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The Dead Children's Playground

American Horrors, Book 1

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The Dead Children's Playground

By: James Kaine
Narrated by: Melinda Melendez
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A cemetery filled with innocents. A ghostly chill in the air. Will a short walk through the woods awaken a dark power?

Kylie Macklin is eager to live a normal life. Freshly moved from Florida to Alabama and finally in remission from cancer, the optimistic nine-year-old is used to dodging her overprotective mom’s warnings. So when a new playmate invites her to hang out, the happy girl thinks nothing of the playground being located in a graveyard for young victims of the Spanish Flu… and a local serial killer.

Kayla Macklin hates starting over. Forced to relocate after her little sister’s recovery, the sullen nineteen-year-old despises her new home more when she sees a terrifying vision in the nearby crypt. And as kids around town start to fall gravely ill, she begins to suspect there is something sinister at play.

Tormented by a frightening specter’s ever-closer appearances, Kylie turns to her older sibling for help. But as Kayla digs into the history of the haunted ground, the twisted truths she discovers hint at a bloodthirst that can never be sated.

Can they face down the malevolent force without tripping into their own graves?

The Dead Children’s Playground is the bone-chilling first book in the American Horrors series. If you like dark twists, scary puzzles, and poignant moments, then you’ll love James Kaine’s supernatural spine-tingler.

Buy The Dead Children’s Playground to start a fatal game today!

©2024 James Kaine (P)2024 James Kaine
Horror Suspense Thriller & Suspense Haunted Ghost Scary Exciting Paranormal

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James Kaine does it again with a fantastically creepy ghost story. This will emotionally hit you and have you creeped out all at once and I won’t spoil anything but it will have you an emotional mess before it ends.

James has become one of my favourite horror authors and his work continues to impress.

Absolutely fantastic

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I absolutely loved this such a hard thing for children to go through but wow what a story you can tell your children and grandchildren

Dead children’s playground

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These characters felt so real. The story really grabs your attention and grips your emotions as you read about little Kylie who had suffered from cancer and her sister kayla face an evil entity that threatens the lives of all the children in the town they recently moved to. The epilogue was so sad!! I recommend this story to anyone who lives a creepy demonic story.

Heartbreaking horror

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This was a fantastic horror. It had everything, even tears! What could be more creepy than a playground full of ghost children in a cemetery.

brilliant

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This was a brilliant ghost story. It had all the usual tropes. Creepy kid ghost, evil spirits etc, however I feel that Kaine added more texture and dimension to the story with the character development.
Thoroughly enjoyed and thought the narrator was great

Creepy kids, creepy ghosts

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After surviving cancer, Kylie and her family make a move to a new town, and she’s eager to finally get to live as a normal kid. Imagine her excitement when she sees a playground right outside and even more than that? Friends. But this town has a dark past, and you know what they say about history. It has a way of repeating itself.

Creepy ghost kids and an ancient demon? Count me in!

I loved literally everything about this book. I’m usually not a big fan of ghost/demon stories, but this one blew me away. The way the author all the paranormal elements together I thought was very well done.

I think what really made this story work so well was how carefully he crafted the characters, particularly Kayla and Kylie. They felt like real people and their bond really made the suspenseful parts of the story that much more intense.

That ending was completely unexpected. It isn’t very often that a book makes me weep, but that last chapter? Yep. That did it.

All in all, this was a wonderful book. Very suspenseful and emotional. Dare I say haunting? Looking forward to more books in the series!

Haunting

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A lovely (and creepy) coming of age ghost story, it has plenty to spook you, but also packs a lot of heart, heartache and what it means to be human.
I recently realised that hauntings are not my favourite trope, but this book had me hooked. Well written, well rounded characters, honestly can't fault it in any way.
If you enjoy ghost stories, then this one is not to be missed!

ghost story with a heart

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I honestly loved this story. Not my usual read but the story intrigued me. it was creepy and hardhitting in just the right ways. it'll leave you an emotional mess by the end. I did struggle to gel with the narrator at first but it didn't take long to fall into the story. it'll have you cheering the characters on and feeling the highs and lows with them on the journey. thoroughly enjoyed this read from the author and will absolutely be continuing the series as it releases.

emotional rollercoaster

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