I knew I had to end it. I lifted the knife up with force and brought it down with all the strength I had in me....I stabbed her repeatedly. I just stabbed her until I was convinced that she was dead. Shaken, I drop the knife then back away out of the bathroom with streams of tears running down my face. Eyes wide in sheer disbelief at myself, my back hits the closest wall and I slide down dropping to the ground. My hands and my pink sweater were covered in blood.

"HONK HONK!!!!"

Back in the present I snap out of my flashback when a car behind me honks at me for not moving after the light turned green. I begin to drive again as I let out a long sigh.Where does my life go from here?

I then find myself pulling up to an apartment complex. I couldn't understand what possessed me to drive here. I park in an empty slot and just sit in the truck.

"I don't even remember how to get home. What is going on with me?"

I put my hands in my face as begin to sob. My face and nose are quickly wet. It felt like invisible walls are closing in on me, I've ruined my life and I've taken a life. If I would have given in and gave her the money that she asked for I would have been figured out eventually. There would have been no way of hiding it! And if I told my husband about the affair he'd drop me and I'd be homeless again. If the child was his he'd take full custody and I'd never see the baby. If it wasn't his I'd be out on the streets with a baby in my stomach. I love my husband but as nice and caring as he is, he could also be a ruthless person. The man that I had an affair with was married and has four kids. He ended things with me when his wife found out about us. She threatened him with divorce and taking the kids along with her money. Even if we did decide to just stay together, he wouldn't even have any money to support the two of us. He married into money just like I did and she made him sign a prenup. He was nothing but a broke pretty boy getting taken care of...I guess it's what we both had in common.

I look back up at the apartment complex then get a moment of deja vu, this place looked familiar. I look around at all the apartment numbers and my eyes are drawn to apartment number 22 on the second floor. I turn off my truck then step out into the cold winter air and look around once more. Snow begins to lightly fall from the sky instantly reminding to reach into the car and grab my jacket. I put it on and begin to walk pass a few parked cars in their assigned stalls before I stop in front of stall 22. There parked in stall 22 was a green Volkswagen. Feeling a chill from the breeze I shove my hands into my coat pocket where I surprise myself by pulling out a pair of keys. Hooked to them was a car remote, I stare confusingly at the keys for a moment.

These aren't mine.

I then instantly remember throwing her keys in my pocket amidst my panicked rush. I look up at the beetle realizing it had the same logo as the car remote. I hit the button and the car chirped and blinked.

"What?"

I then notice that attached to these set of keys was what looked to be a personalized green key hanging on a gold frog charm. I look up at apartment 22. Oh my gosh, no way. Is this her place? Now that I think about it, not once did I wonder about how she got to my place. She must have taken a Lyft. What are the odds of me ending up here...this is so strange. I gulp and a more worried look spills across my face. Is this a twist of sick fate? Being here was a really bad idea.

I began to head back to my car but a thought stopped me and I looked back up at the apartment door.The rest of the evidence to my affair had to be in there. I couldn't just leave it; it would lead the cops to me. I grip the keys tightly in my hand just like I did the knife and curse at myself. Hesitantly I walk towards the Apartment. Finally standing in front of the door I look around before I slide the key in and unlock it. I step inside and close the door, Immediately I'm hit with a foul smell. I cover my nose with the sleeve of my jacket.

"What in the world is that smell?".....

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Dead Ringers The Beginning Snippit.

*In the future, Ringers are humans who have passed away and are resurrected as Robots. Kryselle is called on after a repeat offender at a Ringer transitioning Facility gets illegal upgrades then acts up.

Chapter 3-  Kryselle, The Lanthrop Family.

“Elizabeth cut the shit.”

 I finally announced. Elizabeth looks up with her pink frowning lips and scrunched up wet face. Her manicured hands shook inches from her face as tears continued falling from her deep dark eyes. It’s always crazy to see that Ringers could express emotions with tears, I won’t get into the science about it but the book on it is interesting.

She stands up and rushes over to me and embraces me in a hug.

��I was so scared!” 

 She says through her tears. I look over at Barcelo who was equally as unmoved as I was. I finally peel her off me then grab my magnet cuffs from my holster and slap it on her wrist. Immediately, the cuff causes her to be instantly yanked backwards across her large living room. Both wrists are instantly locked behind her back. The cuffs are automatically pulled and attached to what’s called a cuff hanger. Cuff hangers were installed on the walls of all rooms in Marco Vital and the Watchman Facilities. It’s a safeguard just in case there was an incident that called for Ringers to be detained. Cuff hangers were also installed on the outside and inside of Law enforcement vehicles. I also had my own installed on the outside of my car. It was of course built in a way that made it blend in unnoticed.

“Hey!”

  She screams with her arms now locked behind her back. I look over at the Ringer officer who was interviewing her and dismiss them from the room with a head nod. They nod back then get up and walk out. I walk over to Elizabeth as she struggles trying to break free.

“75% isn’t strong enough for 100% proof magnet cuffs now is it?”

I say as I fold my arms and stand in front of her.

 “What are you talking about!”

  She says through angry sobs. 

“I get sexually assaulted and that’s all you’re worried about!?”

“Is that the lie we’re going with tonight? Please, do share how you were sexually assaulted.”

“It’s not a lie! That RO was watching me the moment he laid his sick disgusting eyes on me! When he found me taking a walk in the garden, he stopped me and acted like he wanted to have small talk. Next thing I know he has me pushed against a wall trying to feel me up!”  

