The Hotel -:March 22nd

Last updated on: February 3, 2022 at 6:42 pm by Karl J. Forehand

The Hotel -:March 22nd 2022-02-03T18:42:38-06:00 Karl J. Forehand

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Some time ago I visited a hotel in my hometown to investigate places to have an event. I had heard stories that it was haunted and that there were tunnels underneath the street, but I wasn’t thinking about that when I went inside.

It was much like many of the buildings in the town where I went to high school. The hotel was founded around the turn of the 20th century. Almost immediately my mind began to wonder what it was like 100 years ago in this hotel.

Was it really true that it was haunted? What happened during prohibition and the Great Depression and how is it all related? I couldn’t find much information even in the library, and people around town didn’t seem to know a lot about the hotel, just a few rumors.

As I began to imagine what the truth might be, the characters of the story began to come alive.

Joe Forrester was an ex-businessman and former deacon of the church that in some ways represented me. He was curious and looking for answers. Along the way he encounters a wise sage that helps him on his journey.

George and Alesa were my version of the original owners 100 years ago. George is just home from the army when they decide to take over the hotel and develop it into the most popular hotel for a hundred miles around.

JD Morello is a businessman from the city that wanders into their story and later becomes a pivotal part of what they become and what they discover.

Many of the characters in the story go through their own personal transformations and discover that the secrets within us are sometimes the ones that matter the most.

There are some amazing surprises and discoveries that occur both in the past of this story and in the current day monologue.

Just like the characters discovered, sometimes the journey can be transformational when we look a little deeper.

Be where you are, be who you are,

Karl Forehand

The hotel will be available March 22nd

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