Synopsis

Paul and Jamie Demented were victims of abuse and torment as children. They found an escape from it in music but that just wasn't enough. They wanted to be heroes by ridding the world of Monsters like they encountered as children. Monsters that are Humans consumed with the Darkness within their minds.  

Are Paul and Jamie vigilantes or are they just like the monsters they wish to destroy? The answers lie within the Darkness of the Mind. Follow Paul and Jamie Demented on their Journey to the Darkness.

My book not only entertains those in the horror community it shows that there are people out in society just like the ones in the book. Everyone has darkness in them it all depends on how much they allow in. The more darkness they let consume them the less light they will have. You can't have light without darkness. You need to find the right balance between the two.

Outline

Introduction:

Introduces the reader to the house mentioned throughout the story known as the 'Hell House'. Provides background on the original owner of 'Hell House' and how it got the name.

Chapter 1:

Describes and introduces the two main characters who are brothers, Paul and Jamie Demented. Goes into detail on some of their background. This chapter touches on their "secret". They buy 'Hell House'.

Chapter 2:

This chapter shows Jamie's excitement of being in and owning 'Hell House'. Explains how the basement and attic doors are covered with makeshift walls. Describes the contents the Demented brothers find in the basement.

Chapter 3:

The Brothers excitedly go to the attic to see what they can find. Describes what Donald Wilson left in the attic.

Chapter 4:

Introduces a groupie Valerie while the brothers are on tour. This chapter explores the murder and disposal of Valerie.

Chapter 5:

Takes you on the journey of their tour in different states. Introduces a mechanic named Chris who likes teenage girls. The brothers kill and scalp him before disposing of his body.

Chapter 6:

The brothers' tour ends, and they go home to Dearborn Heights. A pedophile is in the paper, and somehow he beat his charges. The brothers set out to bring him to justice. They grab him, take Mike to their house, and heinously kills him with a chainsaw.

Chapter 7:

Paul and Jamie are writing songs while hearing about a prostitute who is spreading AIDS by not informing her partners that she is infected. The brothers trick her into coming to the house. They take a drunk Melanie to the basement and torture her before they kill her.

Chapter 8:

The brothers grab, torture and kill a couple who are child abusers. Their names are Steve and Lisa. The brothers make a game out of the killing. Jamie is the winner. As a prize he gets to pick who get decapitated.

Chapter 9:

The brothers are doing a video for their song 'My Nightmare' when they witness a little boy get killed by a stray bullet from a drive-by. The reader gets introduced to a gang-banger named Andy who is the one who pulled the trigger. The brothers capture and torch Andy's body.

Chapter 10:

The brothers release a new CD as they are watching a string of unexplained murders in Louisiana They take notes about what they hear, hoping they can find the person doing it. Before going back on tour the brothers decided to do one more kill before they leave. They kill a junkie who's name is Carmen. She puts her addiction before her child. Her last sexual act didn't result in getting drugs but in death by a knife.

Chapter 11:

The brothers are on tour, and meet up with an interviewer in Pennsylvania. Joey conducts an interview on the brothers' influences and past.

Chapter 12:

Flashback to their childhood, and what caused them to be vigilantes or serial killers as society would call them. This chapter takes a walk down memory lane to their first babysitter, Lydia, and what she did to them,

Chapter 13:

Goes into detail how they ended the torment Lydia put them through by heinously killing her. This chapter also mentions a verbally abusive babysitter named David.

Chapter 14:

This Chapter explains how they were bullied in school, and considered outcast. Goes into detail of the horrific day in the boys' locker room in school that lead to them to drop out. The brothers start writing songs as a release from anger, and embarrassment.

Chapter 15:

Takes you back to the present day of the story where they are still on tour. In Ohio they find a teacher who reminds them of Lydia. The teacher's name is Susie. They skin her alive, and leave her in the classroom for someone to find her with a note on the chalkboard. They are becoming more consumed with darkness.

Chapter 16:

Tells of events in Michigan before going into the murder of Chelsea who killed her own child for insurance money. Explains in detail her murder, and disposal of her body.

Chapter 17:

Once back in Dearborn Heights, MI the brothers find information about a child killer pinned to their door. They find Stan who killed a 12-year-old boy with his car hiding in his basement. They us a medieval torture device called crocodile shears on him than saws him in half which kills him.

Chapter 18:

The neighbors get friendlier with the brothers. Someone is leaving information about crimes of potential victims on their porch. They use the information to find a rapist by the name of Heather, who targets teen-aged girls. The brothers have a free concert in Pontiac, Michigan to draw the rapist out. They find, torture, and kill Heather before she can rape again.

Chapter 19:

The brothers didn't like the attention they were getting so they stopped killing for a while. After not killing for a month and a half the brothers were leaving the house to go record their new CD when they find a woman by the name of Leslie on tied up on their porch. They take her to the basement. They don't want to kill her in case it was a set up by Skarkrow, the person leaving the information on the bad people. They gag her the second day she is in the basement, so they could finish recording their record without drawing attention to the house.  She cuts herself bad trying to escape. The brothers have to now kill her because she is going to bleed out anyway.

