Ben Larken

About me:

Ben Larken introduced readers to the roadside diner from hell in the Eppie Award-winning Pit-Stop. Now he invites you to enter a secluded apartment complex with a bloodcurdling history waiting to be unearthed in The Hollows.

Former detective David Alders is forced to downsize to an apartment after a decade of searching for his missing wife. To avoid staggering debt he and his daughter Melanie move into Whispering Hollows, a complex filled with mostly older residents--like the charmingly befuddled Eldon Mickles. The property manager Charlie also welcomes them into the Hollows family in his down-home Southern way. But their first night inside their new lodging gives Melanie the fright of her life when a burnt corpse crawls into her bed. And events only get stranger as David finds himself reliving the same day twice! Suddenly time travel is an all-too-real tool at David’s disposal, one he can use to finally return to the wife who disappeared. The ability to time travel does not come without rules. Danger and deadly consequences await anyone bold enough to break them. As David wades cautiously into the past shadowy figures loom in the background, watching events unfold and waiting for their moment to strike. When they do David will know the one awful truth of his existence:

He didn’t choose the Hollows. The Hollows chose him…

Welcome to The Hollows, a time-bending, heart-stopping love story from the man called, “One of the best upcoming writers I have had the pleasure of reading in a long time. Right up there with King, Barker and Straub.”

--John Parker, The Southern Horror Writers Association

PIT-STOP is my first novel, and it's for anyone who likes fast-paced thrillers. Here's the nutshell version:

LAST CHANCE AT REDEMPTION FOR THE NEXT MILLION YEARS…

Welcome to the Pit-Stop Grill, a roadside attraction along Arizona’s Route 66 where travelers kick up their feet while sipping a nice cup of joe. It’s a cool oasis in an unforgiving desert landscape. It’s also the last stop on the road to Hell.

Ten people find themselves in the eerie diner, unable to get out or remember how they arrived. All they know is what their cryptic waitress Holly tells them: a bus is coming. It will take them the rest of the way, to a destination of unspeakable horrors.

Led by Officer Scott Alders, the group of strangers unite with a common goal—escape. Each of them holds dark secrets, but personal demons are no match for the wraithlike tormentor that arrives bearing the nametag RAMSEY.

Driving an oily black bus with ghostly headlights and exhaust that smells of brimstone, the bus driver wastes no time picking them off one by one. As their number dwindles and the terror mounts Scott Alders realizes it will take more than a police-issued sidearm to stop the evil that tracks them. But is the power in their battered spirits enough to combat a crimson-eyed monster with a schedule to keep?

One thing is clear: you’ll think twice before making your next Pit-Stop. ***The first issues of DOROTHY RISING are out. It's a twisted tale of a twister gone horribly wrong. Get your copy from Post Mortem Studios!*** src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNDc3MTc5NTQ2NDAmcHQ9MTI*NzcxNzk2MjIwNiZwPTM4NjM2MSZkPSZuPW15c3BhY2UmZz*xJm89N2FkOTQwMDlhNDI*NGI1ODg4NDdmNWI1NGMxZmI1NmEmb2Y9MA==.gif" />..

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THE HOLLOWS - the latest from Ben Larken, author of EPPIE winner PIT-STOP!
http://www.ll-publications.com/thehollows.html

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