The Missing:
The Curious Cases of Will Winchester and the Black Cross
by Jerico Lenk
The Curious Cases of Will Winchester and the Black Cross
by Jerico Lenk
Publication Date: October 10, 2017
Publisher: Month9Books
SYNOPSIS:
Dark proclivities, excess, and outlandish curiosities prevail in 1890's London. Around the city, a battle rages between the living and the dead. The Black Cross, tasked to keep the peace, are quickly losing ground.
Sixteen-year-old Willow Winchester, lives life as a boy called "Will" in his father's house of distinguished ladies, all but invisible to the wealthy Londoners who frequent. It's an easy ruse since his mother's death left his father's attention to fall upon business matters. But this isn't his only secret.
When Will unwittingly becomes involved in a Black Cross ghost hunt, his uncanny ability to sense supernatural beings comes to light and the Black Cross wants him in their service. Suddenly, Will's free to be himself.
But such freedom will come with a price, as Will fights for the acceptance of the only father he's ever known.
Now, part of a team of misfits and unlikely allies, Will finds he isn't the only one keeping secrets. Someone does not want him to uncover the truth about those who aren’t just missing from the world of the living, but missing from history itself.
Can he find the Missing before he ends up becoming one of them?
Dark proclivities, excess, and outlandish curiosities prevail in 1890's London. Around the city, a battle rages between the living and the dead. The Black Cross, tasked to keep the peace, are quickly losing ground.
Sixteen-year-old Willow Winchester, lives life as a boy called "Will" in his father's house of distinguished ladies, all but invisible to the wealthy Londoners who frequent. It's an easy ruse since his mother's death left his father's attention to fall upon business matters. But this isn't his only secret.
When Will unwittingly becomes involved in a Black Cross ghost hunt, his uncanny ability to sense supernatural beings comes to light and the Black Cross wants him in their service. Suddenly, Will's free to be himself.
But such freedom will come with a price, as Will fights for the acceptance of the only father he's ever known.
Now, part of a team of misfits and unlikely allies, Will finds he isn't the only one keeping secrets. Someone does not want him to uncover the truth about those who aren’t just missing from the world of the living, but missing from history itself.
Can he find the Missing before he ends up becoming one of them?
A conglomeration of books I’ve read (Anne Rice, Bloody Jack, The Meaning of
Night, manga like Black Butler and
D.Gray-Man, etc.), shows and movies
I’ve watched (Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures, etc.), and a writing
prompt given to me by a friend that isn’t PG-13 enough to be appropriate for a
blog post.
2) Are there any hidden themes in the book that you hope readers will discover?
Only the ones I didn’t even realize I stuck in there. Which happens. A
lot.
3) Are any of the characters based on real people you know?
I think everyone can find a little bit of themselves in any character; fiction
writing, a writer’s entire body of work, is often an accidental memoir. So,
yes. Probably.
4) Who has influenced you most as a writer?
Anne Rice. Michael Cox. Chuck Palahniuk. Stephen King. Caseyvalhalla.
Madeline Miller and Mary Renault.
5) If you could have any three literary characters over to your place for game night, who would you invite, what would you play, what would you serve, and why?
Marius de Romanus, Lestat de Lioncourt, and Louis de Pointe du Lac, to
play something probably only Lestat really wants to play, though he might just
talk most of the time. Obviously we’ll have someone there to snack on, or we’d have
pre-funked. Oh, I forgot to mention, I’m Armand in this scenario.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Undergraduate studying Creative Writing, Classics, Russian
and Western European History. Unabashed weeb probably burning incense and
drinking too much coffee at this very moment. Out for queer representation and
great sex hair. Beyond ready for the upcoming Vampire Chronicles TV series. Lenk writes Young Adult/New Adult, spec fiction, poetry, and
screenplays. He is currently unagented. His poems have appeared at/in USF Tampa’s Thread Literary
Inquiry, biannual 6x6 creative writing showcase, and placed second in National
Poetry Month 2015; Tethered By Letters’ F(r)iction Spring 2016 poetry contest
finalist; winner of the 2017 Bettye Newman Poetry award.
Giveaway Details:
· One (1) winner will receive an Echo Dot
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