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John A Daly
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From a Dead Sleep
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author Insight
The Cheap Motel Rooms I Remember From My Youth
When I was young, my family went on a lot of road-trip vacations across the United States. We almost always stayed at Motel 6's, which were very cheap and no-frills. Sometimes we stayed at even cheaper places. These motels seemed to share a few common traits. The rooms were always musty, the temperature of the shower water never remained consistent, and the springy beds always had crazy-colored bedspreads with an odd smell to them. Just the type of place that Sean Coleman would stay the night at if he had a few bucks in his pocket while on the road.
Book Excerpt
From a Dead Sleep
Fifteen miles down the road, he spotted a low-lying motel sign along an off-ramp. With the neon-pink vacancy light flickering on and off under the promise of a $25 room, he decided to invest some of his new cash in a decent night’s sleep before another long day of travel. The place looked like a dump from the outside, but the unlit parking lot located in the back away from the interstate and frontage road was an asset. It was highly unlikely that anyone from the bar could have identified his car in the first place, but there was nothing wrong with a little extra caution.
Once inside his musty room, Sean took a long shower that drifted between hot and cold water on its own terms. By 12:30 a.m., he was sacked out in his boxers between a springy, queen-sized mattress and a multicolored bedspread that reeked of a smell he couldn’t identify.
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