The Monsters I Remember

HAVING FRIENDS CAN BE MURDER! A searing novel about guilt and the loss of innocence. Sam is the new kid in town, lonely and introverted. That is all about to change when he meets Nadine and a group of kids who offer him the acceptance and friendship that he has always wanted. Soon school lets out and the long hot summer begins. And that is when the nightmare will start...

Prologue
After the boy was dead and hastily buried, we stood around for a long time wondering what to do next.No one said anything. ...

Chapter 1
Sam Wendall is fat.This is not a new observation. It doesn’t come as some kind of shock to him. No. It never did. Sa ...

Chapter 2
Nadine thinks to herself, I’m too hungover for this shit.Monday morning. Trigonometry. The fluorescent lighting in h ...

Chapter 3
I came home from school one afternoon and found Big John passed out on the couch.This was a pretty familiar state to find ...

Chapter 4
I want to interrupt the narrative for just a minute to talk about Mom.I still think about her to this very day. I can see ...

Chapter 5
“I need Jack to fix me up with some heavy shit for this weekend. Let him know I want to meet up after school.” ...

The Monsters I Remember

HAVING FRIENDS CAN BE MURDER! A searing novel about guilt and the loss of innocence. Sam is the new kid in town, lonely and introverted. That is all about to change when he meets Nadine and a group of kids who offer him the acceptance and friendship that he has always wanted. Soon school lets out and the long hot summer begins. And that is when the nightmare will start...