River Spirit

The Bell Witch has been haunting Adams since 1817. She started terrorizing the Bell family in that year and continued for quite a while until the patriarch of the family, John Bell, died. During the haunting, the ghost named Old Kate, manifested in many ways. She could be heard chanting prayers, knocking on walls, moving objects, and even punching and slapping people. The local Red River church sent a committee to witness the haunting and all agreed the haunting was real. Prior to becoming president, Andrew Jackson made a visit to the Bell home to witness the paranormal infestation. He and his group were frightened away when Old Kate spooked their horses and blocked their entry. Right now, not far from where I live, the small town of Adams, Tennessee has a little over 650 people living there, and one of them is dead. Adams remains haunted.

My latest book, River Spirit, takes the old legend of the Bell Witch and adds fuel to the fire. In the book, the recent, violent rape and murder of a young woman rekindles the spirit of Old Kate. The new River Spirit is a vengeful spirit and with the magic of Old Kate becomes a powerful force all along the Red River. The River Spirit takes revenge on an unsuspecting man about once a year. When the story begins, ten men have been killed along the river and another death is due any time.

Eric Green, a native of nearby Seedy Hills, returns after years spent abroad. He begins investigating the deaths along the river, thinking they have logical explanations, without the involvement of ghosts. Working with him on the project is his old girlfriend, a true ghost believer. She plays the devil’s advocate to convince him Old Kate is the cause of the murders. What they discover surprises them both.

Readers will remember Eric Green from the 2014 book, Seedy Hills An Odd Little Town. Seedy Hills is a city plagued by several paranormal events ranging from the likes of ghosts to vampires. Bigfoot even visits occasionally, along with the men-in-black when UFOs are seen above Walmart. In Seedy Hills, Eric Green is working as a reporter for the newspaper and looks into all the weird cases.

Seedy Hills, An Odd Little Town is available as an E-book at Smashwords.com and Amazon.com. It will be released as a paperback at Amazon in early 2021. River Spirit is available for Preorder today as a Kindle e-book at Amazon.com. The paperback releases on Dec 11^th, and all preorders will be delivered then as well.

Place your pre-order today! When you pre-order a book on Amazon, it helps the author by improving the book’s ranking. You can preorder River Spirit at: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NZX4L8M

You can get the companion book, Seedy Hills, An Odd Little Town at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010TO6J4M

If you join the author’s Readers Group, you can get Seedy Hills FREE at Smashwords by following this link: http://www.douglasdaech.yolasite.com and click on FREE.

You can learn more about the Bell Witch at https://www.bellwitchcave.com/ghost_hauntings/bell_witch_legend.htm

Watch for River Spirit, the release date is Dec. 11, 2020