That night when Cissy goes to bed she pauses for a minute at her vanity and looks deep into her eyes. She catches sight of two flames, shake her head, and goes to sleep. But when she wakes up and looks into the mirror again she sees not her old self, her old face, but the dead girl Regina Simpson.
Deadbeat was first published by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you now by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Deadbeat you will enjoy other teenage horror novels by Linda Cargill such as Wilt, The Oldest House, Algernon, Fire, and Drop Dead.