Books written by Jason Medina

Ghosts and Legends of Yonkers

Alexander Smith, founder of the Alexander Smith Carpet Mills, is also buried here on a hill across from his daughter, Eva Smith Cochran, and her husband, William Francis Cochran. The Cochran family is just below the Hilltop Garden in ...
Aftermath of the Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

He looked at Mark and wondered if it would be a good idea. Mark pulled him aside, so they could speak in private. “Please, tell me you're not actually considering this BS. The ACV holds sixteen, while the LAV 6 only holds ten.
Kings Park Psychiatric Center: a Journey Through History

John H. Smith. Smith and Sills owned land just west of Captain Smith's land, which became the site of the hospital's ... These farms belonged to Charles Halleck, Ebenezer W. Smith, and James Darling, as well as additional land belonging ...
Ghosts and Legends of Yonkers

D'Agnillo, John. “William Boyce Thompson: An Enduring Legacy in Yonkers.” Quarterly Journal of the Yonkers Historical ... Weird New York. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 2005. Hansen, Kris A. Death Passage on the Hudson: The Wreck of ...
The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

Soon, they reached the intersection of Kingsbridge and Bailey Avenues. They faced east and looked uphill along Kingsbridge Avenue. It was such a long steep hill. It would only feel longer on foot, especially for David with his injured ...
No Hope for the Hopeless at Kings Park

Aside from gettin' me some primo loot, she can score whatever she wants, as payment from her “Johns.” Every once in a blue moon, someone accidentally catches her with a John . . . namely me, an' I get the chance to blackmail her Johns ...
A Ghost in New Orleans

It was Russell! Russell smiled at Ray in his usual way, as if everything were fine. He was dressed in his regular waiter's outfit. Surprised, Ray demanded, “What the shit? Russell? WWhat are you doing here?” Russell was extending his ...
Kings Park Psychiatric Center: a Journey Through History

Postcard of the Manhattan Beach Hotel, circa 1904 Russell left by railroad on Monday, July 12, 1904, to start his two days' leave and checked in at the Manhattan Beach Hotel at New York City, where he apparently intended to stay for the ...
A Night at the Shanley Hotel

While driving along Route 209 through Napanoch, New York, a weary traveler stops for the night at a rural bed and breakfast called the Shanley Hotel.
Kings Park Psychiatric Center: a Journey Through History

This book is the definitive history of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center, which at one time, was the largest state hospital in New York.
Aftermath of the Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

What could possibly go wrong during the Zombie Apocalypse? The second half of the story introduces us to the zombie-killing soldiers of Company Z, a military convoy from Indiana.
The Diary of Audrey Malone Frayer

In this second novel by Jason Medina, author of “No Hope for the Hopeless at Kings Park,” we are treated to a special story that ties an adolescent girl’s troubled times of the 1970s with the lives of four young people in the present, ...