Short Scary Stories by Bruce Savage

Dear Listeners
Here is a real gem for you.
Get out those earphones for a fabulous audiobook that I narrated and that was published in the last few weeks. Each story is an original, each story is scary. As usual I had 4 of my close friends listen to my narration as my critics. Sometimes they make observations about my reading that I use to improve the enjoyment I hope you will have from listening. They were all blown away by each and every story. So I know you will like them too. 

Get ready for 13 terrifying tales to keep you up at night. Bruce is back with more short scary stories! Stories waiting for you inside are....The Mask Maker, Donations Welcome, The Cave, Last Rights, After Life, Dead or Alive, 3 Finger Willie, The Town of Lost Souls, Black Jack, The Visitor, Get out alive, The Black Cat, The black out. All stories written by Bruce himself just for you! Enjoy the scares!

Here is something about Bruce Savage:
 Bruce Savage was born in Lewiston, Maine in 1967, the youngest son of 16 brothers and sisters to Winfield Strout and Blanche Strout. He published his first successful work when he was 10 years old in Boy's Life magazine. The publication paid him $1 for a joke he wrote. So excited about his accomplishment and seeing his name published he

pursued the art of writing for the next 40 years. In 1984 he enlisted in the United States Army and served his country in Germany. In 1999 he graduated from Columbia Southern University with a Bachelor's in Computer Science and Information Systems. He held several positions with several fortune 500 companies until 2002 when he dove head first and full time into the world of writing and publishing. Since then he has produced 11 novels and counting. Casualties of War was his first novel followed by Psycho. 


He is currently working on many other novels that will be available soon as well as the screenplay for Russian Games. He currently lives in Florida and the Philippines with his wife Julie and his daughter. He frequently enjoys making donations and contributions to ending poverty and supporting those less fortunate.

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Good listening be terrified when you read in the dark

kind regards

Mike Leahy

Don't Read Alone: Bone Chilling Stories

Hi Readers and Listeners. 
Here is a book that has been available for just a couple of weeks and is already capturing the imagination of my listeners. 
Here is an introduction to Don't Read Alone: Bone Chilling Stories of True Horror & Turmoil.

What scares you? What wakes you up at night? What makes you afraid of the dark? These are questions that can have many different answers. Maybe it's that disturbing noise you hear in the hallway every night, as soon as you turn the lights out, but every time you go to see what it is, nothing's there.
Or maybe you're someone who is rarely afraid. Maybe you think you've heard it all, and scary movies don't scare you anymore. Ghosts and poltergeists are only found in Hollywood studios, and nothing like that would ever happen to you.
That's all well and good, but what about the mysteries that have been researched and poured over, but for which there is still no logical explanation? What about the monsters that live among us, walking the streets constantly looking for their next victims? And what about those stories that are almost too horrific to be true?
Here, you will find all of those stories. Stories that will astound you, terrify you, and make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end. Each of these 10 tales are true. All of these characters are real, and they were all once people just like you.

Here is a preview of what's inside:
• Murder on the Greyhound
• Staten Island's Missing Children
• Colonel Rathbone's Murderous Insanity
• The Macabre Celebrity of Issei Sagaw
• Disappearance in Death Valley
• Phantom Killer of Hinterkaifeck
• Much, much more!
Of course you can purchase this audiobook straight off the page and the links are below. However Audible has a subscription where you receive a monthly book credit. You may find this keeps you stocked up with good books through the year. Here is the link. JUST CLICK HERE

If you want to see more details and order direct right now then click on the appropriate button below.

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I do hope this is up your street. Your comment is appreciated below.

regards

MIke Leahy

Welcome to Mike Leahy Books

Hi Readers

I've now written some books and narrated many more. I'll be telling you about some of those that I feel are interesting and worth a good listen. All these are on Amazon and they cover a wide range of genre. 
The beauty of audio books is that you can listen anywhere anytime. You can use almost any device. All you have to do is download the Audible app. So suddenly dead time becomes leisure time. Time to listen to a book. And you don't even need a light. I often listen in bed in the dark.
I hope you will follow me. You can sign up for my newsletter or this blog. I would appreciate either. I'm planning some free stories for my followers and you'll also know about new releases.
Narrating like any work gets better with experience and after 18 months and some 8 books I think I've cracked it. I hope so. I'll tell you a little about the process. I have the manuscript and make a hard copy as I find this is the easiest way forward. Then I read through the story to get a feel for the genre and characters. I then record the story in my home recording studio to remove background noises. Sit down quietly and listen. Even in a quiet place you will hear "sounds" such as fluorescent lights, air conditioning, fridges and freezers and passing traffic. 
I try and narrate as much as I can in one sitting so that my voice sounds the same, but if not I definitely record complete chapters. Often I read a passage and repeat it slightly altering the way I speak or intonation, to get the meaning and feeling just right. Sometimes I realise I have mispronounced a word and have to say it again, usually within the sentence.  So it can take time and a half to read. 
Then it's time to edit. Removing words where they are repeated. Removing my noises such as coughs. I had a habit of having money in my pocket and jingling it when I was concentrating. Now I put the money on the table. Other noises are the manuscript, moving on to the next page, digs barking, aircraft flying by and so on. No matter how good my studio is there will always be noises to cut out. 
Sometimes I try to cut out the breathing totally but I feel it is normal so I try to reduce it. I've listened to so many stories, many on the BBC and each narrator differs. Some have no breathing at all, whilst others have. You may be surprised to know it can take up to 3 hours to edit every hour recorded.
Finally I have added music to some stories. This is the authors choice and I do what they want. Some want sound effects and I do that for them. And then the narration is processed to give an easy listening level. 
Then the MP3 is uploaded and soon ready for publishing.  This is the exciting stage, waiting to see the book on Amazon or other publisher. Then it's a waiting game, telling as many people as possible about the book, waiting for sales and hoping that your work is liked and that you might even get testimonials. 
So I do hope you will read my posts and find something that you like. I'd also appreciate any ideas and comments you may have.   

kind regards and thanks for reading.
Mike Leahy