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The Graveyard Shift

The Graveyard Shift

Why a Booktrail?

2000s: A story of a group of misfits who meet in the local cemetery each night to unearth the secrets lurking in an open grave.

  • ISBN: 978-1035421350
  • Genre: Horror, novella

What you need to know before your trail

Every night, in the college’s ancient cemetery, five people cross paths as they work the late shift: a bartender, a rideshare driver, a hotel receptionist, the steward of the derelict church that looms over them, and the editor-in-chief of the college paper, always in search of a story.

One dark October evening in the defunct churchyard, they find a hole that wasn’t there before. A fresh, open grave where no grave should be. But who dug it, and for whom?

Before they go their separate ways, the gravedigger returns. As they trail him through the night, they realize he may be the key to a string of strange happenings around town that have made headlines for the last few weeks–and that they may be closer to the mystery than they thought.

Travel Guide

Graveyards everywhere

Now, this book is set in the USA where the author is from but there are no locations. The graveyard is not named but there’s a church named called Church of St Anthony Anchorite  and a street named Azalea street. There is a street of this very name in the VERY ATPLY named town of Shady Side. So, the map is born.

Anywhere there is a graveyard would conjure up the feelings and foreboding included in this novella!

Booktrail Boarding Pass: Graveyard Shift

Destination/location: Graveyards everywhere  Author/Guide: M L Rio  Departure Time: 2000s

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