Dark Star Hollow
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Six hundred and fifty-three people died that night when the sinister waters of Lake Natas flooded Bright Star Hollow.
Surprisingly enough, thirteen people had managed to survive. John Barteaux had survived only because his father had gotten him a boat for his birthday.
It had been a nightmare of darkness and screaming all around him, but John had been able to save four people.
Tommy and Tara Lowes were the young children of Reverend Thomas Lowes. John had picked them up from the lower part of the church steeple, where they had climbed to get above the water when the floods had came.
John had regained his cool, and remembered how his father taught him to use an oar as a rudder to steer the boat.
He steered over to the steeple, and helped his two friends into the boat. Tara was crying, and Tommy was pale and quiet. John said nothing more as he steered the boat away from the steeple and continued to look for other survivors. He was the Captain of his first boat at the age of 10, and had a job to do.
Deputy Alex Napier and Frank Murray had survived, because they had been far above the town when the dam broke.
Bill McJunkins and his wife Henny had also survived because their house was the furthest away from town, and up on a slight grade. They had eventually been rescued by Conservation Officers who arrived with State Police, in boats and helicopters several hours after the flood. Bill and Henny were at the uppermost crest of their farmhouse when they were picked up.
Fire Chief Mike Elton and his family of three were saved simply because they had been out of town that night visiting relatives. Mike and his family had returned to find that Bright Star was now underwater and their neighbors were dead.
Teenagers Jim Ross and his girlfriend Beverly Deveraux had also been out in a boat that night when the flood came. The wall of water had capsized their canoe, but they had managed to cling to the underside of it until John and his small party floated by to pick them up.
Soon after that, State Police greeted the few survivors above what used to be Bright Star Marina, where Jim Ross’s parents had proudly owned the town’s only boat rental marina and gas station.
It was unknown what had happened to David and Noreen Sinclair. The huge mansion was high in the hills and hadn’t even been touched by the water. John even remembered how bright the distant house was, and how it cast light into the sky as bright as the moon. He also recalled how the lights suddenly went out just after he had rescued Tommy and Tara from the church steeple.
Weeks after the flood, after John had been shipped off to his Uncle’s house in Nashville, he had heard that State Police had found the mansion empty and abandoned. The front door had been unlocked, and both cars were in the garage, but there was no trace of David or Noreen. In fact, Troopers had even remarked that the only strange thing was that every fireplace in the entire house was burning, as if the Sinclair’s had been hosting a lavish party in the middle of the storm. People later assumed that they must have gotten caught in the flood since they never were seen again, but John knew better. Da
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September 15, 1965. Thunder rumbled softly above the quiet little town of Bright Star, which lay nestled in the valley of the great Tennessee mountains... When the storm came, it destroyed the dam of Bright Star...But it was no accident. Six-hundred and fifty-three people lost their lives in the horrible flood...That was no accident. Thirteen people survived...THAT was an accident. For forty years, the town of Bright Star lay hidden underneath the murky waters of Lake Natas... An unspeakable evil stood guard over the town from the hills above...Waiting. David Sinclair has been given a second chance to finish what he started forty years ago... He's more frightening than Freddy... He's stronger than Jason... He's more menacing than Michael... And he's more evil than all of them put together... David Sinclair has returned from Hell...And he's not about to go back. He has a job to do...You are his job. September 2005, a group of vacationing houseboaters take a cruise on Lake Natas for a week of relaxation and rest. They have no idea that they are embarking on a one-way cruise to Hell. The vacationers and locals quickly find themselves surrounded by the nightmares of the past, and the horrible secret of Dark Star Hollow. The locals won't talk...The police can't help...And the fate of thirteen people lay in the hands of one man who has also returned to Dark Star Hollow to avenge the lives of six-hundred fifty-three souls trapped below the evil waters of Lake Natas. Dark Star Hollow is a true tale of terror. The sense of isolation and supernatural evil are the key factors that our characters are swallowed by. It becomes a twisted carnival of paranoia and faith as the group struggles to defeat the evil that waits for them in Dark Star Hollow...
About the Author
Matthew J. Fougerousse has been writing since the 4th grade. In the 6th grade he won the Illinois Young Authors Contest. In high school, he began acting in the school plays and musicals. His senior year, he wrote and directed the half-time show at the Homecoming Football game.
Once in College, he wrote several more short stories and plays, but did not get serious about writing until he moved to
His first novel, Can You Do Me A Favor? was published in 2004. It was a raunchy and dark comedy that some of his family members did not care for, although many others loved it. Discouraged with the problems and feedback from his first book, Matthew almost gave up on writing, but his girlfriend Sarah encouraged him to make a comeback, which he did with Dark Star Hollow; a chilling tale of horror inspired by Matthew's first trip to
Matthew and Sarah married on
Matthew is a Deputy Sheriff who works for a Security department at an
Even before Dark Star Hollow was published, Matthew realized that his life-long dream of his work becoming a screenplay had already started. With the help of his writing partner Dan Griffin, he has already gathered interest from several actors, and producers whom are currently working to get Dark Star Hollow onto the big screen.
Matthew and Sarah have no children as of yet, but they are very close with their families, and love their little cousins, and first nephew Nathan.
Matthew's next works include a comedy screenplay, an action/adventure script, and a sequel to Dark Star Hollow.