The Dead Girl
Series produced by Chatterbox Audio Theater
Father Hugh Brooks, a faithless, alcoholic priest, stumbles into the town of Bloody Springs, Louisiana and becomes entangled in the aftermath of a tragic -- and mysterious -- drowning. A Chatterbox Audio Theater original three-part series.
Growing up, my mother had me reading Stephen King while all the other kids were reading R.L. Stine. Instead of Goosebumps I was reading The Stand, It, The Shining, and Pet Sematary. So, naturally, I have always had a quiet desire to write horror/thriller stories. And until Chatterbox was born, I had never attempted this genre. As I was writing The Dead Girl, however, I discovered this wasn’t exactly a horror story, or a thriller, but rather sort of a theological noir story. Father Hugh is one of my favorite protagonists, and the character is named after my late grandfather: Hugh Brooks. Though Father Hugh is sort of an antihero, my grandfather was very much a hero to me, and a hell of a storyteller. He was a caring, charismatic, funny, and religious man. My efforts on this project are... Show full description