Josh Aterovis

It's coming!

Thank you for reading, Parker!

Thank you!

Thank you for reading!

I woke up with a gasp, sitting bolt upright. Now that the faceless man had a face, he’d stopped haunting my dreams, but the nightmares hadn’t stopped. He’d just been replaced by fire and Todd’s unseeing stare. Seth sometimes still made guest appearances, but his presence felt more comforting than anything. He could transform a nightmare into a good dream simply by his arrival. He hadn’t shown up tonight, however—only the flames. I was concentrating on my breathing, trying to ca

I stared down at the phone in shock. “What’s going on?” Asher asked. “Should I call the police?” “No!” My head was spinning. The room grew darker. I gasped for breath, then suddenly everything went black. I was in the park, lying on the ground looking up at the dark outline of the killer looming over me. An excruciating pain shot through my side, and the taste of fear was sour in the back of my throat. All at once, the figure above me morphed into Asher. He knelt do

@Geron Kees I've read so much of your stuff on here because it's all excellent, but there are a few things I haven't read yet. After Tuesday night, I needed some comfort, and one of the things I like most about your writing, aside from the way you capture people and personalities so vividly, is the way your stories feel like a warm hug. I picked this one at random, but is anything in this world really random? I feel like I needed to read these words right now, when the country feels so full of hate and the future suddenly feels very scary. I needed to be reminded that it's the ones who love you who really matter, and they'll always outweigh the rest. Thanks for your stories. Thanks for these words. Thanks for sharing your gift. You make the world a better, more tolerable place.

I love reading all your theories! Some of them so good it almost makes me want to rewrite an ending I wrote 25 years ago! (More than I already have, anyway...) All will be revealed soon...and hopefully, it will be a satisfactory ending.

Finally caught up! Excellent as always. It's always so nice to be back with these guys again. Can't wait for the next installment.

The next few weeks passed by in a rose-colored haze that only someone who has experienced those first intoxicating days of a new love can understand. Everything revolved around Asher. Nothing else seemed to matter—or if it did, it did so only in the abstract, as if it were all far removed from us. I did keep up with the developments on Seth’s and Zack’s murders, even though those seemed to be few and far between. At least the police were now taking both killings seriously. Publicly, they i

Sure, we'll go with that... (he says knowing his first book is 25 years old...)

Since my car was now considered evidence in a murder, it was still impounded come Monday morning, which meant that Adam had to drive me to school. He had to take Kane to finish his enrollment anyway, but it also meant we’d both have to be picked up after. I missed my car already. I looked for Asher first thing after I arrived. We’d decided not to act any differently at school, but I knew the first day back after Zack’s death would be tough and I wanted to touch base with him. Despite his g

Ahhh! A new adventure! I'm out of town for my birthday (I'll consider this my birthday present), but look forward to reading it when I'm home!

“Oh, shit!” I gasped. I could still hear the sound of the party coming from the backyard, but the distance muffled it, making it seem farther away than it was. I suddenly felt very vulnerable standing out in the street in the dark. “Killian?” Kane sounded scared. I knew how he felt. “Come on.” I grabbed his wrist and practically dragged him back toward the house. “What are we going to do?” Kane whispered. “We’re gonna call the police from the safety of the house.” J

Saturday morning started with an enormous family breakfast—cooked by Steve since Adam had overindulged the night before and was quite hungover. Afterward, I volunteered to take Kane around to get a few more things he needed since Adam was still under the weather. It also allowed us to spend more time together, getting to know each other better. We had a great time running errands and just being silly, but, in the back of my mind, my thoughts kept drifting back to Seth’s journal and the identity

Yeah, that's the DC suburbs. Montgomery, Prince Georges and Baltimore City. That's about all the blue you get, but because that's where the population centers are, we skew blue, thankfully.

Ouija boards were invented in Baltimore! I have five, two are older Parker Brothers boards from the '60s and '70s, but the other three are William Fuld boards made in Baltimore. One is over 100 years old and another is close. I need a good crystal ball for my collection...

So true. If it wasn't for DC and Baltimore, Maryland would be VERY red.

The fate of the Cav Crawford series is currently up in the air, but I'll keep everyone updated on my website and social media. Sorry for the wait for chapters! I was heavily rewriting Bleeding Hearts, so I needed to leave time to work ahead. Plus, I personally prefer the weekly episode model for most things, especially TV, as it allows me time to talk to friends about it, speculate, process and digest. I'm generally not much of a binge watcher. Even when an entire series drops all at once, I'm more likely to watch an episode or two at a time. That said, I am definitely a binge reader and will usually finish a book I am enjoying in a day or two. So I do sympathize. Maybe I'll take a poll after Bleeding Hearts is finished and see what method the majority of folks prefer.

My mind raced as I tried to decide what to say. How much had he heard? If he’d been there for more than a few minutes he’d heard me tell Jake that I liked him. “Uh, yeah, Jake Sheridan,” I said lamely. Asher closed his eyes for a second, then opened them again. Pain flashed out of them like the beam from a lighthouse. “So...you’re not dating Gilly...but you are dating her twin brother?” “I’m not dating Jake.” “But you like him.” “Asher—” I wasn’t sure where I was going wi

Love Orville and Willy. Their duet was just perfect. I've had the pleasure of running into John around town many times (we frequent some of the same bars) and I've been to his house twice. He's far too kind to kill anyone. Now, if Divine were still alive... Thank you!

Adam's short story fills in a lot of their backstory. It's called Eden Revisited, and it'll come out after Bleeding Hearts wraps up.

Yep. That's where I grew up! (It's still largely like that, though it has shifted ever so slightly in the last 25 years...)

Thank you!