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Useless Monster
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He would stand in the shadows and watch me sleep and I have this aching feeling he knew I was awake, and he would whisper useless monster over and over until I dreamt it night after night.
Useless Monster is the story told through the eyes of a child who can do nothing to please his parents. His life is filled with ridicule and torment, and all he wants is to be loved. How much would you take?
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D.K. Ryan
I didn't pick up my first book until I was nineteen years old, and having now reached the ripe old age of thirty eight, I think that I've made up for all those lost years by reading every single horror novel I could get my hands on. From Stephen King's IT to The Doll Who Ate His Mother, by Ramsey Campbell. I've devoured them all. I can't get enough. Names of those authors became part of my everyday conversation, Edward Lee, Jack Ketchum, Graham Masterton, Richard Laymon, Robert McCammon, Bentley Little and Lisa Tuttle. It got to a point where I thought that I knew these people personally, and they all left a horrific taste in my mouth. So a year ago I decided to try my hand at writing. What happened was that now I have a number of self published short stories and an 85,000 word manuscript which I'm currently editing along with a head full of many more stories screaming to get out. I've never been one to take things too seriously but I will defend horror to my dying breath. I love reading horror almost as much as writing and hope through constant learning and feedback I can make the genre proud. D.K. Ryan.
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