I throw my head back in mocking laughter. 

“An RO wouldn’t touch your tit with a 20-foot poll!”  

“It’s TRUE! She yells out at me.”

“So you got all dressed up in a skin tight outfit that doesn’t leave much to the imagination with heels meant for a dance club, just to take a walk in the backyard? You want me to believe an RO of...” 

I pause and slightly turn my head towards Barcelo. Barcelo finishes my sentence. “Fourteen years.”

“Fourteen years!”

  I repeat him as I take a step closer to her. 

“Would crap on his career just to grab your titties to get his dick hard? You know he’s married right?”

Elizabeth scoffs at me.

“Being married doesn’t mean shit! It’s never stopped a man before so why would it stop one now! Besides, I don’t judge your outfits! So what if I wanted to get dressed up to walk the garden! That means that I’m lying!?”

“Ok, that’s fine!”

 I say in a knowing tone. Hey Barcelo, you mind sending over that surveillance footage to my Reo?”

 I say while still looking her in her eyes. Elizabeth looks away with an angry look on her face.

 “You got it!”

  Says Barcelo. His Ringer pupils get a quick flash of purple and in a matter of seconds my Reo alerts me with a chime that I have something in my inbox. I tap my wrist which brings up a small laser screen showing the footage of the garden. The footage shows Elizabeth seemingly sneaking through the garden hiding behind walls, trees and bushes. Hiro Kohaku the RO walks into the garden looking as if he were distracted by a phone call. He does a double take after seeing movement from Elizabeth behind a tree. He taps his Reo behind his ear to hang up and lifts his hand beckoning her with his fingers to come over to him. Elizabeth is hesitant at first but finally relents and walks over. A back and forth happens for a few minutes. Elizabeth then pushes Hiro Kohaku up against the wall and begins running her hands all over him. Hiro Kohaku grabs her wrist to stop her. In reaction Elizabeth backs away from him and begins angrily shouting at him. Hiro Kohaku walks over to her as they both share words back and forth, he pulls out magnet cuffs but Elizabeth slaps them out of his hand then lifts him by the throat and throws him through the wall.

“Oh yea, I can see exactly how he took complete advantage.”

 I say sarcastically.

“You don’t know what he said to me!” 

 She yells angrily shedding off the sob persona. 

“You know what! I’m done talking to you bitch! I want these cuffs off, and I want my dad here now!”  

I shake my head with a stern look on my face.

“While in the middle of watching that, I’ve sent a report over to Marco Vital and you will be standing trial first thing in the morning. Aggressive behavior towards an RO is an automatic death trial. You'll get your chance to say your peace so you can try wiggling out of it but with outstanding evidence like this there will be no wiggle room this time.”

“I’m here!”

  Says the annoying recognizable voice from behind me. It was her human father, Hyson Lanthrop the fifth....

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The gang is slowly coming along. Many more to come.🤙

I also finally discovered what genre the book is. MAGICAL REALISM!!

Magical Realism - A style of fiction and literary genre that paints a realistic view of the modern world while also adding magical elements.

I've never quite been able to pin point it, it was always fantasy for sure but also not quite that at the same time. I'm excited to have a cemented genre label for it now📚😊

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Dead Ringers Dakota's Edition📚

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It Calls Me Home.

Horror Novel by Sharina L Martin

As the world around me fell into chaos, the world in my head seemingly fell into place.

Prologue

Ember stands at the edge of the pool ready to get in, but she stops. She doesn’t know what stops her. Her sudden halt almost came naturally even though it wasn’t exactly what she intended to do. She begins watching as everyone enjoyed themselves. Splashing, shooting water guns and dancing among several other things. Her friends who were already in a Jacuzzi on the other side were relaxing and talking to each other. Ember wants to walk over to them, but her body just wont move. Her hearing begins to turn the sound around her into far echoes that begin to overlap each other. She stares at Avah and Dawn expressionless as they continue talking and laughing unaware that her eyes are on them. A calming anger washes over her like a wave, she doesn’t know why she’s angry, but there was an intensity that overcame her as her dead stare never wavered from Dawn and Avah. Like a magnet pulling at her actions, Embers eyes slowly look away from her friends then down at the clear pool water beneath her. The water shimmers and reflects the sunlight, she begins to stare into her own eyes that were looking back at her in the water’s reflection. As if slowly turning up the volume on headphones, the echoes from everyone around her got louder. She became intensely fixated on her reflection in the water; it was like she couldn’t look anywhere else even if she wanted to. Her breathing became shallow, yet her heart sped up as if it were going to burst through her chest. She could hear her rapidly beating heart as it mixed in with the sounds around her while she continued staring. But the intense echoes were no longer the sounds of people having fun, it was now the sounds of everyone’s inner thoughts, and all those thoughts were about her. She couldn’t make out what everyone was saying, it was like hundreds of mumbled sentences that only clearly spoke her name when it came up. The sounds of the voices mixed with her heartbeat became so deafeningly loud that Ember could see blood streaming down her neck from her numbed ears. Ember slowly takes a step forward and falls into the pool, it almost felt like slow motion as she got engulfed by the water. The water didn’t give her skin the cold shock factor that usually occurs because it was oddly warm. From what she remembers the pool wasn’t heated, and the day wasn’t hot enough to warm the pool naturally.So why was it so warm?

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