The girl whose house it was has always tried to avoid the mirror they used – because she always sensed someone in the background. Just short of five years later, the four of them are no longer friends, having gone on separate paths. Yes, over the next few years, whenever they look into a mirror, it’s like there’s always another figure standing in the background, getting closer. One girl looks in the mirror and sees a girl she’s never seen before but can’t get out of her One girl looks in the mirror and sees the boy in the group. One girl looks in the mirror and sees her longtime crush. The kids go through with the act, saying her name thirteen times. Others say that conjuring Bloody Mary will bring her into your world.īoth sets of legends are true. Some legends say she’ll show you your one true love or a skull to mark your death within five years. One of them has read about “Bloody Mary” and the idea that if you look into a mirror and say her name thirteen times, she will show you the future. Four kids – three girls, one boy – are at one of their houses, playing games. He has worked in the publishing industry for the last decade and now lives in Jersey City with a French Bulldog and two chatty parrots.īestselling author Shawn Sarles’ most terrifying YA horror yet.

Born in western Kentucky, he went to college at Wake Forest University and then moved to New York City after graduating. The truth can set them free, if it doesn't bury them first.Shawn Sarles is the Indie Bestselling Author of CAMPFIRE and the forthcoming novel MARY, WILL I DIE? (out 09/07/21). It will unleash a spirit, a ghost that has unfinished business both in the pool and outside of it, intent on finding its killer. But when the upperclassmen take the girls to the abandoned neighborhood pool called the Graveyard for their yearly hazing ritual, a seemingly harmless prank will set off a catastrophic chain of events. Now, as Sam gets ready for varsity pre-season on the school swim team, she vows once again not to let the fear of the water bring her down into its depths. But what she didn’t see that day was the hand that had reached out for her friend, wrenching her beneath the water. The water, and the fact that Sam couldn’t save her, has haunted her ever since. Seven years ago, Sam watched her friend drown. In his next YA horror, Indie bestselling author Shawn Sarles dives into the terrifying myth behind the dead man’s float.

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