Orchards

By Katherine Silva

"I am losing all the little things that make me who I am..."

Brody Aritza was lost to the Wild Dark when he was killed in the line of duty. But then something happened. The thin wall between life and death parted and he found his way back, back to the woman he loved. It wasn't right though: he was dead and she was alive and the

• Language: English
• Publisher: Strange Wilds Press
• Release date: Aug 2, 2022
• ISBN: 9798218040147

Katherine Silva

Katherine Silva is a Maine horror author, a connoisseur of coffee, and victim of cat shenanigans. She is a two-time Maine Literary Award finalist for speculative fiction and a member of the Horror Writers of Maine, The Horror Writers Association, and New England Horror Writers Association. Katherine is also editor-in-chief of Strange Wilds Press and Dark Taiga Creative Writing Consultations. Her latest works, ORCHARDS, HALLOWED OBLIVION and DAN & ANDY'S SCARY-OKE HOLIDAY, are all novelettes within THE WILD DARK universe and are now available wherever books are sold. A sequel to THE WILD DARK is due out in August 2023.

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ORCHARDS

a short story from

THE WILD DARK

BY

KATHERINE SILVA

Strange Wilds Press

Copyright © 2022 by Katherine Silva

E-Book ISBN-13: 9798218040147

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 the permission in writing from the author, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages.

This book is a work of fiction. Anything that bears resemblance to real people, places, or events is coincidental and unintentional.

Content warning: This book contains death, dying, alcohol, violence, substance abuse, gore, suicide, and depictions of racism.

Published by Strange Wilds Press

Kindle first edition: August 2nd, 2022

Cover photos by Serhat Tuğ, Alexandra Lazarescu, William Topa, & Alexandra Vazquez (courtesy of Unsplash and Pexels)

Cover design by Katherine Silva

www.katherinesilvaauthor.com

Interior Photos by Kevin Oetiker, Joshua Brown, Nick Nice, Xander Ashwell, Alexander Krivitskiy, Nathan Anderson, Daniel Tong, Tyler Lastovich, Jeremy Allouche, Stefan, Viktor Talashuk (courtesy of Unsplash and Pexels)

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