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    The Ghost Saloon
    The Ghost Saloon
    The Ghost Saloon
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    The Ghost Saloon

    By Zach Neal

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    Prospector Dan Rourke is always the first one to go in springtime and the last one out in the fall. This year, he’s left it a bit late. After days on snowshoes, and with night falling, he desperately needs to warm up. The Ghost Saloon still stands, but he’ll burn it down if he has to, unless McKittrick’s ghost has other ideas. A short story of western adventure.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZach Neal
    Release dateFeb 12, 2014
    ISBN9781927957141
    The Ghost Saloon
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    Zach Neal

    Zach Neal has been writing ever since he can remember. A forestry management professional, he prefers the outdoors to the office. He lives in the Halton Hills overlooking the Greater Toronto Area. He studied at the University of Toronto. Zach’s a single father of two healthy and energetic children. Zach’s boys, Aaron and Jason, mean everything to him.

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      The Ghost Saloon - Zach Neal

      The Ghost Saloon

      Zach Neal

      This Smashwords edition copyright 2014 Zach Neal and Long Cool One Books

      Design: J. Thornton

      ISBN 978-1-927957-14-1

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      The following is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any person living or deceased, or to any places or events, is purely coincidental. Names, places, settings, characters and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination. The author’s moral rights to the proceeds of this work have been asserted.

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      Going on Sheer Determination

      His Bedroll in Front of the Stove

      Thinking of Another Drink

      About the Author

      The Ghost Saloon

      Zach Neal

      Going on Sheer Determination

      Dan Rourke had been trudging all day, going on sheer determination plus a good knowledge of the country. All he had to do was to survive another three days and he would

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