The Last Death of Angfil: A Soul Travelers Story
By Kari KilgorePublisher Description
A Particularly Wicked Ghost
Maude Morgan enjoys life in the tough mining town of Virginia City, Nevada. Surrounded by long loyal friends and allies.
But two desperate men on the run bring a fierce specter of Maude's past that threatens to destroy everything.
Can she manage to protect herself and all she holds dear?
Or will the past put an end to her future?
Part of Unexpected Histories, an Uncollected Anthology.
A Most Unwelcome Reminder of Times Long Past
Maude folded the letter, tucked it into a pocket of her skirt, and picked up her cooled tea.
"May I ask how you became aware of the threat to your life, Mr. Evans?"
He stared down at his hands knotted in his lap, and Maude would have sworn a flush rose against his dark skin.
"I heard tell of the murder of friends of mine," he said. "From before. Friends from the bad days, back in Georgia. Murdered in Richmond, and Philadelphia, and New York. Then Chicago, and St. Louis, and Denver. It was one of Jacob's people that got word of what Mr. O'Day knew, after we got out here to Virginia City a week past."
Mr. Fairfax—Jacob—gazed at Mr. Evans with a fondness Maude finally recognized and understood. These two weren't simply friends or traveling companions. They meant far more to each other than that.
Mr. Fairfax confirmed her suspicions with his words and the heat of his tone.
"The things William told me about his life…before, they aren't fit for a lady to hear, ma'am. I'll do anything in my power to make sure he's safe from harm. That man that's after him, Mr. Winters. He's the very devil in the flesh."
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About Kari Kilgore
Kari Kilgore started her first published novel Until Death in Transylvania, Romania, and finished it in Room 217 at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, where Stephen King got the idea for The Shining. That’s just one example of how real world inspiration drives her fiction.
Kari’s first published novel Until Death was included on the Preliminary Ballot for the Bram Stoker Award for Outstanding Achievement in a First Novel in 2016. It was also a finalist for the Golden Stake Award at the Vampire Arts Festival in 2018.
Recent professional short story sales include three to Fiction River anthology magazine, with the first due out in the September issue. Kari also has two stories in a holiday-themed anthology project with Kristine Kathryn Rusch due out over the holidays in 2019.
Kari writes fantasy, science fiction, horror, and contemporary fiction, and she’s happiest when she surprises herself. She lives at the end of a long dirt road in the middle of the woods with her husband Jason Adams, various house critters, and wildlife they’re better off not knowing more about.
Kari’s novels, novellas, and short stories are available at www.spiralpublishing.net, which also publishes books by Frank Kilgore and Jason Adams. For more information about Kari, upcoming publications, her travels and adventures, and random cool things that catch her attention, visit www.karikilgore.com.
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