October Girls: Crystal & Bone
by L C Glazebrook
Five days until Halloween and all hell is about to break loose.And it’s
all Crystal’s fault.Momma warned her not to consort with the dead and
tried to teach her the magic spells that would close the portal to the
afterlife. But Crystal doesn’t want to be a trailer-trash witch like Momma. She
has dreams of going to community college and escaping the Appalachian town of
Parson’s Ford.Her best friend Bone is only too happy to escape the
afterlife and help Crystal break the rules. Bone died too young, and she’ll do
whatever it takes to remain among the living.Then a teen movie maker
comes to Parson’s Ford, and he has a very special project in mind: a horror
movie starring a real ghost. The kids who watch his movies turn into brainwashed
zombies. And to totally complicate matters, Crystal thinks he’s kind of a hunk,
and she’s afraid her boyfriend Pettigrew only loves her because of Momma’s magic
spells.Now it’s Halloween, the night when the portal to the afterlife is
widest, and somebody’s been messing with Momma’s potions. The fate of the world
is in Crystal’s hands, but she hasn’t been paying attention to her lessons. And
a mysterious figure in the afterlife is urging Bone to stay loyal to her own
kind instead of to Crystal.The movie is rolling, the creatures are
stirring, and the brainwashed teenagers are ready to welcome a new star from the
other side of the grave.Crystal and Bone must overcome drama queens,
coffin cuties, and mangled magic if they want to remain best friends forever—but
at this rate, forever may not last much longer.
all Crystal’s fault.Momma warned her not to consort with the dead and
tried to teach her the magic spells that would close the portal to the
afterlife. But Crystal doesn’t want to be a trailer-trash witch like Momma. She
has dreams of going to community college and escaping the Appalachian town of
Parson’s Ford.Her best friend Bone is only too happy to escape the
afterlife and help Crystal break the rules. Bone died too young, and she’ll do
whatever it takes to remain among the living.Then a teen movie maker
comes to Parson’s Ford, and he has a very special project in mind: a horror
movie starring a real ghost. The kids who watch his movies turn into brainwashed
zombies. And to totally complicate matters, Crystal thinks he’s kind of a hunk,
and she’s afraid her boyfriend Pettigrew only loves her because of Momma’s magic
spells.Now it’s Halloween, the night when the portal to the afterlife is
widest, and somebody’s been messing with Momma’s potions. The fate of the world
is in Crystal’s hands, but she hasn’t been paying attention to her lessons. And
a mysterious figure in the afterlife is urging Bone to stay loyal to her own
kind instead of to Crystal.The movie is rolling, the creatures are
stirring, and the brainwashed teenagers are ready to welcome a new star from the
other side of the grave.Crystal and Bone must overcome drama queens,
coffin cuties, and mangled magic if they want to remain best friends forever—but
at this rate, forever may not last much longer.