Do You Want to Live Forever?

Name: Do You Want to Live Forever?
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ISBN: 9780244457983

✍️ R N Stephenson

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🏛 Lulu.com 📅 2019 📖 218 pages 🌐 English 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9780244457983

📝 Description: Do You Want to Live Forever?

Cassandra is haunted by the death of Mariz Sanchez, an author she exposed as a fraud. He committed suicide after extensive media exposure. Mariz' ghost has taken up residence in Cassandra's Santa Monica home and he is demanding she follows him. Into death or out of the house? She doesn't know, and the more she drinks the less sense she is making of the situation. Maybe death is her punishment. Dying would be easier than confronting the ghost, the evil of the darkness and her emotional upheaval. Some people say there are some things worse than death and to a writer, the cliche always raises the hackles. Cassandra has seen death and what she sees would even make God shudder. With a bottle of whisky in one hand and her medications in the other she decides to survive. If she doesn't die first, of course. Do You Want to Live Forever? takes place in a world of Goths, strip clubs, bars and an apartment so void of light it makes the dark of night gleam. Welcome to Cassandra's world.

💎 Our verdict on Do You Want to Live Forever?

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Stephenson delivers a visceral narrative that merges gothic haunting with raw psychological turmoil. The protagonist’s struggle against both a spectral adversary and her own deteriorating mental state creates a tense, immersive experience. The setting of Santa Monica’s dark underbelly adds a layer of noir-esque realism to the supernatural elements. While the premise relies on familiar tropes of haunted homes and alcoholic protagonists, the execution is distinctively jagged and intense. It suits readers who prefer horror that attacks the psyche as much as the senses. The tone is appropriately bleak, balancing despair with a dark, almost cynical wit. This is a solid entry for enthusiasts of urban gothic fiction who appreciate stories where survival is a fragile, uncertain prize.

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Horror Reads editorial team

Stephenson delivers a visceral narrative that merges gothic haunting with raw psychological turmoil. The protagonist’s struggle against both a spectral adversary and her own deteriorating mental state creates a tense, immersive experience. The setting of Santa Monica’s dark underbelly adds a layer of noir-esque realism to the supernatural elements. While the premise relies on familiar tropes of haunted homes and alcoholic protagonists, the execution is distinctively jagged and intense. It suits readers who prefer horror that attacks the psyche as much as the senses. The tone is appropriately bleak, balancing despair with a dark, almost cynical wit. This is a solid entry for enthusiasts of urban gothic fiction who appreciate stories where survival is a fragile, uncertain prize.