Kindle Edition Amazon My website Category:  Crime Publisher: TOAD Publishing Type: Fiction Pages: 26 Copyright: 13/11/2017 Price: $1.34 (eBook) Psychological suspense drama The story of one mans and its effect on those who come in contact with him, especially the 'chosen ones', the ones who never leave. A tale of dark doings, of murder and distorted perception, Not for the faint of heart. An Electric Eclectic book Excerpt I sit in my darkened room; a black coat, thick, quilted to ward off the icy winds from my skin. A balaclava ski-mask stops my face being illuminated by external light. I can see them. I can see them all, but no one sees me. I can hear their voices, each word they speak, yet I remain silent. They, the passers-by, are not so far away I cannot see the details of their faces, see their breath condensing in the chill air. During the evenings and throughout the night I hear them, all of them. Everything said, everything spoken aloud. Sometimes I hear their thoughts. I hear their lost dreams muttering on the winds. The street lamp outside casts a pathetic yellow glow, but it illuminates enough to make my night vigils worthwhile. You see, they often stop under that light, my light, like moths fluttering around a candle flame. While they are under my light they talk, or argue, or fight, or scream. Sometimes with mirth, sometimes in fear. Occasionally I see them kiss. Watch wandering hands fondle beneath clothing. I watch them all. I have seen much looking out from my small, dank, dark room. The bedroom of my rented flat; a rundown, unmaintained and, I think, illegally rented flat. It certainly does not comply with any government requirements for health, or safety, or fire regulations. But the rent is low and nobody bothers me. Nobody bothers anyone in this part of town.

Somebody's Eyes Are Watching
I love a solid horror story and Paul White has crafted one with his novelette, Three Floors Up: An Electric Eclectic Book.

Beginning with an unnamed man observing the street outside his third-floor window, the story builds step by step, navigating the recesses of his mind like an alligator-infested swamp. He is a spectator who watches the world outside and the people who move through it; he is alienated from others, and he’s been that way for fifteen years.

In part two he tells of “meeting” Caroline. In his eyes, she is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. He spies her from his third-floor window during a snowstorm. She is dressed provocatively in very little and collapses into the snow. What follows is the bizarre thought process of someone who is obviously insane.

White has a nifty way of exposing the twisted thoughts of a mentally ill mind. As I read I wondered how far it would go and what Caroline would think when she regained consciousness.

I don’t want to give anything away, so all I will say is this is a very creepy book. Paul White has written a story that makes the reader look at everyone and wondering what goes on in their heads.

I highly recommend this delightfully disturbing book to anyone who enjoys a horror story with strong psychological overtones. But be prepared to sleep with the lights on!

Psycho revisited
Kind of a British Norman Bates. The unnamed narrator watches the world spin by looking out his window, only getting involved with the "lucky" few.

Well-written, puts the reader right in the squalid flat and in his squalid mind.