Goodreads asked Keith Wayne McCoy:

What are you currently working on?

Keith Wayne McCoy Although I don't particularly read a great deal of paranormal books, my own works have a decided bent toward the otherworldly, be it SF, Fantasy, or Gothic. Right now, I am working on what I call a "Modern Gothic". No vampires, werewolves, zombies, etc. but a decided backdrop of an old mansion with an apparent mind of its own. I never plunge fully into the supernatural but find that the existence of it in subtle ways is successful for me as a writer. My novel is called "The Governor" and concerns a very young cop from Queens who is dismissed after losing his temper on a call to a domestic dispute. He raised his five younger brothers and sisters after his mother's death and has a particular soft spot for youth. After his unceremonious dismissal from being a cop, a Catholic priest persuades him to take on a summer job at a wealthy estate on the Hudson to a wealthy widow who inherited 2 grandchildren when her son and daughter-in-law are killed in Europe on the Bonn, A man's man, even at 23, he is ideal for her desire for a male influence on her grandchildren. Rather than "governess", she calls him the "governor". Much to his surprise and chagrin, he finds himself falling in love with the classy, attractive 67 year old. Perhaps in guilt, he "sees" the apparition of her dead husband on several occasions and the house has eccentricities that he slowly accepts.

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