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Fountain Dead - Book Tour and Giveaway

11/20/2018

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Fountain Dead
by Theresa Braun
Genre: YA Horror 

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Mark is uprooted from his home and high school in the Twin Cities and forced to move with his family into a Victorian in Nowhere-ville. Busy with the relocation and fitting in, Mark’s parents don’t see what’s unfolding around them—the way rooms and left behind objects seem alive with a haunted past.
Of course, Mark keeps his ghostly encounters to himself, all the while sinking deeper into the house's dark, alluring, and ultimately terrifying history. As romantic entanglements intensify, the paranormal activity escalates. Past and present come together. Everything is connected—from the bricks in the walls to the hearts beating in their chests, all the secrets of Fountain Dead are finally unearthed.



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​The vapor wafting from the stagnant pool smelled like the rancid rot from inside a carcass. Mark felt he breathed in fire. The gooey surface boiled and foamed as if a prehistoric substance. His heart stopped as something emerged. A goopy and gnarled dome became a sickly face. The eyelids still closed, the rest of the form rose, covered in green.
A tattered dress clung to the feminine curves. The cloth slipped from the shoulders, drawing his attention to her skin. The texture made him gag.
A sour taste of bile filled his mouth. His skin contracted as he contemplated her spongy flesh. Her black eyes sprang open like a demonic doll’s. Her inhuman gaze stabbed his very core, and he knew he was facing a soul-less being. The eyes burned like hot stove burners.
A decomposing hand extended toward his throat.
Mark woke, wet with perspiration. His pillowcase and sheets were damp, as if he’d taken a swim in the fountain. That idea made him unable to breathe. His heartbeat sped along at a rate close to heart attack status as he tried not to blow a gasket about the evil that lie in wait. He whipped his pillow from behind his head and squashed it to his chest. No one would grasp what he’d been feeling—or what he’d been seeing.
His lip trembled.
Something—a fiend, a spirit, the fountain—wanted to hurt him.
Mark’s chest compressed.
The devil on his shoulder advised him that his mother had to be right. All of the metal music, the cartoons, the swearing, had been an invitation for demons and darkness. Forget the fact that none of his friends had ever mentioned opening some gateway to hell. These dark forces had chosen him.
He lied back, exhaustion sinking him deeper into the mattress. After pulling the blood warm sheets up to his chin, he shunned the moonlight streaming into the room. The crooked claws of the branches squealed against the half-open windowpane. Summer’s hot breath puffed into the house. Mark didn’t have to strain to hear its griping—the sighs of the woodwork and the building’s various joints.
The door to the servants’ quarters was open again. However, that bothered him less and less. A perfume of fragrant flowers sent him to sleep.


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Theresa Braun was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and has carried some of that hardiness with her to South Florida where she currently resides. An English teacher and adjunct college professor for over thirteen years, she continues to share her enthusiasm for literary arts with her students. She earned a Masters in English literature with a thesis on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. In her spare time, she enjoys delving into her own creative writing, painting, photography and even ghost hunting. Spending time with her family and traveling as often possible are two of her passions. In fact, her world meanderings are often backdrops for her work. Striving to make the world a better place is something dear to her heart.


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Do I believe in ghosts? Absolutely. I live in Florida, and I have to say we have some amazing local ghosts. The Ft. Lauderdale walking experience stops at a downtown brewery/restaurant that used to be a brothel. More than one murdered prostitute haunts the place. Supposedly, across the street, one of the bars is home to Al Capone’s spirit. And, the Stranahan House is so loaded with ghosts that you can rent it for a night and test out your paranormal equipment. That’s on my list of things to do, for sure.
The biggest thrill as a supernatural enthusiast happened during the Miami ghost tour in Coconut Grove (and I’ve done haunted tours all over the world). We walked through some of the streets, peering into storefronts and trying to catch a glimpse of some of the resident ghosts. We went through a couple of creepy parks where spectral trees and serious orbs appear in pictures. Also, people tend to get obscured and weird anomalies occur. However, it wasn’t until we stopped in front of a grave surrounded by a tiny fence that I believe I snapped my best paranormal photo thus far. Sure, I’ve gotten orbs and weird squiggly lines that can’t be explained, but never had I caught what looked like a ghost on film. If you look closely, I believe you can see a faint face in the spectral haze. Skeptics can still deny the ‘evidence’. I get it. But, those of us who believe can clearly see what’s there.
Have I lived in a haunted house? Most definitely. My latest novel, Fountain Dead, is inspired by a real home in Winona, Minnesota. I’ve fictionalized the back story. However, as a teen, my room was the very same one the protagonist, Mark, stays in. His window (and mine) overlook a vacant lot. There wasn’t a fountain on the property, yet I had vivid nightmares about a murky pool of water that several young women emerged from. They were covered in mossy gunk and were both beautiful and goddess like, yet terrifying. These reoccurring dreams are what my imagination, all these years later, still wrestles with today. What happened to those girls? No one knows. That’s how Fountain Dead was born…

