Slay Bells (Roads Through Amelia #5)

By Joshua Calkins-Treworgy

T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, dark creatures came lurking, to tear, rend and gouge!

'Tis the season once again, and the jolly fat man, Saint Nicholas himself, must figure out how he will contend with the dark denizens of Amelia City and deliver presents for the good little boys and girls. These aren't spooks and critters left over from Halloween; these are beasts whose sole intent is to deliver slaughter. Is there enough holiday magic up Santa's sleeve to stand victorious over them all?

A new entry in the worldwide, bestselling horror series Roads Through Amelia.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Untreed Reads
• Release date: Nov 26, 2012
• ISBN: 9781611874853

Joshua Calkins-Treworgy

My name is Joshua T. Calkins-Treworgy. I'm a 26 year old father of 2 beautiful little girls in Eden, New York State. I'm a new author, and intend to make writing my career, so that my wife won't have to work so much, and I won't have to work in the work-a-day world forever. Also because I love storytelling. My writing is in the realm of high fantasy, a genre for which I have a deep love. I've been reading fantasy and sci-fi novels for years, and among my favorite authors are Stephen R. Donaldson (the Covenant novels), Terry Brooks, Terry Pratchett, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Terry Goodkind. R.A. Salvatore's okay, but I'm not so big on him. I also enjoy the writings of Stephen King, Clive Barker (the old stuff), and Dean Koontz. I'm big on video games, particularly RPGs (role playing games). This stems in part from a long-lived love of pen-and-paper role playing games, like Dungeons and Dragons. In short, I'm a huge nerd. In addition, I'm also a huge Otaku, or anime/manga freak. (Inuyasha is my favorite, along with Negima: Magister Magi Negi, and Bleach)

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Roads Through Amelia: Slay Bells

By Joshua Calkins-Treworgy

Copyright 2012 by Joshua Calkins-Treworgy

Cover Copyright 2012 by Dara England and Untreed Reads Publishing

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This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to the living or dead is entirely coincidental.

Also by Joshua Calkins-Treworgy and Untreed Reads Publishing

Roads Through Amelia: The Beast and the Forgotten Tribesman

Roads Through Amelia: Comedy and Tragedy

Roads Through Amelia: Faith in Amelia

Roads Through Amelia: Mr. Big Ugly

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Slay Bells

An Amelia City Christmas Tale

By Joshua T. Calkins-Treworgy

Around another blind corner he ran, staggering as he crashed into the side of a dumpster, sword scraping against the concrete. Blood ran down in thin streams from the small tooth punctures in his upper bicep, the frosty winter air seeming to run right through the tear in his coat and armor, plunging down into his body. He had expected trouble-this was Amelia City, after all.

But the man in the red coat and pants with the white trim had not expected to have to cut down crawling man-spiders, only to have something resembling a giant, fanged toad latch onto his shoulder and bite down into his arm. Its teeth had parted the fine chain sleeve like the links were carved of cheese instead of forged steel. The reek of the thing assaulted him still as he ran, its shiny slime dripping down his coat, stinking of seaweed left to rot in the summer sun.

He thought back, still seeking to escape the most recent pursuing nightmare, trying