The Ghost Cow of Killarney Lake

By Biff Mitchell

Facing the bullies at school was one thing...facing whatever was in the lake was another.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Biff Mitchell
• Release date: Aug 25, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215280881

Biff Mitchell

Biff Mitchell is a speculative fiction writer known mostly for his quirky humor and keen insights into those aspects of life that likely won't be relevant to anything in our lifetimes, but possibly in some future reality. His most recent publication, Blowing Up (from Double Dragon Publishing) unleashes a barrage of mostly humorous short stories guaranteed to confuse and amuse the most contemporary reader. That just might be you. But...before you dive try dipping your literary toes into some free reading at crazymanadventures.com. Be warned though...nothing good can come of any of this.

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The Ghost Cow of Killarney Lake

By Biff Mitchell

Copyright 2023 Biff Mitchell

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Move aside, Danny-boy! Jimmy pushed Danny aside as he rushed down the school corridor, turned his head and yelled, You’re always in the way, loser!

It was true, and Danny had the scars, the bruises, the chipped teeth and a bagful of pained feelings, remorse and embarrassment to prove it. He was always in the way, always in the wrong place at the wrong time, always barring the right-of-way of someone’s path as though he, himself, were part of some grand conspiracy to throw everyone around him off the course of their lives. But unlike the burning logs on the railroad track, Danny was invariably pushed, kicked or thrown aside…ignominiously and brutally. He might have been a snow flake for all the effect he had on the lives of those whose paths he blocked. It was like he’d been born a foot to the left of his own life.

Once, he bent