Zak Jones : Writing

Preview/Back Cover Teaser

Preview/Back Cover Teaser

A Chapter by Zak Jones


This is a passage from a section of the book that gives a glimpse at the vivid picture of haunting violence and the mental process of the story's prot..
Chapter 1: New Beginnings

Chapter 1: New Beginnings

A Chapter by Zak Jones


I could’ve been angry at my mother for making us leave everything behind, get a “fresh start” as she called it, but when I sa..
Chapter 2: The Girl Next Door

Chapter 2: The Girl Next Door

A Chapter by Zak Jones


“Bear sleeps in my room!” Tyson exclaimed as he hopped out of the moving van and ran up to the last house I’d ever move my th..
Chapter 3: Feelin' Good In The Neighborhood

Chapter 3: Feelin' Good In The Neighborhood

A Chapter by Zak Jones


I had so much more fun with Ashley than I ever would’ve imagined. She was unlike anyone I had ever met; Chicago isn’t exactly known..
Chapter 4: My Last Peaceful Night

Chapter 4: My Last Peaceful Night

A Chapter by Zak Jones


I had blacked out. The next thing I remembered was waking up, tucked into my own bed, still in the front foyer of our new house. “Y&r..
Chapter 5: It's (Not) All In My Head

Chapter 5: It's (Not) All In My Head

A Chapter by Zak Jones


I awoke disoriented in a sweat. My room was pitch black and it didn’t take me long to realize that it had to have been over one hundred de..
Chapter 6: Deep Water

Chapter 6: Deep Water

A Chapter by Zak Jones


My heart pounded like war drums in my ears as I passed our mailbox. I circumambulated the house, checking the windows. The man was clearly still..
Chapter 7: The Silver Lining

Chapter 7: The Silver Lining

A Chapter by Zak Jones


A few days had passed since my encounter and all had been silent on the third floor. As the days went by, Halloween drew ever closer; only a few..
Defining Death

Defining Death

A Book by Zak Jones


In a new house, Isaac Palmer becomes brutally tormented mentally and physically by an unknown intruder. A sinister twist lies in wait as he desperatel..