The Green Knight
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What if old myths and legends carry a grain of truth?
Gavin Baddock discovers this for himself when a strange client enters his life and changes it forever.
A shyster and a resilient con-man play the world for suckers.
Until the day Gavin learns the old myths and legends err in certain very important ways.
Join Gavin and Carl for a darkly humorous romp through the highs and lows of chicanery.
Just make sure you don't lose your head…
Jason A. Adams
Jason A. Adams grew up in various Air Force towns, but Southwest Virginia has always been his homeplace. His military brat childhood exposed him to exotic locales, fascinating people from around the world, and a lifetime curiosity that informs his fiction.Jason is the author of many short stories based in and around the Virginia coalfields he lives in and loves. He currently lives on a forest mountain with assorted beasties, and his beautiful and talented wife, Kari Kilgore, also a writer of many wonderful stories.Find out more at www.jasonadams.info, where you can sign up for information on upcoming releases, and the occasional update from The Brain Squirrels.For all works released by Spiral Publishing, including Kari's many fantastic stories and non-fiction by Frank Kilgore, check out www.spiralpublishing.net.
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The Green Knight - Jason A. Adams
To Cú Chulainn, Gawain, and all the other suckers.
The Green Knight
Jason A. Adams
Spiral Publishing, Ltd.
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Gavin couldn’t stop trembling.
He walked quickly down the noisy Buckhead street, eyes darting over every face, looking for the accusation he knew he would eventually find. He could smell his own fear-sweat as the muggy Atlanta night tried to suffocate him in a wet blanket of heat, still eighty degrees even at one in the morning.
On the road, cars went past with few gaps. Atlanta traffic didn’t stop when the sun went down. On the sidewalks, drunk kids went by in both directions, looking for the next bar or the next hooker. A normal, everyday night in this pocket of bars and bistros.
How had he gotten mixed up in