Revenge of the Phantom Press

Touch a flame. Feel the fire. Tom Larsen, a former skeptic, became a paranormal investigative reporter for the Bolingbrook Babbler. A year later, he discovers that covering suburban Chicago's paranormal activity is tougher than debunking it. Despite his family, and the residents questioning his sanity, Tom is determined to succeed. But Tom's world is upended when the ghosts who used to publish a rival tabloid, the Phantom Press, reappear. Their attacks shock the village's covert agencies, and even the Babbler's newsroom isn't safe from their rage. Tom and the remaining staffers are forced to evacuate Bolingbrook. Despite his editor's orders, Tom, aided by his mentor Juanita and her anti-psychic cat, investigates the Phantom Press's return. They're soon attacked by occultists addicted to spirit possession, and face scrutiny from the village's Department of Paranormal Affairs. Tom begins to suspect there's a larger conspiracy involved, and wonders if Juanita is hiding something from him. Will Tom uncover the truth before his hometown is consumed by Phantom Press's fury? Revenge of the Phantom Press is an Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Mystery novel set in suburban Chicagoland. It can be read as a standalone or as part of the Bolingbrook Babbler Stories. Buy Revenge of the Phantom Press, and enter a suburb where the truth is unbelievable, and shadows are deadly. In William Brinkman's world, suburban sidewalks lead to secret conspiracies, emotional reckonings, and the occasional enraged weredeer. He writes urban fantasy with a blend of satire and heart, offering humanistic views of the real world through a supernatural lens. Since 1999, he's published the Bolingbrook Babbler blog, which inspired-but remains separate from-his fiction. One of his novels was shortlisted for a 2024 Indieverse Award. A former Bolingbrook resident, William now lives in suburban Chicagoland with his wife and two cats. In the Village of Bolingbrook, the truth is unbelievable.In this seemly quiet suburb of Chicago, weredeer roam the woods, vampires patrol their territories, a monster lurks beneath Hidden Lakes, and Clow Airport is a cover for the largest urban intergalactic base on Earth, Clow UFO Base. Overseeing it all is Robert Clark, mayor of the most important village in the Milky Way.Only The Babbler, Bolingbrook's first and only tabloid, dares to report the truth.These are the stories about the reporters who expose Bolingbrook's secrets, the people who fight to conceal the truth, and the monsters, human and supernatural, who find their way to the Pathway Village.