Buried Secrets
By Gary Cecil
Gary Cecil is experienced in writing horror and suspense short stories and novels.


Buried Secrets is about a couple Max and his pregnant wife Megan who have  purchased a Victorian house and have officially moved in.  They're ready to settle down when strange things begin to happen immediately.  That night the wife notices a foul order and  is unable to determine where it is coming from, there's also a visit from a rodent who is found under the covers, the next morning it is found dead on the rug, sliced open. Cecil has set the tone for a mystery horror story and has used the elements of surprise, with clarity he describes the events that are occurring. The reader has a strong sense of the atmosphere in which they find themselves.  He holds the readers attention by continuing to build the suspense adding detail as the story quickly progresses.  The tension builds when they encounter a creature whose description can only be qualified as horrifying and gross, they kill it, or so they think.  The lights go out and the couple makes a trip to the basement in the dark where further surprises await them behind a hidden door.  The ending will have the reader asking for more.  He used all of the elements necessary for a good story, and has fulfilled his goal brilliantly with Buried Secrets.  I will recommend this book to my book club.