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Sid is Alive
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Category:
Horror
Publisher: Crossroad Press
ISBN-10: 1558175431
Type: Fiction
Pages: 352
Copyright: 1991
ISBN-13: 1558175431
Price: $2.99 (eBook)
A young mother battles dark forces to save her daughter and herself.
Cries in the night from her daughter Heaven are just the beginning for Gabrielle Harris.
What seem to be nightmares about Heaven's favorite cartoon characters soon lead Gab to a stranger paranormal conspiracy focused on revenge. She's faced with a living nightmare in which friends die and dangerous sorcery is at work.
With only the help of a strange holy man named Danube, Gabrielle battles supernatural forces for her daughter's life and soul and for her own sanity, especially when she learns she has to face not cartoon characters but demonic forces and hell itself.
Nothing short of a trip into the depths of Hades will end the terror.
Excerpt
Heaven's scream pierced the night, cutting like a razor through Gabrielle's REM sleep.
Throwing back the covers, Gabrielle jumped from bed and thundered down the hallway. A thousand horrible things flashed through her mind as the short corridor seemed to stretch on for eternity. Her legs moved in slow motion, feet bogging in the carpet. It was impossible to lift them fast enough. She felt the beat of her heart in her throat, and another cry pierced the midnight darkness.
"Mommieeeeee."
Her nightgown fluttered as she ran, and she imagined its resistance slowing her, cutting away precious seconds that might mean the difference between her daughter's life and death. Why had she let her sleep in her own room? There was no reason for that now. If Heaven had been only the space of a bed away instead of at the end of the hall there would be no need to run a gauntlet to her rescue.
If Gabrielle could provide a rescue. What if some child molester or other criminal had somehow found a way into the room? Gab had no weapon, no means of defense. She would have to throw herself on the attacker in an effort to drag him away from her baby.
With lungs heaving and heart accelerating like a racing car, she reached the bedroom doorway and shoved the door, sending it crashing against the wall. Her hand scratched up the Sheetrock, fumbling for the light switch. A sudden white blaze flooded the room as Gab dashed toward the small canopied bed.
The child sat at the head of it, huddling between the pillows and clutching the covers about her like a shield. Even her snow white teddy bear had been discarded in her fear. He lay at the edge of the bed, head precariously dipping over the side of the mattress.
Tears streamed down the four-year-old's—five in another month—cheeks, and as Gabrielle embraced her, she felt the child's body tremble.
"What's wrong, honey?" She whispered gently, rocking slightly as she pressed Heaven against her. "I'm here. Mommy's here. Are you hurt?"
"They wanted to get me, Mommy?"
"Who?" Gab's eyes turned quickly to the window, but it was closed and the latch was in place. A quick glance around the room revealed no signs of intrusion elsewhere.
"The Gnelfs," Heaven sobbed. "Gnelf Master and his people. They had pitchforks and things."
Gabrielle cradled her daughter in her arms, gently touching her hair. She wanted to laugh as relief swept over her. Her heart slowed, her lungs relaxed, and the tingling fear that had danced through her entire body like an electrical charge subsided.
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