John Mantooth

• Mar-2012
• / Suspense
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"The living haunt the dead..." These fifteen genre-bending stories are set against a backdrop of sudden violence and profound regret, populated by characters whose circumstances and longings drive them to the point of no return... and sometimes even ...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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Two friends try to pull off a small-time heist, but recruit the wrong person to drive the getaway van. From Shoebox Train Wreck, this short story is one in a collection of sixteen genre-bending tales set against a backdrop of sudden violence and p...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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Six survivors in an underground bunker discuss the possibility of Armageddon being an elaborate hoax. From Shoebox Train Wreck, this short story is one in a collection of sixteen genre-bending tales set against a backdrop of sudden violence and pr...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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A high school senior learns about defiance on a school bus and witnesses a tragedy that he won’t soon forget. From Shoebox Train Wreck, this short story is one in a collection of sixteen genre-bending tales set against a backdrop of sudden viole...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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An out of work family man stays over at his drug-dealing buddy’s house one too many times. From Shoebox Train Wreck, this short story is one in a collection of sixteen genre-bending tales set against a backdrop of sudden violence and profound re...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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The story of three outsiders named James and their repeated attempts to fit in. From Shoebox Train Wreck, this short story is one in a collection of sixteen genre-bending tales set against a backdrop of sudden violence and profound regret, and pop...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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A school bus driver deals with the fallout from the worst decision of his life. From Shoebox Train Wreck, this short story is one in a collection of sixteen genre-bending tales set against a backdrop of sudden violence and profound regret, and pop...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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A bus driver’s route gets increasingly closer to the edge of a long drop while a young man deals with a bully and the shadow of his violent past. From Shoebox Train Wreck, this short story is one in a collection of sixteen genre-bending tales se...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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In order to save his sister and niece, a man must make a trip into the mountains where life is lived closer to the bone and violence can erupt without warning. From Shoebox Train Wreck, this short story is one in a collection of sixteen genre-bend...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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A track star must find a way to run past her family and their history of drugs and denial. From Shoebox Train Wreck, this short story is one in a collection of sixteen genre-bending tales set against a backdrop of sudden violence and profound regr...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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A man remembers a troubling incident from his youth and learns that one way or another everyone slides. From Shoebox Train Wreck, this short story is one in a collection of sixteen genre-bending tales set against a backdrop of sudden violence and ...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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A young boy finds the way to connect with his father in, of all places, the bathroom tub. From Shoebox Train Wreck, this short story is one in a collection of sixteen genre-bending tales set against a backdrop of sudden violence and profound regre...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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The pain of loss in thirteen scenes. From Shoebox Train Wreck, this short story is one in a collection of sixteen genre-bending tales set against a backdrop of sudden violence and profound regret, and populated by characters whose circumstances an...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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A man is finally faced with the consequences of his actions from years before as he discovers some mistakes can’t be buried. From Shoebox Train Wreck, this short story is one in a collection of sixteen genre-bending tales set against a backdrop ...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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Two brothers take a walk on the dark side of the wheat field and discover that some bonds are stronger than death. From Shoebox Train Wreck, this short story is one in a collection of sixteen genre-bending tales set against a backdrop of sudden vi...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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A young girl takes a journey to see what is really hidden within the belly of an ancient water tower. From Shoebox Train Wreck, this short story is one in a collection of sixteen genre-bending tales set against a backdrop of sudden violence and pr...

• May-2013
• / Psychological Suspense
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Broken Branch, Alabama, serves as a refuge for the God-fearing, a shelter from the evils of the outside world. But who will protect them from the evil within? Trudy first met Otto and James after World War I, two traveling ministers, preaching the...

• Jun-2013
• / Psychological Suspense
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In this haunting, suspenseful debut novel, John Mantooth takes readers to a town in rural Alabama where secrets are buried deep, reality is relative, and salvation requires a desperate act of faith. When Danny was fourteen, his mother and sister ...

• Dec-2022
• / Horror
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Some roads are haunted by the past. Some by ghosts. Some are even haunted by demons. The one Forest must travel is haunted by all three. When she discovers Pastor Nesmith praying to a demonic entity in her family's barn, Forest knows she must run. En...