The Birth of Bane

After three unsuccessful novels, the struggling Jeremiah Favor has decided to dig deep into his past and tell the tale he swore he would never tell. Over the protestations of his sister, he feels compelled. The story will not leave him. It must be told. In a frenzy, he sits before his laptop and produces the manuscript his agent cannot put down, the pages his publisher assures him will make them all rich.

Uncertain why he was willing to relive the memories of his unfaithful father - the many times the man abused his mother - Jeremiah can only feel the excitement of finally being accepted into the upper echelons of the writing community. Though he leaves out little and delves into the deceit, betrayal and sexual perversion of that time, he has ignored crucial details. He has overlooked, whether consciously or not, their import and the effect they could bear into the present.

Yes, she had been a benign poltergeist, a trickster, always ready to pull a prank. Yes, she had made his family feel loved, welcome, during the time they had lived in the house upon the hill. There was no denying this was true. But, she had changed. With every vile deed his father had vetted upon them, she became less of what she had once been and more of what she was to become.

She had warned him. On the night his father came to kill his mother, she arose, and took what was hers to keep, but not before she had glanced back at him, her eyes aflame with the fires of revenge. She had said she’d be watching – forever.