Jack’s Regret
by Michelle Joy Gallagher
“Jack hadn’t slept since he drowned Elise. He hadn’t set out to hurt her. She’d just said so many things that wounded him in short order, leaving him no time to recover. The passion and fire in her that first drew his eye quickly left him burned. It left no working patience in him. They had been walking along the shore when she’d brought up Beatrice. Beatrice. Why had he ever given her the time of day?”
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I spent a whole evening with your names. I know almost all of them by heart. Names are a sacred thing. The sound and the shape of them. I’m honored and I’m glad to know them, to be able to arrange them, to give them a place in a very important part of my life that you helped make a reality. The manuscript for Last Road is in the hands of the printer. Vodka and cranberry to celebrate. Another to toast you.
The Kickstarter campaign for Last Road to the Backwoods is heating up. As a thank you to our backers, we have added free swag with every physical tier pledge
You will now receive a bookmark, sticker and print with your pre-order of a physical copy!
We also celebrated hitting the $5k mark by adding a thank you page to the printed and digital editions listing the names of all of our wonderful backers, as well as including chapter 1 of our as-yet-untitled sequel as an epilogue.
At the time of my writing this, We are only $812 from being fully funded! Thank you all for your incredible support!!
If unsettling, dark fiction with a twist of occult noir sounds interesting to you, consider pledging here: http://kck.st/30Vxaqp
Kickstarter has chosen Last Road to the Backwoods as a “Project We Love”! Which has thrilled us! We hope that you take the time to check out what the fuss is about: http://kck.st/30Vxaqp
Enjoy this sneak peek of some interior art Matt has been working on:
As well as this excerpt from an early chapter, regarding Agent John Elyard :
Come be unsettled with us!
Last Road to the Backwoods is a horror noir novel set in 1930’s small town America. H.P Lovecraft meets Twin Peaks. Check it out at the link below!
The novel my husband Matt Soffe and I wrote is going live on Kickstarter later this week! If you love horror or noir or just downright odd and unsettling fiction, check out our preview page and sign up for notifications when it goes live. Thank you so much for your readership! I’m beyond excited to share our story with you!
Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe 