Blog Tour: YESTERDAY'S GONE by Kelly Pawlik

Yesterday's Gone

by Kelly Pawlik

 

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GENRE:   horror sci-fi

 

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BLURB:

 

Book one of the Olympic Vista Chronicles  novella series follows Darius and Adelaide as they explore a house rumoured to be haunted. What they find is so much worse.

An eager new kid, a deadpan music-lover, a fast-talking troublemaker, an anxious bookworm and a girl torn between popularity and adventure. Follow this group of friends as they delve into the mysteries of their small town while juggling the trials and tribulations of their home lives.

A tale of friendship, love, and coming of age (with a healthy dose of horror) in the late 1980s.

 

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Excerpt One:

 

Darius glanced over at Adelaide. She looked out toward the playground. “So, I heard this place is weird,” he said. “Because of The Link.”

 

Adelaide’s gaze was still on the playground. Tetsu shrugged. Sophie flicked her hair over her shoulder and smiled.

 

“They do a lot of experiments there, I guess,” Kurt said. “They say it doesn’t affect us and there’s a lot of safety protocols in place. Between you and me, though,” Kurt said, leaning in, “it’s full of commies. They are the real threat.”

 

“Come on, Kurt,” Sophie said as she rolled her eyes.

 

Kurt pursed his lips and looked at the ground. “That’s what my dad says.”

 

“No one believes that. And the other stuff is just rumours,” Tetsu said. “Got nothin’ to do with commies or Nazis. It’s just some stupid science building and observatory.”

“What about the haunted house?” Darius had thought about it nonstop since he’d heard about it yesterday. He wanted to ask Dillon or the twin boys more about it, but he hadn’t seen them at the school. “Have you guys ever gone there?”

 

“What haunted house?” Adelaide’s eyes flicked back to him.

 

“The one on Hyacinth Street. It isn’t far from where I live.” Darius liked her eyes on him.

 

“That’s a really nice area,” Sophie cooed.

 

Darius shuffled a step away from Sophie. Unlike with Adelaide, he didn’t like how she looked at him.

 

“I was going to check it out.” Darius ran his hand through his hair, and looked back at Adelaide. “Tonight.”

 

Adelaide cocked her head and looked at him. “I’m in.”

 

Darius grinned.

 

 

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Review: A haunted house? Sounded like just the mystery for 12-year-old newcomer Darius.

Story carries a nice and easy narrative that engages the reader overall, but it does take a while to get going as characters get introduced and Darius gets mixed up with the local kids. In fact, they don’t get to the haunted house until Chapter 4.

The author does a fairly thorough job of painting this scary and creepy house with its shadows and sounds. I mean, who doesn’t love a haunted house story, right? The plot certainly was interesting and it turns out that the mystery was more puzzling and more complex than we thought. Story didn’t move as quickly and smoothly as it should’ve, but it had all the elements that one would like in a mystery.

Overall, this was a fairly nice read.

Rating: 3 stars

 

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Kelly Pawlik dabbled with story writing from a young age. She spent her childhood reading, dressing her beloved cat, Midnight, up in doll clothes and hunting garter snakes in the backyard. Her childhood dream was to be an author and she is proud to have made her fiction debut with the Olympic Vista Chronicles novellas.

Kelly is a tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) writer and has released multiple RPG supplements with her husband under their micro-publishing company, Dire Rugrat Publishing. She has also contributed to several best-selling works with Kobold Press.

Kelly lives on Vancouver Island, BC with her husband, their three inquisitive children, and two lazy cats.

Yesterday’s Gone is available FREE at your favourite ebook retailer.

Songs from the Wood, book two in the Olympic Vista Chronicles series, is available now.

Costumes & Copiers, book three in the Olympic Vista Chronicles series, is available now.

 

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Twitter: @KellyPawlik84 or visit her website at olympicvistapublishing.com

 

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GIVEAWAY :

 

Kelly Pawlik will be awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.

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