The Ballad of Old Joe Booth: A Song for Eighth Block: The Bedlam Bible, #5

By William Pauley III

Some monsters are impossible to see.

This is The Ballad of Old Joe Booth.

An epic poem in four parts.

A song for Eighth Block.

• Language: English
• Publisher: DOOM FICTION
• Release date: Aug 7, 2023
• ISBN: 9781960190284

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The Ballad of Old Joe Booth

*A Song for Eighth Block*

by

William Pauley III

The Ballad of Old Joe Booth

Copyright © 2023 by William Pauley III. All rights reserved.

Published by DOOM FICTION

Lexington, KY

Cover design copyright © 2023 by William Pauley III. All rights reserved.

The Ballad of Old Joe Booth

DOOM FICTION #018

Published June 1st, 2023 by Doom Fiction.

This is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including mechanical, electric, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher or author.

Author's note:

Please allow the following to serve as a sort of intermission, as we are just about halfway through The Bedlam Bible. Though only seven books make up this series, the final is a collection that contains a total of twelve stories, making it easily three times the length of the books preceding it. So yes, we are, right now, in the very middle of The Bedlam Bible. So let's try something a little different, shall we?

In this intermission, we're given a song that details the history of a character first introduced in The Astronaut Dream Book, the tricky shapeshifting horror who goes by the name of Old Joe Booth.

By the way, we all are burdened with our own unique variant of Old Joe Booth. Some of you are aware of this already, as you recognized it the moment it squirmed onto the page, however it's quite likely you were unaware of its name until now. There are no introductions when it arrives & no obvious way to push it aside. Its presence often comes unexpected & it's always unwanted.

But there is hope! As we learn in the following song for Eighth Block, there is