The Beginning

A doctor with a special gift to heal those suffering from their most horrific nightmares. His patients in desperate need to rid the demons in their sleep. But there is one catch...he must enter their night terrors, often putting their lives and souls in mortal danger.The Beginning takes us back to how it all started for Joseph and how he came to possess his power and at times, curse. As a young boy, he discovers a dark and dangerous world within his dreams and soon, he holds his mother's life in his own hands with each action he takes in her nightmares.Dream Psychologist, Dr. Joseph Rickettes uses the experiences from his youth to better understand his gift as an adult and help rid his patients of their demons. He is bound by the demons in their dreams, while he struggles to make sense of the nightmares that plague his own life. Each patient he sees suffers from their own unique night terrors that threaten to consume them all in their sleep, and if left unaddressed, claim their souls. Can Joseph navigate the thin line between good and evil to help his mother, and as an adult, will he continue to use his dangerous gift to help others?If you like your fiction taking you into the dark unknown, possibly leading to the darkest depths of hell, then the Night Dreams Series will be worth the ride.If you had the gift . . . would you use it? Born and raised in Texas and now residing in Arizona. I am an avid reader and big Houston Sports Fan. I play chess everyday when I'm not squeezing in a little time for writing. I published my first work Purgatory - 13 Tales of the Macabre and Floor Four - A Novella of Horror, an Amazon Bestseller in Occult Horror. Also completed is Night Dreams, an episodic series in seven parts that can be read separately or in one complete novel. My column, 'Ask AJ', appeared in All Authors Magazine online and I have had short stories published on Dark River Press, The Sirens Call eZine Issue #14 and the anthologies, State of Horror Illinois published by Charon Coin Press and Concordant Vibrancy published by All Authors Publishing. You can connect with me on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and my website, alopezjr.com.