Mechincarnation

Product Description


When Police Lieutenant Dan Conway arrives at Crawford Mansion, he finds a gruesome massacre. Someone has taken control of a robot created for sick, wheelchair-bound Leon Crawford – and has turned it into a war machine.
The scene is almost too grotesque, even for a veteran officer such as Conway. There are over a hundred people dead – many torn to pieces – and just a handful of traumatized survivors. Alongside cops like the volatile Sergeant Belasco, old-timer Gausman and the ever-reliable Becka Holson, Conway maintains a cordon around the building. Their orders are to wait for a team of heavily-armed soldiers to arrive and destroy the robot...  However, when Leon Crawford makes a frantic call by cell phone from inside the mansion, the police have no choice – they must attempt a rescue immediately…
The robot’s return to action results in another eruption of death and devastation. This killer machine is lightning-fast and possesses unbelievable strength. Bullets only seem to enrage its controller and to result in worse atrocities.
Conway and the survivors of his team become trapped in the mansion, still searching for Leon, whilst being hunted by the near-indestructible robot. Any sounds they make will bring the steel monster’s wrath down upon them. No hiding place is safe. No barrier will hold back the machine for long…
Away from the Crawford Mansion, rookie officer Anne DeLacy has been sent to collect Leon’s mother. What should be a routine assignment turns into a nightmare. She finds herself severely wounded, struggling to remain conscious and fighting desperately for her life.
Who is controlling the robot? Why is he killing? And can the machine ever be stopped?
'Mechincarnation' features of return of Dan Conway, who first appeared in the third Short Horror Tale ‘Chained’. It is a dark, violent horror thriller and the longest in the Short Horror Tales series so far… A story crafted to grip the reader with rich characters and snappy dialogue; rising tension and a twisted narrative; and vivid, visceral action scenes.


Review


From Reader Reviews for Short Horror Tales:

 

"This story has a beginning introduction that is asuperb insight into the character and endearing him to us. The action comesswiftly and just as you think it's over the author, Ian Thompson, gives us afresh and exciting twist. The end is satisfying and brings the story backaround to where it begun, in terms of the theme and focus of the character.This is thoroughly spooky, enticing and well written from start to finish." -Katie Lewington

 

"Damn scary 5-Star story"

 

"Great short story..."

 

"I could feel the fear..."

 

 (see fullreviews on my website)


From the Author


So what's special about Short Horror Tales?

 

The vision for each ShortHorror Tale is to create a short movie in the reader's mind - usually aroundsixty minutes long, fast-paced, with vivid characters, disturbing threats anddesperate action. The exact type of story will vary - perhaps it will be asupernatural mystery, a deadly hunt, a battle or a very personal drama. Always,there will be something sinister lurking in the darkness.

 

These are tales I hope youwill want to enjoy again and again.

 

Do all these stories take place in the same creativeworld?

 

Most of them do, and readerswill see references in stories to events, people and places from other tales.Mr Slowly, a lethal assassin, is the leading character in a number of thestories so far. Think of the world of these Short Horror Tales as our ownmodern-day world... with a much darker side.

 

Occasionally, some stories will play out intheir own private 'sandbox' - tales, for instance, with catastrophic orapocalyptic themes.