The Beginner Author:Blake M. Petit Curtis Dupré has everything he could want to film his second movie- real studio backing, a location shoot near his hometown with his best friend as producer, and the chance to work with an actress he has admired for years. Then people begin to vanish from the set of his film, innocent people whom nobody but Curtis even remembers. There are clues... more » out there- a discarded screenplay, a grubby old magazine, a photocopied birth certificate- that together point to a horrible truth. Something is stalking Curtis, an evil that once plagued his grandparents- a blade-wielding monster that people like Curtis have struggled with since the dawn of time. Night is falling, and to save himself and his friends, Curtis Dupré must learn to understand what it truly means to be...The Beginner.« less