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Beneath the Hill (part 4)
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…
Feb 28
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Joseph W. Knowles
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Beneath the Hill (part 3)
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…
Feb 21
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Joseph W. Knowles
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Beneath the Hill (part 2)
Last time, Abishai Godfrey happened upon the small town of Jackson Hollow. The timing of his arrival in the mountains overlooking the town was…
Feb 14
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Joseph W. Knowles
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Beneath the Hill (part 1)
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…
Feb 7
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Joseph W. Knowles
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January 2023
Sheriff Moultrie and the Sulfur Springs Bandits
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…
Jan 26
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Joseph W. Knowles
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December 2022
Triumph of the Skies
A flash fiction story
Dec 20, 2022
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Joseph W. Knowles
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July 2022
The Magical Magistrate
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…
Jul 19, 2022
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Joseph W. Knowles
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June 2022
The Road to Pine Tree (part 6, conclusion)
Recap of Part 5: Wilcox hops on a train full of GIs that’s headed from New York City to Pine Tree, Vermont. He follows the flow of people to a crowded…
Jun 7, 2022
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Joseph W. Knowles
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May 2022
The Road to Pine Tree (part 5)
Recap of Part 4: Wilcox is hot on the trail of the elusive Haynes sisters and finds himself sniffing around the swanky Regency Room, one of the Big…
May 17, 2022
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Joseph W. Knowles
The Road to Pine Tree (part 4)
Recap of Part 3: Jack follows the trail of the Haynes sisters back to Miami, but so does the henchman sent to stop him. Wilcox eludes a second encounter…
May 5, 2022
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Joseph W. Knowles
April 2022
The Road to Pine Tree (part 3)
Recap of Part 2: Jack’s client gives him the case and just enough details to get started tracking the mysterious Haynes sisters. The trail takes him to…
Apr 26, 2022
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Joseph W. Knowles
The Road to Pine Tree (part 2)
Recap of Part 1: Readers met Jack Wilcox, a somewhat-down-on-his-luck private investigator who needs a new case and needs it now. But he doesn’t have to…
Apr 19, 2022
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Joseph W. Knowles
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