The Bride Within

By Stephen Couch

Fantasy short story. A grieving preacher embarks on a desperate journey to save his countrymen from the grip of a diabolical contest.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stephen Couch
• Release date: Feb 16, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458073747

Stephen Couch

Stephen Couch is a writer, a computer programmer, a cover band vocalist, an award-winning audio drama producer, and a lifelong Texan. His short fiction has appeared in such venues as Talebones, Mountain Magic: Spellbinding Tales of Appalachia, and the Stoker Award-finalist Horror Library Vol. 3.

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The Bride Within

By Stephen Couch

Published by Mere Moments Publishing at Smashwords

Copyright 2011 Stephen Couch

Cover image 'Cherub' copyright © 2011 Photos.com

This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the writer's imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locales or organizations is entirely coincidental.

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The Bride Within

The girl threw the horse so high into the air that Grist had almost forgotten it by the time it landed with a whinnying splatter-crunch.

He folded his arms, the weight of the bracelet on his wrist still unfamiliar after these many days of pursuit. The girl stared at him, the glow of the Bride inside her shining through