Matthew Gary Milam’s Horror novel, “The Haunted House Kid” is now available for purchase
“Maggie had concluded with this last revelation and had become silent. Tears had begun to form at the corners of her eyes. Alex had been very sympathetic to his sister’s sudden sadness, but he had been too overcome by his own sadness to do more than nod in agreement with what she had just said.”
-an excerpt from the book
The striking Halloween novel of Matthew Gary Milam, “The Haunted House Kid”, is now published by Author Reputation Press. This fun and compelling story is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the ARP website.
The author, Matthew Gary Milam, graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications/Advertising and from Western Governors University with a Master of Arts in Teaching. He grew up in Tujunga, California, but has lived in Utah since 2001 with his wife, Jennifer, and their five children.
“The Haunted House Kid” begins with Alex Connelly, a young boy who enjoys making spook galleys. Alex’s parents are getting a divorce. To make matters worse, they have refused to allow him to use their garage for the haunted house he has been putting on since he was a child. Fortunately for Alex, he has been temporarily permitted to reside with his adored maternal grandmother, unwittingly finding a new location for his eerie hobby: Grandma Ruth’s nearly empty garage.
When Alex’s mother starts acting strangely and Grandma Ruth is constantly away from home (because she passed her driver’s license test after several years without one), he begins to notice strange things going on during the construction of his “latest and greatest spook galley” that are stranger than normal, he considers scrapping the project entirely. However, there’s something that’s pushing Alex to finish his haunted house, and he should finish it by opening night before Halloween.
Alex, who was left with a lot of free time to work alone and undisturbed in his grandmother’s garage, is worried about his little sister, Maggie, being alone with his mom, who has begun acting very strangely and is gone from home most of the time. And his heart breaks for his father, who is depressed and lives in a lonely apartment across town. However, unbeknownst to Alex and the rest of the family, Grandma Ruth is desperately trying to find a way to keep her daughter, Allison, from embracing the family roots in witchcraft, a tradition Grandma Ruth has spent a lifetime trying to deny and from which she has always tried to protect her daughter.
Long-lost relatives emerge from the woodwork. Mythical monsters are being summoned from all around the world. Everyone is concerned about Alex because of his mother’s weird behavior toward him as well as his strange behavior. But, at the very least, new pals provide solace along the journey. Alex can only hope that his haunted mansion will save his family!
Matthew Gary Milam’s Horror novel, “The Haunted House Kid” is now available for purchase thru ARP Bookstore: https://authorreputationpress.com/products/the-haunted-house-kid.