Distilled Shadows
By Tim Greaton
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Focus House Publishing is pleased to present “Distilled Shadows.”
Tim Greaton has captured our hearts with his emotional novels "The Santa Shop," "Red Gloves," "Under-Heaven," and "Bones in the Tree." But in this collection of short stories, his imagination takes us to a much darker place, a place where Bigfoot wanders the Louisiana Swamps, a place where a wealthy psychotic novelist lives in squalor by choice, and a place where vampires, werewolves and witches wander the streets in search of criminals to punish.
Inside the pages of “Distilled Shadows” you’ll find the following 8 short stories:
Dustin Jeckle & Mr. Hydel
Violin Intentions
For the Deposit
Violin and the Frog Motion
The Shaft
Once Upon a Stradivarius
Bayou Bigfoot
The Halloween Caper
One reviewer says, "Tim Greaton's fans will follow him to Hell in gasoline raincoats...."
You're invited to find out why.
Tim Greaton
I live in Maine with my beautiful wife and three amazing children. We share 7-acres with 1 dog, 2 cats, and a population of ducks that varies with the weather. I'm a full-time corporate writer and novelist. My fiction, non-fiction and advertising work has appeared in forums all around the globe. A few months back, my novel "The Santa Shop ̈ was republished to Kindle and Nook. My pre-release novel "From My Cold Young Fingers ̈ (soon to be final-released as "Ripped From My Cold Young Fingers ̈) is also available on Kindle. "Zachary Pill, The Dragon at Station End, ̈ "Heroes With Fangs ̈ and my horror novel "Ancestor ̈ will also be available on Kindle in the next few months. My brother's publishing company refers to me as "Maine's Other Author TM ̈ but I prefer just Tim :-).
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Distilled Shadows - Tim Greaton
Distilled
Shadows,
Anthology
Of
Short Stories
From Maine’s Other Author
™
TIM GREATON
BY TIM GREATON and LARRY DONNELL
Dislocated Man
Part 1
Dislocated Man
Part 2
Dislocated Man
Part 3
ALSO BY TIM GREATON
Supernatural Suspense and Dark Fiction
Her Yearning for Blood
Episode One
Purchase Here
A Colonial Evil
Episode One
Emotional Fiction
The Santa Shop
(The Samaritans Conspiracy - Book 1)
Purchase Here
The Santa Shop’s Hollywood Ending
(Alternative Ending to The Santa Shop)
Purchase Here
Red Gloves
(The Samaritans Conspiracy - Book 2)
Under-Heaven
Bones in the Tree
(A Novella)
Fantasy & Science Fiction
The Pheesching Sector
(A 6,000 word sci-fi story)
Purchase Here
(Read a preview at the end of this story)
Zachary Pill, Of Monsters and Magic
(Zachary Pill – Book 1)
Get Your Free Copy Here
Zachary Pill, With Dragon Fear
(Zachary Pill – Book 2)
Purchase Here
Zachary Pill, Against the Troll
(Zachary Pill – Book 3)
Purchase Here
Zachary Pill, The Dragon at Station End
Trilogy
Purchase Here
Water Golems
(Two stories from the Zachary Pill Universe)
Purchase Here
Heroes With Fangs
2012
Her Yearning for Blood
Episode One
Purchase Here
A Shattered Spooth
(Book 1 in the Wizard’s Prism)
2012
For Children
(How to Build) The Super Loop Airplane
Contact Tim at
tim@greateastdevelopment.net
Read Tim’s Blog at
timgreaton.blogspot.com
Distilled
Shadows,
Anthology
Of
Short Stories
From Maine’s Other Author
™
TIM GREATON
Copyright 2012 by Tim Greaton.
Published by Focus House Publishing
Smashwords Edition
This is a work of fiction. The names and the characters are fictional. Any resemblance to living or dead individuals is purely coincidental.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, including digital or audio sampling, internet display or download, or any other form of digital or physical display or transfer, excepting only brief excerpts for use in a literary review, without expressed written permission from the author.
Published by Focus House Publishing
Dustin Jeckle & Mr. Hydel, a short story
Violin Intentions, a short story
For the Deposit, a short story
Violin and the Frog Motion, a short story
The Shaft, a short story
Once Upon a Stradivarius, a short story
Bayou Bigfoot, a short story
The Halloween Caper, a short story
Many of these stories appeared in earlier versions on the Mistress of the Dark Path blog website.
Cover graphics by Wizards Prism Art & Media
Contents
The Halloween Caper
Violin Intentions
For the Deposit
Violin and the Frog Motion
The Shaft
Once Upon a Stradivarius
Bayou Bigfoot
Dustin Jeckle & Mr. Hydel
The Halloween Caper
The Halloween Caper
Oliver, the phone’s for you,
Cassie called out.
Oliver lifted his foot from the sewing machine petal and pulled the black cloth away from the needle. I’m working on my costume,
he yelled down the stairs. Who is it?
It’s a collect call. Eric Jonestad at the prison? Do you know anyone at the prison?
Andrew, he thought. It’s about time.
Oliver left his half-sewn silk cape on the sewing machine and nearly flew down the stairs. No one had heard from their friend Andrew in several weeks. Cassie was standing in the kitchen next to the wall phone, her sleek frame hugged by a tight red dress. The puffy shoulders and sleeves further accentuated her narrow waist. She spun strands of her straight black hair with one finger and made a pouty, red lipstick face.
Witches aren’t supposed to look like you,
he said.
Grinning she handed him the phone.
Like what?
a deep voice asked as he put the receiver to his ear.
Cassie’s dressing up as a sexy witch tonight.
Not to be confused with her sexy everyday witch look,
the deep voice said.
Easy there. She’s mine,
Oliver said. So I assume this is you, Andrew.
The one and only.
"You know they listen to every conversation,