title: Hoffman's Creeper and Other Disturbing Tales
author:  Cameron Trost 
description: Cameron Trost is a writer of strange, mysterious, and creepy tales about people just like you. He is the author of the collection, Hoffman's Creeper and Other Disturbing Tales, and the urban adventure and suspense novel, The Tunnel Runner. Rainforests, thunderstorms, and whisky are a few of his favourite things. He keeps a blog at: www.trostlibrary.blogspot.com
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  Title Page
  Blackbird
  by Andrea Waggener
  The Real Jake
  by Andrea Waggener
  Hide-and-Seek
  by Kelly Parra
  About the Authors
  Teaser
  Copyright
  
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  t needs to be bloody.” Nole sat backward on his chair, its straight back
  between his splayed legs. In spite of the chair’s cheap tan plastic and
  the rest of the room’s less-than-upscale ambiance, Nole managed to look
  cool and confident. Sam wondered how he pulled that off so easily.
  Feeling like the nerd that he was, Sam tried to adjust his long legs to fit
  another of the cheap plastic chairs. He disagreed with Nole: “Horror’s not
  in the blood. It’s in the creep factor.”
  “Creep factor,” Nole repeated.
  “It’s a technical term.”
  Nole nodded. “I must’ve dozed off when Grimmly was talking about
  that.”
  “More likely you were staring at Darla Stewart.”
  “You make a point.”
  “And we’re not getting anywhere.” Sam sighed and shifted in his seat
  again. His legs were cramping. He was hungry. And he was pretty sure he
  and Nole were the only pair in the room 