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Miscellaneous short stories

Short stories (some published elsewhere and others now) that I've written over the years. Genres vary.

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In the third part of the story, our hero began to uncover a dark secret that lurks beneath the surface in Jackson Hollow. Will he discover the true…

Joseph W. Knowles

Feb 28

In the previous installment, Abishai’s unease about Jackson Hollow began to grow, as he parried questions from the local lawman and fought off an…

Joseph W. Knowles

Feb 21

Last time, Abishai Godfrey happened upon the small town of Jackson Hollow. The timing of his arrival in the mountains overlooking the town was…

Joseph W. Knowles

Feb 14

Shadows crept over the valley, darkening the motley canvas of deep greens and flaming reds that forested the area around the little town. It was getting…

Joseph W. Knowles

Feb 7

Sheriff C.R. Moultrie had seen more than a few bank robberies in his time, but never one quite like what he saw that afternoon at the First Bank of…

Joseph W. Knowles

Jan 26

A flash fiction story

Joseph W. Knowles

Dec 20, 2022

I suppose you could pigeonhole this story as an “urban fantasy,” but I actually think the niche is somewhat smaller than that. I was inspired to write…

Joseph W. Knowles

Jul 19, 2022

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