The Punishment Room: A Short Story [Kindle Edition]

Brian James Freeman (Author)

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"There is a great temptation to discuss and describe each one of the astounding tales in Brian James Freeman's latest collection of short stories but to do that would diminish the profound impact each one will have on readers who must discover the hope and the darkness themselves. What I can say is that each will leave you greatly moved and a bit disoriented, as a truth is uncovered, a hope is concealed, a terror is faced, a horror is revealed... You will lose yourself in these pages."

-- Ron McLarty, author of The Memory of Running, Traveler, and The Dropper

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The Punishment Room: A Short Story

"Michael wasn't sure exactly how long he had been chained naked to the floor of the Big Man's Punishment Room, but he did know the Big Man would be coming back soon. Then the bleeding and the screaming and the torture would start again."

Assuming Michael manages to escape The Punishment Room with his sanity and his life, he isn't sure if he'll be able to go on living with the knowledge of what he did to survive...

But then again, that's a dilemma he wouldn't mind confronting, given the finality of the alternative...

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 67 KB
• Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications (July 3, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003UNLJB8
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #231,032 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Brian James Freeman sold his first short story when he was fourteen years old and his first novel when he was twenty-four. His short stories, essays, novellas, and novels have been published by Warner Books, Leisure, Cemetery Dance, Borderlands Press, Book-of-the-Month Club, and many others.

His newest book-length work of fiction is The Painted Darkness, which took the Internet by storm during the summer of 2010 and will be published in hardcover in December 2010 by Cemetery Dance Publications. The Painted Darkness was also offered as the "Free eBook of the Month" by WOWIO.com in October 2010, and within two weeks it became the most downloaded title in the program's history.

Brian's short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies since 1994 including From the Borderlands (Warner Books), Borderlands 5 (Borderlands Press), Corpse Blossoms (Creeping Hemlock Press), and all six volumes of the acclaimed Shivers anthology series (Cemetery Dance Publications).

Brian is currently the managing editor of Cemetery Dance magazine, where his column "The Final Question" appears. His essays, columns, and interviews have been published in The Stephen King Library Desk Calendar 2009 (Book of the Month Club), The Stephen King Library Desk Calendar 2010 (Book of the Month Club), Jobs in Hell, Hellnotes, and Cemetery Dance.

Brian is also the publisher of Lonely Road Books where he has worked with Stephen King, Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan, Mick Garris, Stewart O'Nan, and other acclaimed authors. You can learn more on the official Lonely Road Books website at LonelyRoadBooks.com

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4.0 out of 5 stars Well written, but..., January 30, 2012

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This review is from: The Punishment Room: A Short Story (Kindle Edition)

Well written, carefully crafted, powerful, and possibly one of the most disturbing pieces of fiction I've ever read. Worth reading, but... have a care.