Chapter 20:

They keep studying the murders in Louisiana. They are also trying to figure out who the Skarkrow is. The murderer in Louisiana is Kitty Lockhart, she kills people while she is sleepwalking. The brothers plan a tour with a stop in New Orleans, Louisiana so that they can grab her.

Audience

My primary market is aged 18 and up horror fans, and those who are looking for stories that grab their attention. I did my own research on who would find my stories interesting. Most people who read my first book, and a sample of this book say my books grab their attention and keep it when it's hard for other books to do that.

Promotion

I connect with my target audience on twitter, Facebook, snapchat, Instagram, and other social media. I also have a blog, website, and a chatroom on my website where my target audience can chat with me personally. I am in a lot of book groups on Facebook. I use word of mouth a lot. When I see someone reading a book in a library I suggest my book without them knowing I'm the author. I donate my books to local libraries.

Competition

Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender
Colette Iselin is excited to go to Paris on a class trip. She’ll get to soak up the beauty and culture, and maybe even learn something about her family’s French roots.

But a series of gruesome murders are taking place across the city, putting everyone on edge. And as she tours museums and palaces, Colette keeps seeing a strange vision: a pale woman in a ball gown and powdered wig, who looks suspiciously like Marie Antoinette.

Colette knows her popular, status-obsessed friends won’t believe her, so she seeks out the help of a charming French boy. Together, they uncover a shocking secret involving a dark, hidden history. When Colette realizes she herself may hold the key to the mystery, her own life is suddenly in danger . . .

Acclaimed author Katie Alender brings heart-stopping suspense to this story of revenge, betrayal, intrigue — and one killer queen.

Most Wanted by Lisa Scottoline
Lisa Scottoline delivers another searing, powerful blockbuster novel that explores hot-button issues within the framework of an intricately plotted thriller. When a woman and her husband, desperate for a baby, find themselves unable to conceive, they decide to take further steps. Since it is the husband who is infertile, the heroine decides to use a donor. And all seems to be well. Three months pass and she is happily pregnant. But a shocking revelation occurs when she discovers that a man arrested for a series of brutal murders is her donor - the biological father of the child she is carrying. Delving deeper to uncover the truth, the heroine must face her worst fears, and confront a terrifying truth.
Most Wanted is sure to be Lisa Scottoline's most discussed, bestselling novel yet.
Serial Killers by Brian Innes
Organized chronologically, here are the stories of 50 murderers in American and world history. Each chapter provides a biography of one killer, describing the formative experiences that turned them into monsters, their hidden lives and gruesome crimes. It explains how each was caught, including descriptions of psychological profiles and crime investigation procedures, and their ultimate fate. Timelines and victim panels detail their atrocities and horrific death tolls. Dramatic black and white photography shows each killer at their sinister worst.  

Son of a Serial Killer by Jams N Roses
Ben Green is a troubled young man, losing his mind and hearing voices. Worse than that, his nightmare is just beginning…

Detective Inspector Summers hates dealing with drug addicts, thieves, violent men and women, rapists, child molesters and murderers. She wants to be a doctor in a surgery, saving the lives of the sick. Instead, she deals with the sick and twisted.

Finally, she gets handed the case she wants, the reason she joined the force… Her investigations lead Summers closer to Ben, and his involvement to the case slowly becomes clear…

Eyes of the Predator: The Pickham County Murders by Glenn Trust
Eyes scanning, searching, the predator sits motionless in a parking lot. His next victim is only feet away. Within hours a backwater south Georgia county will be rocked by two seemingly unrelated murders that signal the arrival of a serial killer in the rural southland.

Hunting the killer and preventing the next brutal murder falls to a plainspoken country deputy and two agents of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). The chase leads north from the swamps along the Florida line to the foothills of the Appalachians.

GBI agents Bob Shaklee and Sharon Price know that Deputy George Mackey is a natural hunter and if anyone can find the sadistic killer, Mackey can. But Mackey, haunted by his own demons can only wonder if he will be late again. It is his greatest fear.

Cruelty on Innocents ( The 911 Abductions #1) by C.K. Webb DJ Weaver
 Who’s abducting children from 911 emergency scenes?

What if you were in your car alone with your small child and you came upon an emergency scene? Would you stop to help? What if, while you are trying to assist a victim of an accident or mugging, you left your young child alone in the car, thinking he or she would be safe. What if, instead of help, the call to 911 brought a terrifying, sinister result?

Someone’s abducting children from 911 emergency scenes in Aberdeen Maryland, while their parents call for help and lend aid to accident victims. Someone who’s also listening in, is a monster and vicious child abductor. In the midst of the chaos and confusion of the scene, that monster slips in and steals the innocent children leaving behind no trace for authorities.

Sloanne Kelly is unprepared for what awaits in her hometown as she travels back to Maryland. Her goddaughter is one of the victims and the clock is ticking. Together with her best friend and a local fireman, Shawn Tyler, Sloanne will face the most insidious of criminals and fight to recover the children before there is anymore, Cruelty to Innocents.

My books differ from all of these books, because my main characters Paul and Jamie Demented are portrayed as victims, heroes, and villains, not necessarily in that order.