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[abalonetea]

There ain't no fish in that lake...but something is moving around in the water. Jacob West died fifteen years ago, in the summer of ‘85. He went out to the lake in the middle of the night and drowned. They had to fish him out of the dawn-red waters in the morning. But somehow, impossibly so, Jacob’s still down at the pier.

Bobby Kent is trying to help his brothers fix the camp up and turn it into a legacy but the guilt he’s spent fifteen years carrying is getting in the way of that. Jacob is getting in the way of that.

Unless he can figure out what Jacob wants from him, there might be a new body in the lake by the time camp opens back up. Most people go to summer camp to learn how to tie knots, start a fire, and roast marshmallows. Today, Camp Green Hills is going to be offering a different lesson. Sometimes, grief and ghosts go hand in hand. And in this chilling ghost story, we'll see exactly what happens when you can't move on.

Available HERE

[abalonetea]

This is your friendly reminder that while I Drowned In The Summer of 85 is technically a horror, it's a horror in the same way that Lake Mungo is a horror. It's a horror because grief is a true tragedy. It's a horror because when you lose someone, sometimes you don't really lose them, sometimes you love them too much to let them go. And isn't that a horror all on its own? Isn't it a horror just to know that someone is lost, isn't a horror just to know that you're still alive and they aren't? Isn't it a horror when they're dead but they aren't gone?

It's horror but it's tragedy and it's horror but it's grief and perhaps most importantly of all, it's horror but it's love.

it's also available right here!

[abalonetea]

There ain't no fish in that lake...but something is moving around in the water. Jacob West died fifteen years ago, in the summer of ‘85. He went out to the lake in the middle of the night and drowned. They had to fish him out of the dawn-red waters in the morning. But somehow, impossibly so, Jacob’s still down at the pier.

Bobby Kent is trying to help his brothers fix the camp up and turn it into a legacy but the guilt he’s spent fifteen years carrying is getting in the way of that. Jacob is getting in the way of that.

Unless he can figure out what Jacob wants from him, there might be a new body in the lake by the time camp opens back up. Most people go to summer camp to learn how to tie knots, start a fire, and roast marshmallows. Today, Camp Green Hills is going to be offering a different lesson. Sometimes, grief and ghosts go hand in hand. And in this chilling ghost story, we'll see exactly what happens when you can't move on.

Buy the book HERE!

[abalonetea]

Fish

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FISH!!!!! There ain't no fish in that lake!!!!

That's one of my absolute favorite lines from I Drowned In The Summer of 85! The whole concept is that the lake was drained completely years and years ago when the summer camp first started, back in the early 80s. Flash forward to modern time, and Bobby's looking for any excuse to say that the splashing in the lake is anything but a ghost. And it could be fish, right, except there ain't no fish in that lake.

[abalonetea]

Still my favorite story I’ve written.

[abalonetea]

hey guys! did you know that I Drowned In The Summer of 85 is available RIGHT HERE on Amazon?

Jacob West died fifteen years ago, in the summer of ‘85. He went out to the lake in the middle of the night and drowned. They had to fish him out of the dawn-red waters in the morning. But somehow, impossibly so, Jacob’s still down at the pier. Bobby Kent is trying to help his brothers fix the camp up and turn it into a legacy but the guilt he’s spent fifteen years carrying is getting in the way of that. Jacob is getting in the way of that. Unless he can figure out what Jacob wants from him, there might be a new body in the lake by the time camp opens back up. ---- Most people go to summer camp to learn how to tie knots, start a fire, and roast marshmallows. Today, Camp Green Hills is going to be offering a different lesson. Sometimes, grief and ghosts go hand in hand.

did you know it's filled with grief and guilt and ghosts and love? did you know that it was super fun to write and i hope also super fun to read? did you know?

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I Drowned in the Summer of '85 (Minkie Edition) posters are now available in my Ko-Fi shop!

I Drowned in The Summer Of '85 Minkie Poster - abalonetea's Ko-fi Shop

This glossy, 8.5x11" poster features Bobby and Jacob from K. E. Koontz's story 'I Drowned in the Summer of '85' drawn in Mother's trademark

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When Jacob first drowned, it felt like the grief was going to bring Bobby under the lake’s surface too. It feels that way again, sitting here tonight. Any minute now, the stars are going to come crashing down and he’ll drown in their dust.

Get ready for a haunting tale of guilt, grief, and the ghost that won't stay buried in I Drowned In The Summer of 85.