The Beggar's Lucky Coin

By Bruce Allsman

The Beggar's Lucky Coin, a supernatural horror story by Bruce Allsman

 

When an avid coin collector, Datuk See Khor Jee, finds an old and rare coin in the begging bowl of Old So Chan, a beggar at a Taoist temple in Air Itam, Penang, he swears to have that coin, at any price. Old So Chan, however, refuses to sell his lucky coin. Driven by greed, Datuk See persuades Kwan Sook Im, his lovely young wife, his reluctant partner in crime, to help him steal the beggar's lucky coin, only to find themselves in an unbelievable predicament and must face minatory consequences when the beggar finds out and retaliates, causing them to lose more than just their wealth.

 

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bruce Yeoh
• Release date: May 3, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201190118

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The Beggar's Lucky Coin

Bruce Allsman

All of the characters in this book

are fictitious, and any resemblance

to actual persons, living or dead,

is purely coincidental.

The Beggar's Lucky Coin

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Published by Bruce Yeoh

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The Beggar's Lucky Coin

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The Beggar's Lucky Coin

ON A SUNNY THURSDAY morning at nine o'clock, Ah See and I were in our one-day-old white BMW X5 going up the hill toward an ancient Taoist temple hidden deep in the dense hillside of Air Itam, Penang. Driving slowly while talking incessantly, Ah See cursed out loud each time he avoided a water-logged pothole along the winding laterite road.

We were there because, my husband, Datuk See Khor Jee, to me Ah See, was a fanatic coin collector. A tall and slender man in his early thirties, his short and straight black hair was often slicked with gel. He had a clean-shaven face, large brown eyes, a bulbous nose, and thick lips on a wide