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    The Beyond
    The Beyond
    The Beyond
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    The Beyond

    By Uncle Richard

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    Jim hears an eerie, giggling noise that no one else in his family does. The noise comes from a place where he is not allowed to go alone—"The Beyond."
    Jim talks his Uncle Richard into going with him on a journey--a scary adventure to confront the mysterious giggler living in the dark and mysterious Beyond.
    Along their journey, Jim must also face his own fears of the dark, the strange, and the unknown.
    Once in its darkness, Jim is attacked by the mysterious giggler. Jim must then use his head to outwit the bullying thing in a three-part challenge to save both a baby and himself and to bring them all to safety.
    This tale weaves the excitement of suspense and the delight of fright into a journey of discovery–for Jim and readers alike.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRLSpencer Communications
    Release dateApr 4, 2015
    ISBN9781310434211
    The Beyond
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    Uncle Richard

    “Uncle” is an honorary title bestowed on a close, male friend embraced by a good Southern family. When my friends Ed and Janice so embraced me, I was lucky enough and honored to become “Uncle Richard” to their two children. When their daughter (now my niece Jenny) married, I became Uncle Richard to her husband and, eventually, to their two children. “Uncle Richard” became the perfect persona to write stories for all nephews and nieces everywhere.

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      Book preview

      The Beyond - Uncle Richard

      The Beyond:

      Jim

      Encounters

      . . . . .

      by

      Uncle Richard

      Editor William A. Kopke

      Copyright 2015 RLSpencer Communications

      J&B Adventures

      Smashwords Edition

      Dedication

      To Roger Stevens for guiding me into The Beyond of Smashwords publishing.

      Cover

      by Bear

      Original photo by badeendjuh. IMG_2931.jpg. www.morguefile.com

      Special appreciation to

      Edgar Allen Poe

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Smashwords Editions, License Notes

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. Please do not copy, transfer, resell, or given away this e-book to other people. See additional License Notes after this story.

      Table of Contents

      Prologue

      Chapter 1: The Tale Teller

      Chapter 2: The Noise

      Chapter 3: The Beyond

      Chapter 4: Tit for Tat Upmanship

      Chapter 5: Winnings

      Chapter 6: Decisions Decisions Decisions

      Chapter 7: Papahood 101

      Chapter 8: Flying the Friendly Skies

      Epilogue

      Thanks and Reviews

      About the Author

      Prologue

      (a short story before the main story begins)

      Stop it! Stop it!! Stop it!!! Jim screamed. "Stop making that noise!" he wanted to scream as loudly as he could.

      Jim quickly glanced around. No one was looking at him.

      Good, he thought. He had wanted to scream out loud, but hadn’t.

      Why is everyone acting as if they don't hear it?

      Around the kitchen counter, Jim’s Mom and Dad were casually discussing things they needed to do after breakfast. His sister Catherine was calmly picking berries out of her cereal bowl and arranging them on her highchair tray.

      Jim kept his head down, kept eating, but also kept glancing sideways at his family.

      How can they not hear it? Are they all deaf? Are they just pretending not to hear it? Are they playing a joke on me?

      "he-he, he-he, he," came the noise.

      There it is again. To Jim, the eerie noise sounded a little like snorting or giggling.

      Maybe it's a wild hog? Or sick dog? Or some kid from school . . . trying to scare me. Yes, it does kinda sound like a squeaky, little kid's voice. Only deeper. Maybe he's giggling inside a barrel to sound bigger. Maybe he's trying to make his voice bigger and scarier. But I’m not scared. I’m NOT!

      What did scare Jim, however, was that no one else seemed to hear it.

      He peeked at his Dad, who had turned his attention to reading the newspaper. He studied his Mom; she looked a bit puzzled about something, yet continued washing breakfast dishes.

      Am I going crazy?

      "he-he, he-he, he."

      No. I can hear it coming from outside.

      Jim turned slightly toward the double, glass doors at the far end of the living room. Sitting at the kitchen counter, Jim could still see through the glass doors. He could see over the deck, across the backyard and its carefully cut grass, out to . . .

      A sudden thought, a terrifying thought, struck Jim. The eerie noise couldn't be coming from . . . there. Could it?

      The noise did seem to be coming from . . . there, coming and growing louder and

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