CHAPTER 2-3: DISREPAIR

Marina and Charlie walked side-by-side down the beach, teetering on the edge of wet sand and dry. The beach was their's alone, save for the occasional flock of seagulls.

CHAPTER 2-2: ORNAMENTATION

Marina sat alone on the highest point of a small coastal headland, staring out across the ocean. She always felt at peace there. Always had.

CHAPTER 2-1: ELATION

A week ago…

Charlie watched the last customer leave the store. He locked the door behind them and let out a sigh of relief.

CHAPTER 1-2: HOME

In darkness, the motor of the automatic garage door jerked to life, moaning as it pulled the paneled door up. The headlights of Alex’s pickup lit the room as they peered in underneath.

CHAPTER 1-1: BEACHED

The full Moon hung low over the ocean, casting its pale beams across the beach like a celestial floodlight. It was a perfectly clear spring night, not a cloud in the sky.

PREFACE

WELCOME TO TAINTED...
As the banner states, this will be an episodic novel, meaning that I will post each sub-chapter as I write it. Hopefully you will enjoy the story as it unfolds and continue reading along. If you do, feel free to say what you do or don't like about it in the comments section, because criticism, good or bad, will help me improve as a writer.


ORIGINS...
Tainted began life as a screenplay exactly 4 years ago, but after writing it, I realised that it was too short for a feature and too long for a short film. It sat on my hard drive "collecting dust" as I wondered what to do with it. I liked the idea too much to just scrap it. I considered re-writing it as a comic, but its focus on drama, rather than action or horror, didn't really suit the format. So here it rises again, to be resurrected with a prose translation, which I believe will end up better than the original. I hope you enjoy it.