A Knife in the Back: Seven Tales of Murder and Madness, and Raleigh's Prep., a Novel (Tales of the Weird) - Softcover

Noll, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1301942243 ISBN 13: 9781301942244

Publisher: Smashwords, 2013

Synopsis

In “Beta,” a monster terrorizes an isolated village in the mountans of Eastern Europe, draining the blood of its victims, leaving them frozen in the snow. The villagers hunt wolves, decapitate “vampires,” but the murders continue. Who will be next? Will it ever end?In “Prey,” when an old man discovers a gruesome new fertilzer for his beloved flowers, he decides to share it with the world.In “Under the Rocks,” something evil is swimming in the waters of the Rappahannock River. Jason Riddle knows it. He and his brothers thought they killed it in the summer of 1932. Seventy years later, that evil has returned, and Riddle knows that he has to destroy it once and for all.And in Raleigh’s Prep, a novel, Topher, Michael, and Kenneth find a mangled body on the rugby field of their new school. They decide to investigate, unleashing the horror that lurks in the woods that surround the campus.These are just a few of the macabre stories found within. Enter . . . IF YOU DARE!

About this title

About the Author:

James Noll has worked as a sandwich maker, a yogurt dispenser, a day care provider, a video store clerk, a day care provider (again), a summer camp counselor, a waiter, a prep. cook, a sandwich maker (again), a line cook, a security guard, a line cook (again), a waiter (again), a bartender, a librarian, and a teacher. Somewhere in there he played drums in punk rock bands, recorded several albums, and wrote dozens of short stories and a handful of novels. He recently published short fiction and poetry in Whurk (www.whurk.org) and the Fredericksburg Literary Review (www.fredericksburgwriters.com). Contact him online at: www.jamesnoll.net Upcoming titles by this author: Tracker’s Travail: Book the Second in the Topher Trilogy Topher’s Ton: Book the Third in the Topher Trilogy S.O.L: Book the First and a Half in the Topher Trilogy

About this edition

• Publisher: Smashwords
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1301942243
• ISBN 13: 9781301942244
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 307