The Green-Eyed Monster

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By Mike Robinson

Publisher Description

Twilight Falls is just your standard northern California town, right? It's not a playground for anything dark and unfathomable, right?

WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Horror Fiction

Editor's Choice at HorrorNovelReviews: "Among the Top 10 Horror Novels of All-Time"

"Absolutely magnificent." ~ Shannon McGrew, Nightmarish Conjurings

"Literary horror... Every page is full of insight, matched only by the high standard of the writing." ~ Tom Conrad, The Indie Pendant

Martin Smith and John Becker: bestselling authors with ordinary names and extraordinary minds. Rivals since childhood, they are natives of the northern California town of Twilight Falls, and famous for their uncanny similarity in both physical manner and literary voice. When one of them ends up dead at the other's home, an investigation is launched into their dark past, revealing a series of troubling stories from their childhood, adolescence, and careers.

All throughout, there lurks a sinister presence—an authorial entity with roots beyond our time or dimension, an entity with far-reaching designs.

EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS the first book in the chilling "Enigma of Twilight Falls" series, where dark, terrifying, unimaginable events will rise up to haunt your dreams.

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3.0

Shawna

Created over 11 years ago

“3.5 stars Two baby boys, John Becker and Martin Smith, born at the exact same time, in the exact same hospital, on the night of a raging storm in Twilight Falls. Both boys have high intelligence, a strong competitive nature, bear a physical resemblance to each other even though they are unrelated. They are considered an oddity, a mystery - both are always within range of one another, but never interact together or with any of their peers. They are loners and don't seem to notice or care. Within the first few pages, Martin Smith has shot and killed John Becker. But why? Was it self defence or was it something more? This is the mystery that has to be unraveled. Mrs. Anne Chatsworth is the boys first grade teacher and describes what her classroom was like that particular year. The roster of students turned out to be abnormially advanced in all subjects taught. Even students that previously struggled in certain areas appeared to be thriving. Sure, John and Martin were rather strange, but they were exceptionally smart, and very creative. Mrs. Chatsworth requested an interview with both sets of parents to discuss the anti-social behaviour and competitive nature of both, as well as inquire about this "grandfather" these boys so often mentioned. She felt that the boys might be more suited for a school devoted to gifted children and the parents after some hesitation agreed. Once John and Martin were transferred out of the school things began to change. The class was not doing so well as a whole. Grades were dropping, work became sloppier and Anne herself ended up committing the unthinkable. Then we meet Harry Zwieg. Harry is a boy who enjoys video games and comics and doesn't have many friends. He joins the highschool newspaper and decides to write a series of compare and contrast articles about John and Martin. Everyone in the highschool knows of the boys...but noone really KNOWS the boys. They are still just as strange as they were in their younger years, and still a mystery to those around them. Things begin to happen for Harry during that year...good things at first. But that starts to change as Harry becomes more involved in the story of John and Martin. As John and Martin feverishly write an assignment in the library, Harry does the unthinkable. I found the book overall to be a very original story, one that took me by surprise and kept me reading until the end. In some places, I could feel the evil oozing out of the page, seeping between the words. It's creepy....very creepy. However, in other places, I found the explanation of it all to be confusing at first, and had to re-read several parts for it to sink in. The entire story is a dark tale and reminicent of an old "Twilight Zone" episode. I don't know if I'll ever look at a butterfly the same again..... Definitely worth picking up if you enjoy a mystery noir! :) *****received free from publisher in exchange for an honest review*****”

About Mike Robinson

AUTHOR:

A writer since age six, Mike Robinson is the award-winning author of ten books, including the dark urban fantasy trilogy “The Enigma of Twilight Falls” (The Green-Eyed Monster; Negative Space; Waking Gods). His short fiction has appeared in over twenty outlets, and he has sold work to Amazon Audible. He's received honors from Writers of the Future, Publishers Weekly's BookLife Prize, the Maxy Awards, the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards, and more. A native of Los Angeles, he is a charter member of The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society (GLAWS), a freelance book editor and book coach, as well as an active screenwriter and producer. A short sci-fi thriller he co-wrote, Chrysaline, is on ThinkShorts and making the film festival rounds.

EDITOR:

My initial editing experience came in the swarms of prose I pumped out into the world, only occasionally into the world of actual magazines, anthologies or e-zines. Soon, as I began selling more regularly, and as publishers took note of my longer works, I began freelance editing.

In the past eight years, I’ve edited screenplays, memoirs, novels, children’s books and, would you believe it, epic narrative poetry. One of the novels I edited, Under the Tamarind Tree, was shortlisted among nine others for the 2014 Dundee International Book Prize. A charter member of The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society (GLAWS), I am also the managing editor of the organization’s official publication, Literary Landscapes, which features stories, excerpts, articles and poetry (see issues here). In addition, I belong to the editing collective Write For Success, for which I perform manuscript critiques and consultation.