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Mirage: The Morris Mysteries, #4
Mirage: The Morris Mysteries, #4
Mirage: The Morris Mysteries, #4
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A haunted B&B. Missing time. Can these paranormal phenomena be explained?

 

A private investigator has been called to a newly renovated bed and breakfast on a lonely stretch of highway by an old friend to look into a possible haunting. As usual, his adopted children are coming along for the ride, and they have no idea what paranormal entities await. Will they discover ghosts are real, or will they uncover something else going on at the Red Tint Inn?

 

Ready to Meet the Investigators?

 

The Morris Mysteries revolve around a pair of private investigators, amateur Evan and expert Cecil. This duo finds itself investigating the stranger communities of the world, where secrets are kept secret against all outsiders and where cases unfold in unusual and often destructive ways.

 

Mirage is the fourth novelette in The Morris Mysteries series of young adult stories.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherShawn Jolley
Release dateJul 13, 2020
ISBN9798223945284
Mirage: The Morris Mysteries, #4
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Shawn Jolley

Shawn Jolley was born and raised in northern Utah near the Wasatch Mountain Range, a place now called Silicon Slopes by tech enthusiasts and hipsters. He grew up in a small suburban home in a small suburban neighborhood situated between two large farms and a miniature ranch. His first job was working as a farmhand for an excessively rich horse breeder. Once housing developments cannibalized the surrounding farmland, he got a job at a small movie theater on Main Street that had seen one-too-many rat problems. From there, he obtained a job at Utah Valley University, worked his way through a creative writing degree, and graduated into an economy recovering from a global recession. He wrote his first book, Fracture After Dark, a suspenseful young adult thriller that met with favorable reviews. A genre-crossing short story collection followed that, titled, A Dragon, Some Whiskey, and People, as well as a series of private-investigator novellas, The Morris Mysteries. Jolley continues to write and publish fiction from his northern Utah residence. You can stay up-to-date with his future releases by visiting shawnjolley.com.

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    Mirage - Shawn Jolley

    Mirage

    A Mystery Short Story

    Shawn Jolley

    Copyright © 2020 Shawn Jolley.

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    Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Names, characters, and places are products of the author's imagination.

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    First printing 2020.

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    Mirage

    The Morris Mysteries #4

    My stomach gnawed at me, rumbling every few minutes or so while I continued to wish that I could check into our hotel room faster. I wanted to lie down, order room service, and eat my weight in whatever food this bed and breakfast had to offer. Maybe then my headache would go away and I'd be able to concentrate on something besides food—like sleep.

    A week ago, I had been excited to visit this newly renovated historic hotel, the Red Tint Inn, but that was before the four-hour plane ride and two-hour car ride across the Arizona desert.

    An old friend of mine manages a cool hotel and she's invited us to stay for a few nights. Want to go? Cecil had asked me the week before, seeming more excited than he usually did.

    I wish I had asked for more details before saying yes, like, is the cool hotel in the middle of the Arizona desert, and is there nothing fun to do for miles and miles?

    But, here I was.

    The airline had apparently lost the suitcase that had our food, and, my Uncle Cecil, my half-sister Jeanne, and myself, hadn't noticed until we were in the middle of nowhere.

    I wanted to go back in time and tell myself to sit this one out. I could have pulled the poor-pity-me card, saying that my parents were killed in a car crash and I needed time to reflect on life's meaning, but, of course, that was impossible for me to do.

    Now, I found myself waiting in the check-in line with my family, trying not to be annoyed by my worsening headache, and trying not to faint in the middle of the dimly lit lobby. You'd think with how bright the sun was outside, it would be bright in the hotel, but all of the windows, which ran from floor to ceiling, were covered by gray Holland blinds.

    And, to top it all off, the

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