Red Devil
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I opened my eyes and searched for the clock. It was two in the morning. The hospital was empty, except for the few nurses who made their ways through the lonely corridors. I was all alone.
I still have her right? She’s still here … But she’s almost gone, and once she leaves me I will have absolutely nothing left to hold onto. All my purpose will be gone.
“No,” I said aloud, “that’s not true.”
“Oh, but it is,” I heard someone say. “You have no purpose.”
I looked around the waiting room. There was no one in sight. I peered down the corridors. They were completely empty.
“You can’t see me,” the low voice came again, “but I’m here, right next to you.”
“Quiet,” I whispered while still looking around the room. “This can’t be happening.”
“You’ve lost your job,” the voice continued. … “No job, and your wife is sleeping around, isn’t she?”
I twitched. I was going mad.
“Oh, I forgot about the worst part about this whole situation,” the voice continued.
“Don’t you dare say it.” I bit my lower lip in despair.
“Your daughter’s …”
“Shut up!” I demanded.
“… Going to die!”
“Shut up!” I screamed while jumping from my seat. I opened my eyes and I scanned the room again, searching for the source of the voice.
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About the Book
Benjamin Tanner has lost it all. His wife is sleeping around, he is newly unemployed, and worst of all, he just lost his daughter to the great beyond. He has no purpose and nothing to live for—or so the voices tell him. The Red Devils hide the pain, but the pills are quickly turning against him.Voices chant of his demise. They’re telling him to use the gun in his hand and end it all.
Ben wanders the night in search for answers while the Red Devils burn his world into a twisted fantasy of good and evil. As the night progresses the Red Devils release their poison and Ben’s mind swells with pain and anger. The revolver in his hand pulses with a wicked energy. By the end of the darkness, he may just use the gun on himself. At least it would make the voices stop; it would make the pain stop, too. How had it come to this? Why had he become the victim of so many pointless misfortunes?
But Tanner is not alone. He is being chased by a gang of dark and vicious characters who wish him harm, but there are others-those who mean him well. They stand beside him and battle for his broken soul before the Red Devil’s take over and it is too late. Follow Benjamin Tanner as he desperately searches for meaning in the emptiness and takes a final stand against his pain.
About the Author
Daniel James Franklin is a young author and internet blogger from Los Angeles California. He blogs daily at Thereddevil.net and holds a strong cult following. When Daniel is not writing he attends school, practices mixed martial arts, and works with the physically and mentally disabled.