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37 Comments
Marilyn Nawara
11/20/2018 03:50:47 am

I like the cover, makes it look suspenseful

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Janet W.
11/20/2018 05:45:58 am

Interesting cover, and sounds like a thrilling read!

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Theresa Braun
11/20/2018 09:47:29 am

So thrilled about this blog tour! Thanks so much for hosting! :-)

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Rita Wray
11/20/2018 10:36:35 am

The book sounds very intriguing.

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Kelly D
11/20/2018 12:25:23 pm

I like the cover. It looks very mysterious.

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Calvin
11/20/2018 01:06:22 pm

Psychotic kind of read, scary

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Shirley Ann Speakman
11/20/2018 01:33:44 pm

Wow what an excerpt that was very creepy! Great cover too.

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Sherry
11/20/2018 03:10:31 pm

I love the cover.

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Debbie P
11/20/2018 04:55:30 pm

This sounds good and scary.

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wendy hutton
11/20/2018 05:44:14 pm

love the cover very spooktacular

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Kelly Nicholson
11/20/2018 10:41:06 pm

What do you think of the book or the cover?

i like the title,but i hated that movie thanks

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Dale Wilken
11/20/2018 11:19:47 pm

Sounds really great.

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jan
11/21/2018 04:30:25 pm

i like the font chosen for the cover

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Jennifer Stapp
11/22/2018 05:16:37 am

The cover is intriguing! I love ghost stories and this one sounds great.

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lynn clayton
11/22/2018 05:21:57 pm

love the cover looks like a great read thank you

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Denise Higgins
11/23/2018 07:30:02 pm

Love the cover

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Bea LaRocca
11/24/2018 03:47:56 am

Great cover and excerpt! This sounds like an awesome read.

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heather
11/24/2018 02:23:40 pm

I love the cover makes me want to read it even more.

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Julie Barrett
11/24/2018 08:11:04 pm

Creepy cover! Looks like a chilling read!

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Mary Cloud
11/24/2018 10:30:33 pm

No questions - the cover is very mysterious

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Ann Fantom
11/26/2018 02:53:14 pm

I like the cover. Great graphics and colors

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Mood Reader
11/26/2018 10:46:32 pm

Sounds interesting.

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Laurie Nykaza
11/28/2018 02:36:27 am

Such a scary cover looks amazing.

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Terri McMillan
11/28/2018 03:46:30 pm

Looks good...I love a good scary story! 😱

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bn100
11/28/2018 09:19:44 pm

spooky

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lynn clayton
11/28/2018 10:30:30 pm

nice cover

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Melissa Fowler
11/29/2018 09:19:38 am

Sounds like an interesting book and maybe a little suspense too. Can't wait to read it 😀. Happy Holidays and thank you so very much for letting me enter your giveaway.

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Linda Szymoniak
11/29/2018 11:01:31 pm

Great cover. I especially love the house on it (I'm a sucker for Victorian houses)

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Crystal Keene
11/30/2018 04:06:31 pm

I do love a good fright and I think this book has just that. Thank you 👻

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Nikki
11/30/2018 07:30:12 pm

It's an interesting cover. I like the house.

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Corey Hutton
12/1/2018 03:20:05 am

Good luck with the book and Thanks for the giveaway.

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Sarah L
12/1/2018 11:18:28 pm

Looks like an interesting book.
Thanks for the contest. 

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Judy Bradley
12/5/2018 04:17:53 pm

I like the pretty green eyes! Book sounds good & suspenseful!

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DanielM
12/13/2018 07:22:15 pm

like the cover

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Natasha Termaat
12/13/2018 10:34:20 pm

Sounds great. Cover is eye catching

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lori byrd
12/19/2018 03:47:48 pm

sounds so good.

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Jerry Marquardt
12/20/2018 11:26:11 pm

I would like to give thanks for all your really great writings, including Fountain Dead, and wishing the best in keeping up the good work in the future.

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