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    Shadows of Appalachia
    Shadows of Appalachia
    Shadows of Appalachia
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    Shadows of Appalachia

    By D.L. Winchester

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    Step into the "Shadows of Appalachia," where horror lurks not only in the shadows of the mountains but also within the depths of human experience. Set against the backdrop of the Appalachian Mountains, each tale offers a glimpse into the lives of ordinary people grappling with extraordinary horrors.

    From the sins of those in power to the desperation of being forgotten, from the heart-wrenching loss of a child to the confrontation of facing one's own death. Author D.L. Winchester takes you on a journey into the unknown, where reality and nightmare blur, and the truest of horrors are those that lie within ourselves.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUndertaker Books
    Release dateApr 12, 2024
    ISBN9798224199297
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      Shadows of Appalachia - D.L. Winchester

      Shadows of Appalachia

      D.L. Winchester

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      Undertaker Books

      Copyright © 2024 by GA Rea & Cyan LeBlanc

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. For permission requests, contact Posies & Peacocks.

      The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred.

      Book Cover by Jae Morgan via Canva.com

      eBook ASIN: B0CK9JNF6Q

      Paperback: ISBN: 9798865850434

      FIRST edition 2024

      Contents

      DEDICATION

      QUOTE

      INTRODUCTION

      1.MELUNGEON SPIRIT

      2.SIGNS FOLLOWING

      3.HEART OF THE MINE

      4.WHAT MATTERS

      5.THE UNKNOWN LEON

      6.WOLF CREEK

      Also by

      ABOUT D.L. WINCHESTER

      For Papaw, Mamaw, and my other Appalachian ancestors.

      Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

      -Edgar Allan Poe

      INTRODUCTION

      Each of these stories is rooted in horror, but most are not the ones typically associated with the genre. Sure, there’s a mysterious creature, and a common phobia. But more than that, these stories reveal everyday horrors:

      -The sins of someone in power.

      -Being forgotten by the world around you.

      -Losing a child.

      -Facing your own death.

      I’ve titled this work Shadows of Appalachia, because most of the stories are set in Appalachia. But the horrors found in these stories are not limited to the mountains I call home. Appalachia is just the setting.

      The truth is in the stories.

      D.L. Winchester

      March 2024

      MELUNGEON SPIRIT

      S heriff, I don’t give a rat’s ass how you run your county or what laws you let people break as long as it doesn’t spill across the county lines!

      Sheriff Beau Curtis twirled his handlebar mustache as he looked out the window. Jacob Thomas wanted to reach across the desk and grab the older man by the lapels, demanding to know why he hadn’t done anything about the moonshine flowing out of his county. He’d only been with the State’s Investigative Bureau for six months, but it felt like he had more passion for justice than this lifelong lawman.

      Finally, Curtis sighed. Son, I ain’t inclined to tell you what to do, but more than one outside interloper has left their bones in one of our hollers for nosin’ round where they shouldn’t. Now, if you’s smart, you’ll wander back to Knoxville and report you found a whole lot of nothing up here.

      And let the whiskey keep flowing? Thomas laughed. I have a job to do.

      And you’ll do it, right up until you stick your nose in the wrong holler and get it blowed off, with your head to boot, the sheriff shot back. That’s if you don’t get lost and end up as bear shit on some ridge line.

      Well, don’t you have a deputy you could assign to escort me?

      This time the sheriff laughed. I got one deputy, and I like his nose where it is, thank you very much. Now, I’m tellin’ you, boy. Go on back to Knoxville. Tell ‘em you found jack shit in Hancock County. Hell, tell ‘em you think it ain’t even made here, they’re just runnin’ it through here from Virginny. Put the pressure on Lee County for a while. Our boys could use the break.

      Goddamnit, Sheriff! Thomas exploded loud enough that the deputy stuck his head in the office. I can have you brought up on obstruction charges!

      You can, the sheriff said, twirling his mustache and leaning back in his chair. "How long do you think it’ll take Dave, excuse me, Judge Perkins, to dismiss them charges? All you’ll do is waste time and paper. Git yourself back to the city. Come back in a month or so when I do my semi-monthly ‘raid’ and bust up a couple stills, get your name in the papers."

      Damn it, Sheriff, this isn’t right! You know as well as I do that moonshine is flowing out of these mountains like a damn river! The law has to do something!

      "The law’s doin’ exactly what it should. This

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