Mystic Island Stories

Being an adolescent with autism can be challenging for anyone, but Jacob Grist has more problems to deal with in his day to day life. Jacob’s father died four years ago, and the man his mother married is even crueler than the bullies that continually target him in school. Jacob’s only solace is his exceptional artistic ability. When he discovers that his drawings can actually come to life and exist on the three-dimensional plane, Jacob employs his artwork to protect him from his tormentors.

Hope Ferretti is a girl with seemingly everything going for her. She seems want for nothing more. That is until William Knight, the mysterious “new kid,” begins showing up in her dreams, and like an earworm, a song melody one just can’t shake from his or her mind, occupies her waking thoughts too.

William knight is the new kid at the Mystic Island High School.  He has the ability to control people’s dreams. When he falls for Hope Ferretti, the most popular girl in school, William tries to woo her in her subconscious mind, bringing to life her greatest desires. But, in the waking world, Hope is dating football star Joel Fitch, and William is unable to control his anguish. 

Make no mistake about it, Satan is strikingly beautiful. She is tall, seemingly, but in reality she is no taller than any given observer. It’s more that her presence breaks down the laws of relative height, increasing her stature and dwarfing her surroundings. Her features are delicate. Doll-like. Her full, pouty lips appear as if hand painted. And her eyes shift color—from silver to gold—depending on the light…or her will. How do I know all this about Satan? I’ve met her, know her well. But this story isn’t about my association with her. This is the story of Christopher Foster, and the wager he made.

Welcome to the Black Rock Villas, where countless secrets are only an apartment away. Like a nonverbal autistic child witnessing a murder and needing to find a way to reveal what he knows. Or Cooper, a high school student dealing with the confused loneliness of adolescence and his mom’s cold detachment from her past. Stop by for a visit, but try to keep the volume down, some of the tenants don’t react well to incessant noise.

Parson’s Woods holds one of the island’s most frightening secrets. People go in, but don’t always come out. If you’ve reached the house in its depths, it may be too late.

Phineas Wilkes is Mystic Island’s own adventurer–from spending a night in Parson’s Woods to knocking on the doorway to Hell in Saint Sebastian’s Church, there isn’t a challenge he won’t take. Now he faces down the island’s most famous haunted house. Will he find its hidden treasure, or face its lurking secret?