{"id":7608,"date":"2026-04-11T15:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dremadeoraich.com\/?p=7608"},"modified":"2026-04-11T15:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:13:11","slug":"tom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dremadeoraich.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/tom\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7609\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dremadeoraich.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/tom\/81ri2dwsgl-_sl1500_\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dremadeoraich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/81RI2DwSgL._SL1500_.jpg?fit=937%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"937,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"81RI2DwS+gL._SL1500_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dremadeoraich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/81RI2DwSgL._SL1500_.jpg?fit=640%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7609\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dremadeoraich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/81RI2DwSgL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=187%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A young boy looks out the window at an odd-looking squirrel in his backyard at night. Text reads \u201cTom. Nightmares #2. Youngblood &amp; Shade.\u201d\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dremadeoraich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/81RI2DwSgL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=187%2C300&amp;ssl=1 187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dremadeoraich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/81RI2DwSgL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=640%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dremadeoraich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/81RI2DwSgL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=768%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dremadeoraich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/81RI2DwSgL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=300%2C480&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dremadeoraich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/81RI2DwSgL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=850%2C1361&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dremadeoraich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/81RI2DwSgL._SL1500_.jpg?w=937&amp;ssl=1 937w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/>Nightmares Series Book 2<br>\nBy Tobias Youngblood<br>\n\u00a9 March 31, 2026<br>\nFile size: 4.2 MB<br>\n110 pages<br>\nISBN-13: 978-1959649144\n<p>Young Peter Wolcott is keeping secrets, caught between what he\u2019s told and what he believes is right vs. wrong. But at 12 years old, it\u2019s hard to speak out against your elders. And would it make a difference anyway? After he decides to befriend a weird-looking \u201csquirrel\u201d who\u2019s been visiting him at night, Peter\u2019s choice gets harder. Is this fascinating animal part of the witch cult he\u2019s been warned about? Or is it something else entirely?<\/p>\n<p>I started reading this novella in the morning and finished it before bedtime. It was that good. I was expecting horror, which is not exactly my jam. Instead, the story is creepy, captivating, and well told. We see everything through Peter\u2019s eyes and thoughts, which gave it an innocence that I thought made the story even better. Peter is still deciding for himself whether his parents, the church, and the elders in his tiny town know whereof they speak as they guide him toward adulthood. I loved how his mind worked, and the way he came to his own conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>The story started with the drowning of a witch. As a Wiccan reader, this made me pause. But the story makes good use of that historical horror to prompt questions in the reader\u2019s mind, too. I loved that, as well as the fact that the story places the mantle of villainhood right where it belongs.<\/p>\n<p>If you love ghost stories, paranormal tales, and a good creep factor, you will definitely want to read this novella. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nightmares Series Book 2 By Tobias Youngblood \u00a9 March 31, 2026 File size: 4.2 MB 110 pages ISBN-13: 978-1959649144 Young Peter Wolcott is keeping secrets, caught between what he\u2019s told and what he believes is right vs. wrong. But at 12 years old, it\u2019s hard to speak out against your elders. And would it make&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s8n0kX-tom","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":620,"url":"https:\/\/www.dremadeoraich.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/08\/story-endings\/","url_meta":{"origin":7608,"position":0},"title":"Story Endings","author":"DremaDeoraich","date":"March 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Writers know that the first few lines in a short story or novel are crucial. 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