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    The Gold Hill Ghoul
    The Gold Hill Ghoul
    The Gold Hill Ghoul
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    The Gold Hill Ghoul

    By Patrick Dorn

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    A broke and broken gold miner digging a grave for wages witnesses a shocking desecration by a mysterious bloated figure in a black frock coat. Will he survive his encounter with the Gold Hill Ghoul? 

    This standalone weird western horror story takes place in Gold Hill, Colorado, 1864. Rated PG-13 for language and gore. Approximately 4055 words.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPatrick Dorn
    Release dateFeb 24, 2020
    ISBN9781393464723
    The Gold Hill Ghoul
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    Patrick Dorn

    Patrick Dorn used to write weird westerns set in Old California, New Mexico, and Colorado, but then he visited Ireland. Now his supernatural fiction alternates between The West and The Emerald Isle, but is always, always weird. He's also an Anglican priest and a full-time chaplain. Check out Patrick's blog, stories, plays, musicals, children's books, and more at www.PatrickDorn.com. You can reach him at Patrick@PatrickDorn.com

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      The Gold Hill Ghoul - Patrick Dorn

      The Gold Hill Ghoul

      The Gold Hill Ghoul

      A Tale of Weird Western Horror

      Patrick Dorn

      Copyright © 2020 by Patrick Dorn

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      For Harvey Stanbrough,

      a great mentor and prolific writer

      who isn’t afraid of the dark.

      Description

      A broke and broken gold miner digging a grave for wages witnesses a shocking desecration by a mysterious bloated figure in a black frock coat. Will he survive his encounter with the Gold Hill Ghoul?

      This standalone weird western horror story takes place in Gold Hill, Colorado, 1864. Rated PG-13 for language and gore. Approximately 4055 words.

      Contents

      Chapter One: Digging at Dusk

      Chapter Two: The Night Visitor

      Chapter Three: An Immeasurable Service

      Chapter Four: A Marvelous, Memorable Tale

      Chapter Five: The Gold Hill Ghoul

      Afterword

      About the Author

      Chapter One: Digging at Dusk

      Gold Hill, Colorado, 1864

      Thomas Kennedy sat with his back to a gravestone,

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