Author Archives: Alex Westhaven

Tastes Like Pork, Chapter 6

New installments of this serial novel are posted every week. Need to catch up? Use these links: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 Chapter 5 The next night, Silas was looking at … Continue reading

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Carving…Things

Are you a pumpkin carver? Or maybe you prefer keepin’ it old school by carving turnips. What about potato skins, orange rinds or bell peppers? When you think about it, all you really need for a passable jack ‘o lantern … Continue reading

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Tastes Like Pork, Chapter 5

New installments of this serial novel are posted every week. Need to catch up? Use these links: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 She could hear the heaviness and resignation in his … Continue reading

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The Scariest Thing

I was thinking recently about our Halloween decorations, and how different people and kids are about what they perceive as “scary”. Some kids won’t even come up the walk, because the whole mood of our yard is just way too … Continue reading

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Tastes Like Pork, Ch. 4

New installments of this serial novel are posted every week. Need to catch up? Use these links: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Rachel moved through the dark passageway by feel, having spent over a hundred … Continue reading

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Into the Earth

Sale alert! All of my ebooks are on sale this month for at least 40% off! Even better, Jack (essential reading for Halloween) in ebook format is free all month long! Find them at your favorite etailer: Amazon | Barnes … Continue reading

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Tastes Like Pork: Ch. 3 (Serial Fiction)

New installments of this serial novel are posted every week. Need to catch up? Use these links: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 Chapter 3 “It’s awfully quiet,” Silas remarked as he and Rachel watched Ms. Albright disappear into the orange-tinged … Continue reading

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Tastes Like Pork: Chapter 2

New installments of this serial novel are posted every week. Need to catch up? Use these links: Chapter 1 Tastes Like Pork – A Gruesome Gully Novel Chapter 2 “Sign here please. In blood.” Silas pointed to her name in … Continue reading

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Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Is fall “falling” in your area? It’s starting to here, gradually, like a late-night fog creeping ever-so-slowly shroud the world in mystery. I love nighttime, and I love the dark. Which is a big part of why I love fall, … Continue reading

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Friday Fiction: Tastes Like Pork, Chapter 1

Tastes Like Pork – A Gruesome Gully Novel Chapter 1 The air was a cool fifty-three degrees in the small cavern where Silas Dawson sat at a massive desk shuffling through the pages of an old black leather-bound book. He’d … Continue reading

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