A Firefighter Christmas Carol and Other Short Stories — Douglas R. Brown

Life doesn’t always end at death.Firefighters, serial killers, ghosts, and the mentally ill comprise this short story collection.Supernatural suspense combines with psychological terror in this collection of six creepy tales exploring humanity’s darkest impulses.A burned-out firefighter with PTSD receives a succession of ghostly visitors trying to help him face his demons before it’s too late in a modern reimagining of Charles Dickens's famous A Christmas Carol. A solitary night janitor battles a sinister man in black. A firefighter fails to heed an otherworldly warning. A happily married man spirals into obsession over a comment by an internet troll. A man runs for his life down a dark country lane pursued by a stranger with murder in mind. A paramedic’s haunting secret threatens to destroy her life.Written from the soul of a firefighter/paramedic who has seen his own struggles, A Firefighter Christmas Carol and Other Stories is an emotional rollercoaster from beginning to end.