The Death Chute

By: Ambrose Stolliker, Luann Reed-Siegel (Editor)

Paperback | 9 April 2019

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When his mother, Sophia, is diagnosed with an aggressive form of dementia, 44-year-old reality television producer Jake Porter is forced to leave Hollywood and return to his native Vermont to look after her. His plan is to quickly set her up in a posh new retirement community in the Green Mountains and then head back to Los Angeles to revive his career, which is now in jeopardy after his last few projects bombed in spectacular fashion with TV audiences.

But when he learns that the retirement community was once a tuberculosis sanatorium where many patients died of the dreaded disease, Jake is uneasy at the prospect of leaving Sophia on her own. Only the assurances of the community's chief medical officer, Diane Barrett, convince Jake that his mother will be in good hands.

Not long after she's moved in, however, Sophia has the first of many frightening experiences when she encounters the apparition of a little boy suffering from TB. At first, Jake dismisses her story as a symptom of her dementia, but as time goes on, it becomes clear the rest home houses dark secrets and is haunted by something strange and terrible.

Industry Reviews

FROM THE EDITOR

When denied justice in life, the dead may return to seek it once again.

When Jake Porter brings his mother to live at the Glastenbury Mountain Rest Home, he is unaware of its past as a tuberculosis sanatorium. However, the home's past is all too clear to some of the current residents, who report strange sights and noises, but it's easy for the staff to dismiss their reports; the very old often suffer from dementia.

Taking time to settle his mother in properly, Jake begins to hear stories from other residents, and even the home's director. Embarrassed by some of the second-rate reality tv series he's produced in the past, Jake senses a chance to tell a real story: one of disease, racism, and a hospital whose most notable feature is a "death chute." The devil is in the details, but will he survive to find them?

The Death Chute is a chilling story of man's inhumanity to man within a timeless ghost story. It calls into question the idea that the end justifies the means and the very current debate over whether some lives are worth more than others.

The Death Chute is "...creepy and emotional and just all around fantastic." -- Sci-Fi & Scary

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