Blood Vengeance: Sick of being bullied, seventeen-year-old Brennan Cooper packs up for San Francisco to start over. But before he can settle into his new life, Bren is drawn to the abandoned apartment downstairs. In the shabby rooms, grey and rotting ghosts of murdered girls claw each other in sick imitation of their deaths.
With wild new friends, Brennan explores the seedy streets of the city. But the laughter and screams downstairs continue to terrify and entrance him. After meeting his dream girl, he begs her to explore the apartment with him. There they witness not only the dead girls, but the raging spirit of the slain killer.
The ghost-hunt becomes a manhunt as Brennan and Tara trace the history of the “San Francisco Ripper.” Retaliation for their meddling is quick and brutal. Time is running out, not just for Brennan and his friends, but for the spirits of the girls trapped for all these years with their murderer.
Author Bio:
Michael Schutz-Ryan was born and raised in the frozen tundra of Wisconsin. He attended the UW-Stevens Point and graduated with an English degree from the Madison campus. A lifelong diet of Ray Bradbury and Stephen King whet his appetite for the macabre. A lover of all things horror, he plumbs the depths of Netflix in search of scary movies. Blood Vengeance is his debut novel. His short fiction has been featured in the anthologies Ugly Babies, Cranial Leakage: Tales from the Grinning Skull, and Beyond the Nightlight. He lives in northern California with his husband and the enduring spirit of their cat, Catie.
https://www.michaelschutzryan.com/
