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Cumberland Furnace & Other Fear Forged Fables

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by Ronald Kelly


  Now, standing before me, Karla’s eyes told me that it could be that way again.

  At least the death part.

  “I love you, Rob,” she said with more sincerity than I’d heard in years.

  I didn’t return the sentiment. Instead, I floored the gas and sped far away from that terrible thing that existed on the lonesome stretch of Tanglewood Road.

  I kept on driving.

  Running.

  And, in some awful way, I am running still.

  About the Author

  After a ten year hiatus from the horror genre, Ronald Kelly returns with his distinctive brand of Southern horror fiction. He is the author of such novels as Hindsight, Pitfall, Something Out There, Father’s Little Helper, The Possession, Fear, and Blood Kin. He has penned over a hundred short stories, many appearing in major anthologies like Borderlands, Shock Rock, Dark at Heart, and Hot Blood. His audio collection, Dark Dixie: Tales of Southern Horror was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1992 for Best Spoken or Non-Musical Recording. His first short story collection, Midnight Grinding & Other Twilight Terrors, was published by Cemetery Dance Publications in 2009. His upcoming publications include Undertaker’s Moon, Hell Hollow, and the Essential Ronald Kelly Collection.

  He lives in Brush Creek, Tennessee with his wife, Joyce, and three young’uns, Reilly, Makenna, and Ryan.

  You can check out his website of Southern-Fried Horror at http://www.ronaldkelly.com.

  Table of Contents

  The Thing at the Side of the Road

  Tanglewood

  About the Author

 

 

 


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