THE VANISHERS
by R. G. Belsky
June 15 - July 10, 2026
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Synopsis:
Megan Foley knows she saw the little boy. So why does everyone at the perfect seaside house insist he never existed? The house was perfect. That was its first lie.
When Megan and her husband Patrick accept an invitation to spend the summer at a luxurious house share in Stone Beach, Connecticut, everything seems too good to be true. The rent is absurdly low. The host, Mrs. Monahan, is attentive to the point of unease. The other guests are pleasant — until they aren't.
One day, Megan sees a boy, Tommy, playing… and the next, Tommy is simply gone. Not moved. Not spoken of. Erased, as though he never existed. All the other guests at the house look at Megan blankly when she asks.
One by one, the guests succumb to long hours in front of the television in a glassy trance. Patrick grows cold and distant. Something stirs in the attic.
Megan alone seems immune — but for how long? As she begins to doubt herself and the house tightens its hold, she must confront the terrifying truth about Mrs. Monahan, the attic room, and the price of a perfect summer.
A chilling gothic thriller for fans of atmospheric domestic horror — available in Kindle Unlimited.
Book Details:
Genre: Paranormal Gothic Thriller
Published by: dp DIGITAL PUBLISHERS
Publication Date: May 7, 2026
Number of Pages: 298
ISBN: 978-1918343335
Book Links: Amazon | KindleUnlimited | Goodreads | dp DIGITAL PUBLISHERS
Read an excerpt from The Vanishers:
PROLOGUE
Hudson Lake, Michigan
I know everyone in this diner is looking at me like I’m strange.
Well, I’m sure used to that by now. It wasn’t always that way, of course. I mean I’m blonde-haired, just turned 30 and once – a million years or so ago before the terrible times happened – people said I was pretty. But now I realize that I look old beyond my years. I’ve lost a lot of weight, my face is pale and gaunt and I’m trembling noticeably right now even though it is the first real warm day of spring.
I make my way unsteadily over to a stool at the diner’s counter and sit there quietly, without talking, even when a guy comes over and asks for my order.
“What’ll it be, ma’am?” he smiles.
I stare at him with a confused look on my face. Nothing people say these days - even simple questions like that - seem to make sense to me anymore.
“Ma’am,” he repeats.
“Pardon?”
“My name is Danny. Danny Heller. I own this place. What do you want?”
I think about if for a second, then say: “Do you think I could have some tea?”
“Tea, sure.”
He walks over to the kitchen area, pours a cup and brings it back to me.
“How about something to eat?” he asks. “A sandwich. Some soup. Maybe a nice piece of pie. We got some nice pies today. Apple. Cherry. Lemon meringue.”
“Lemon meringue?”
“Sure. Want a piece?”
I nod. “Yes, that would be nice.”
Danny Heller cuts an extra large slice of the pie, places it onto a plate and carries it back to where I am sitting. I begin eating. Silently and without any emotion. Just like I do everything else now.
“Are you from around here?” he asks.
“No, not from around here.”
What’s your name?
“Uh, I’m Megan…
“Well, I’m glad to meet you, Megan. Are you just visiting around these parts?”
“I’m…,” I hesitate, because it’s painful to say the words., “I’m…looking for a vacation house.”
“Hey we’ve got some good ones. The lake this time of year is one of the prettiest spots in all of Michigan. Or anywhere else, for that matter. Have you looked at many houses?”
“Not here. Other places.”
“You’ve been traveling then?”
“Yes, I’ve been traveling quite a bit.”
The truth is I have been traveling for nearly a year. I started back east, moving from resort town to resort town along the New England coast. When fall came, I started moving down along the coast toward the winter resorts. Miami Beach. The Gold Coast. The Gulf Shore. Then, with the advent of spring, I had come north and inland to look at lake areas. Ohio. Minnesota. And now Michigan.
In all the places, I’ve done the same thing. Gone through ads for house rentals. Checked with real estate brokers. Driven aimlessly around shore areas looking.
Always looking.
Looking for the house.
The house I can never forget.
The house of my nightmares.
“We have some local house listings on that bulletin board over there,” Danny Heller says, pointing to a wall at the end of the counter. “People with a place to rent put stuff up there. Maybe you’ll find something you want.”
I get up from my stool and walk over to the bulletin board.
Looking through the ads posted on the bulletin board without really expecting to find anything.
But then I see it.
And I scream!
I scream so loudly that everyone in the diner stops eating and looks at me.
It’s a scream that keeps gathering momentum as it goes on like a runaway train, terrifying everyone there.
“What’s wrong?” Danny says, rushing over to where I’m standing by the bulletin board.
I point to a picture of a house in one of the ads.
“It’s here,” I whisper.
“What?”
“The house.”
And it is.
The house I’ve been looking for.
The house from Pleasant Street.
“I don’t understand,” Danny is saying.
“It’s the house,” I sob. “Oh, my God, it really is the same house…”
***
Excerpt from The Vanishers by R. G. Belsky. Copyright 2026 by R. G. Belsky. Reproduced with permission from R. G. Belsky. All rights reserved.
Author Bio:
R.G. Belsky is an award-winning author of crime fiction and a journalist in New York City. His newest mystery, THE VANISHERS, was published by dp DIGITAL PUBLISHERS. Belsky has published 26 novels. He also writes thrillers under the name Dana Perry. And he is a contributing writer for The Big Thrill magazine and BookTrib.
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