Monster Behind the Wheel
by Michael McCarty
As a child, Jeremy Carmichael fell from a Ferris wheel at a carnival. When he landed on a beautiful young woman, his fall was broken. Unfortunately, so was the woman’s spine. Years later, while delivering pizzas, Jeremy is injured in a car accident . . . that opens the gates between the worlds of the living and the dead, awakening the spirit of cruel Frank Edmondson. Frank, the policeman who arrived at the scene of that carnival accident long ago, was that woman’s lover. Now, ready for revenge, Frank devises a cunning plan. Soon Jeremy finds himself visiting the realm of the dead in dreams and visions. Is this Frank’s doing, or is there another explanation? Using a sleek muscle car called Monster, Frank gains control over Jeremy’s life. But what Frank doesn't know is that he’s tampering with the fate of the entire universe . . . because Jeremy isn't your average pizza delivery boy, and all hell is about to break loose—literally.About the AuthorMichael McCarty is a three-time Bram Stoker Finalist and the author of over 30 books, including CONVERSATIONS WITH KRESKIN, LIQUID DIET, MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL (with Mark McLaughlin), PARTNERS IN SLIME (with Mark McLaughlin), ESOTERIA-LAND, MODERN MYTHMAKERS, A HELL OF A JOB, I KISSED A GHOUL, LOST GIRL OF THE LAKE (with Joe McKinney), and many more.Mark McLaughlin is a Bram Stoker Award-winning writer whose latest book is the Mythos-inspired horror collection, BEST LITTLE WITCH-HOUSE IN ARKHAM. His writings have appeared in more than one-thousand magazines, newspapers, websites, and anthologies, including Galaxy, Fangoria, Writer's Digest, Cemetery Dance, and two volumes each of THE BEST OF HORRORFIND and THE YEAR'S BEST HORROR STORIES (DAW Books). Other collections of Mark's fiction include BEACH BLANKET ZOMBIE, MOTIVATIONAL SHRIEKER, and SLIME AFTER SLIME, among others. He won a Stoker Award for Poetry, along with Rain Graves and David Niall Wilson, for THE GOSSAMER EYE.