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    The Club of the Bombastic Few
    The Club of the Bombastic Few
    The Club of the Bombastic Few
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    The Club of the Bombastic Few

    By K McConnell

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    Is it possible for Death itself to be offended? Perhaps...since it appears to be taking its revenge, in an unpleasant variety of ways, upon a group of veteran adventurers while on a quest in 1930s Africa in a pulp fiction style adventure story.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherK McConnell
    Release dateMay 13, 2015
    ISBN9781310685958
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    K McConnell

    K McConnell grew up in a small Michigan town sadly similar to the town of Hamlet in the Hamlet Mysteries. He graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a degree in English Literature with a minor in Writing that adequately prepared him for unemployment, a vocation he has fully embraced whenever possible. He has travelled extensively surviving numerous misadventures along the way. These days he spends a majority of his time writing for his own entertainment and anyone who wishes to listen in.

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      The Club of the Bombastic Few - K McConnell

      The Club of the Bombastic Few

      K McConnell

      Copyright 2015

      www.kmcconnellbooks.com

      Beau! Just the man I need to help me with this. Barely slipping off his coat off Brad swept him into the middle of the main lounge of the Club of the Bombastic Few.

      Help you with what? Beau asked. Shadows danced around the walls in the flickering light of the gas lamps.

      Help me to get these lazy butts motivated. Brad waved a hand around the room.

      Humph! Chauncey readjusted his pipe. His portly frame sat in an armchair near the fire.

      Motivated for what? Beau looked around the room.

      To run off on some ridiculous scheme Brad’s cooked up. Albert leaned an elbow on the mantle of the fireplace. He was tall enough to make it a relaxed stance. His dark hair and sharp features gave him an intense look.

      It’s not ridiculous. It’s the ultimate challenge. Brad turned back towards Beau.

      A hunt? Beau’s face perked up.

      A hunt. Punk spoke it as if it was a sacred word. At 26 he was the youngest member of the Club of the Bombastic Few. With his close cut blonde hair and boyish looks he looked even younger.

      It is not a hunt. Chauncey puffed a couple of times. His face was momentarily obscured by smoke.

      It sounds like a waste of time to me. Albert said as he made his way over to the bar for another drink. Jersey Joe, the Club’s bartender wiped the bar once and slid a drink across to Albert.

      Beau stared at Brad. You found something new?

      The Club of the Bombastic Few were hunters, explorers, and adventurers. The more exotic the adventure, the better. The more dangerous the adventure, better yet. They were the Club of the Bombastic Few and they feared nothing.

      Yes! Well, sort of. In all of our previous exploits we have always sought a specific objective, the Temple of Singh-Fari, the Serpent of Lake Kampaula, the Walking Dead of Timbali, the…

      Yeah, yeah, Brad. I get it. What are you saying, you want hunt something we can’t find?

      No. I’m saying we should try something a little different.

      Like?

      Like directly confronting Death.

      "Thanks Brad. I’ve

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