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Storm Lake: A Short Horror Story Prequel to The Hunted Kindle Edition
Thirteen-year-old Rachel and her little brother are looking forward to a weekend of canoeing and spending time with their friends up at the family cottage on Storm Lake. But something terrifying has birthed from the trees, and the kids find themselves trapped in an isolated marina fighting for their lives. Can the children find a way out before they become the creatures’ next meal? Storm Lake is the terrifying prequel to the action-packed horror novel The Hunted. Buy now and read this gripping, fast-paced horror story.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateDecember 16, 2014
- File size4034 KB
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- ASIN : B00R4MKS3G
- Publisher : Val Tobin (December 16, 2014)
- Publication date : December 16, 2014
- Language : English
- File size : 4034 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 54 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,927,974 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,107 in 90-Minute Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Short Reads
- #2,881 in Horror Suspense
- #9,939 in 90-Minute Literature & Fiction Short Reads
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About the author

Val Tobin writes stories worth losing sleep over, drawing on her shady past as a software/web developer and her master's degree in parapsychology. No butter tart is safe when she's around, especially if there's tequila to go with it.
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It's a fairy good story, the ending is very open ended though, I didn't need the storyline to finish or wrap up but would have liked a bit more for the alive characters than what we have here. The way it is, the short story could easily become a much longer novel down the track if the author chose to turn it into one.
This is a fast paced, suspenseful story that draws you in. I did not notice the "over use of British terms" one reviewer complained about. In no way did it distract from the reading for me, so perhaps that was just one reader's experience. The only thing I could say that I would have liked was for this story to be a bit longer. Such a well written piece could easily become an 80k novel, or perhaps a serial? Will definitely be checking out more from this intriguing author.
I loved the level of detail in the first half. The author paints such a vivid picture of the action and surroundings you almost feel like you’re there. By the time her main character adjusted to the chill, MY feet were starting to feel cold.
Overall, this is a well written short piece by an author with obvious talent. My only complaint is that it should have been much longer. In the second half of the piece, the pace picks up substantially, but the details drop off. I felt that her descriptions of the “creatures” in particular would have benefited from a lot more detail. I must also admit that I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the ending. I wanted more.
Storm Lake was a quick read that kept me interested to the very end. The characters are likeable and intriguing, the storyline is well-written and fast paced, and the suspense sucks you in and keeps you wanting more.
This story does end on a cliff-hanger, leaving you wondering what will happen next and how the story will proceed. I assume this was done intentionally. Normally, I’m opposed to this technique, but as a prequel to a series — in this instance — it works well. I look forward to finding out what happens in the next story and how these children slay their monsters. If you enjoy a good suspenseful horror story, you should definitely give this one a try.
While neither the electricity went out that night nor did I get around to reading the story until a day or two later, I don't really have much to say other than I enjoyed the story. Enough I read it in one sitting. The only other thing I'd say is I did think it's a story that was worth fleshing out a little more, both in the story itself and in sequels. Particularly with the way this story ends.
That being said the story totally sucked me in the whole way. I curled further and further into a ball while reading it as each of the children's protectors failed. I was scared, terrified, and ready to put a metal room on my house by the end of the forty-one pages.
Then the writer in me started analyzing how the story was built. Classic start of normality so you care about the character and the introduction of the sinister without it being sinister - then danger is hinted at, then observed, then shown, then brutally thrust into the characters lives. A moment of slow to capture your breath and reestablish caring for these characters (far deeper than you should for a short story), then it gets worse and worse. They do everything right, but this is a horror story. Each time you think the stakes can't get any higher, they do.
If you want to figure out how to write a good horror story, this would be a wonderful one to study. Well done, Ms. Tobin. Very well done.
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Several dead and mutilated bodies and other equally horrific scenes later that wouldn’t be out of place in zombie fest, what follows is a desperate fight for survival.
The abrupt and inconclusive ending, far from being frustrating or a disappointment, is one that leaves the reader the opportunity to let their imagination run wild, especially knowing there is will soon be a full novel-length sequel to this, and one that I’ll definitely be reading – a well-deserved five blood dripping stars for this one.

The tale begins at a leisurely pace, introducing a mother and two children driving out to their remote lakeside retreat in Ontario. Once they arrive at the marina near their hideaway, things start to pick up a pace. There are unexplained disappearances according to other folk they meet on arrival. The family dog finds something unusual in the bushes ... and there are shadows moving through the trees. It’s time to read between the fingers.
Suspense is layered from that point onwards and the pace picks up and increases right to the end. The characterisation and imagery are done well, and so too is how the story reaches its conclusion. There are those who will say that it ends suddenly, or could have been taken a stage further. I would disagree, because the author has left enough information and scope to allow readers to come to their own conclusions. In this story – that is a good thing.
If you like this story, you should check out the author’s longer works.



I won't go into much detail about the characters or plot, as typical of this genre, some are destined to die grizzly deaths and there are things creeping around in the dark, but there was enough information about the 'core' family and their dog that you didn't want certain things to happen!
I don't usually like this genre, I struggle with the 'family member who gets mutilated in front of you, but never mind, let's carry on' type of thing, but I can appreciate a well-written story, so if you like dark, scary, horror books, this well-written, fast-paced book is definitely for you.