Alabama author Kevin Cain has released his first novel, a spine-tingling tale of the supernatural titled "Haunts." A native of Birmingham, Kevin grew up enjoying the charm of southern storytelling, especially the tales told by his grandmother about growing up in rural Alabama during the depression which he published in his first book "Thanksgiving Hen On A Chicken Shed" released by Crossbooks in 2013. Writing since the ripe old age of eight, Kevin published short stories and poetry in various magazines during his high school and college years. After finally releasing his first book "Thanksgiving Hen," he then turned to a darker side of his childhood in his second book by writing a collection of ghost stories he listened to while growing up in his old neighborhood in central Alabama. The book, titled "The Legends Of Indian Narrows," includes various ghostly and urban legends from the neighborhood as well as the hauntings he experienced in his own childhood home.
Kevin took a keen interest in ghost stories and the paranormal as early as childhood. Inspired by the Jeffrey "13 Ghosts" series by the late Alabama author and storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham as well as his own childhood experiences, Kevin began to travel the southeast and collect true southern ghost stories. He traveled from South Carolina to Louisiana visiting various landmarks and historic plantations, collecting the most chilling tales he could find. In his new novel "Haunts," Kevin uses the legends of some of his favorite haunted locales in the southeast to bring together the ultimate ghost story. "Haunts," Kevin's third book but his first novel, centers around a young college student named Marla Hollingsworth who lives each day with an incredible talent...the ability to see ghosts. Marla was seven years old when she survived the car crash that took her parents' lives. That was the day she stopped believing in God. That was also the day she gained a special ability to see spirits. Now a college student, Marla becomes the newest member of the southeastern ghost-hunting society called SPA (Students of Paranormal Activity). As the group visits haunted locations across the south, the investigations intensify and Marla finds herself stalked by a force that is evil beyond imagination. To beat it, she must fight a war against her own anger and fear before that evil has a chance to win over her special power...and her soul.Videos