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Dead People Association Book # 1

Synopsis:

Jordan Nash is a bon vivant par excellence.

Or actually: was a bon vivant.

When he is officially declared dead by the authorities, his life turns into a nightmare.

Determined to prove his existence, he stumbles upon the mysterious Dead People Association. A club where people like Jordan, who have been erased from government records, gather. Or… so he thought.

Because not everyone in the group turns out to be alive. Some are ghosts, trapped between two worlds, desperately seeking passage to the afterlife. These are the ones Jordan can still live with...

But those others… The others are apparitions that have clung to the land of the living in sinister ways, sometimes for centuries. They will stop at nothing to force Jordan to help them stay here.

 

As Jordan balances on the edge of two worlds, he discovers that some boundaries cannot be crossed without danger.  

Do you dare to follow him into the shadow world of twilight death?

Do you dare to follow Jordan into the shadow world of twilight death?

Genre: Horror

Type: Novella

Words: 40,000

Released: September 1, 2026

Manuscript finished: August 25, 2026

Inspiration: 

Some time ago I heard about problems people experience when their identity is erased by the government because the government has somehow learned that the person is no longer alive. In everyday life this causes enormous problems. Problems that are not solved quickly. A support organization has even been founded for fellow sufferers: the Uttar Pradesh Association of Dead People. I used that information as a basis and (after changing the organization's name) made the problem of people who are declared dead against their will even more annoying…

List of characters

Characters alphabetical by last name. Nicknames and characters only known by their first name or their last name, are given underneath this list. Unnamed characters are not listed!

• Judy Bayes - DPA member
• Ilonka Brandenburg - Unlight
• Gregory Draude - DPA member
• Marlon Keene - Jordans friend
• Ben Lancashire - Bankmanager
• Owen Marsee - waiter
• Jordan Nash - protagonist
• August Parsons - Unlight
• Emmanuel Rothkampf - bankmanager
• Keira Whishaw - accountmanager

First or last name only:

• Bradley - receptionist
• Henri - taxidriver
• Ilse - tourist
• Mata Hari - nickname VA
• Mathilda - PA
• Michelle - PA
• Myrna - receptionist
  
• Nena - tourist
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Remarks:

Each cover is based upon a magnificent photo of an abandoned place by Anton Osinga. At the end of each book a short explanation about the origin of the photo is given.