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The Hole in Page Eleven

S Richard Betterton

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The Hole in Page Eleven

S Richard Betterton

A wall, some keys, a secret room and an old newspaper - not enough to prepare Amber and Liam for where they're heading.

Liam spent years wondering what lies on the other side of that wall. The day he finds out, a packet of crisps seals his friendship with Amber. But their meeting will have consequences they could never have imagined.

A series of discoveries in Amber's ancient house lead them over twenty years back to the past. And their presence in 1989 has the most unexpected and terrible consequences.

Well-meant intentions lead them spiralling towards disaster, unless they can break the worsening chain of events. But if the route back to the present is destroyed, will they be able to avoid their own demise?

Complete at 70,000 words. Aimed at 11-13 year-olds.

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Phasmatis: Back to Life

Simon Betterton

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Phasmatis: Back to Life

Simon Betterton

They're kids. They die. That's not the way it should be.
Alice and Luke need to get back and sort things out. But how?

Alice and Luke's lives ended way too soon. Things unfinished. Problems to solve. Revenge.

But you can't become a ghost without learning the chains. Wearing a white sheet is more complicated than it looks, and walking through a wall could lead to a bump on the nose.

If spectral education has its problems, a malevolent force at work in Phasmatis leads to even greater dangers, and Alice and Luke's very existence is on the line. They can't die, but they can double-die. And that's much, much worse. They might end up fighting for more than just their lives.

The first in the Phasmatis Trilogy.

11 of 45 chapters uploaded. Complete at 68,000 words.
Aimed at 12-14 year-olds.

watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sih2GCrxPY0

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Doubts

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Doubts

Simon Betterton

Mind games, manipulation, memory loss. Maybe murder.
Dreams, deception, dice, dark motives. Definite Doubts.

Before the incident David was as normal as any other teenager. Afterwards things are hazy, memories are unsure. There are gaps in his consciousness and imagination has stepped in to fill the breach.

A mysterious phone call leads him on a journey of dangerous discovery. His quest will shape not only his future but also his past and lead him to confront the darkest of memories. What he thought was real may have only been dreams. And what he believed to be dreams may turn out to be real.

Only he knows if he has killed someone, but the answer will not reveal itself without a fight.

9 of 42 chapters uploaded. Complete at 67,500 words.

Aimed at 14 to 114 year-olds.
ie. from the upper end of YA to AA (ancient adult).

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