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    Confess, Witch: Thrilling Tales of Occult Danger
    Confess, Witch: Thrilling Tales of Occult Danger
    Confess, Witch: Thrilling Tales of Occult Danger
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    Confess, Witch: Thrilling Tales of Occult Danger

    By C. C. Blake

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    Three terror tales to haunt your dreams . . .

    In this new collection, thrill master C. C. Blake employs his skill at suspense to summon serious gooseflesh. Ordinary people find themselves caught in extraordinary circumstances, facing otherworldly dangers . . .

    In "Confess, Witch!" a pair of young lovers attract the unwanted attention of a Spanish Inquisition Witch Hunter. When the young man's paramour is taken, he vows to stop at nothing to rescue her from the Inquisitor's dungeon of damnation . . .

    In the weird World War I tale, "Bearing a Red Scarf," an aeroplane crash sparks a homeward journey like no other. This French countryside has been transformed into a realm of supernatural wonders and terrors. A downed pilot soon learns his fate is tied to that of a nun and a child, all of whom are being hounded by a relentless enemy.

    The final story reveals that everything has a price, even "Free Parking." When a van load of teens find a free parking lot walking distance from their rock concert venue, they cannot believe their good luck. Before dawn, however, their luck will turn. Come for the parking and stay for the bonfire barbeque. The ribs are killer.

    Join thrill master C. C. Blake for the sorts of old school chills and shocks populating works by Bentley Little, Robert McCammon and Brian Keene.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTwice Told Tales II
    Release dateNov 5, 2012
    ISBN9781301865970
    Confess, Witch: Thrilling Tales of Occult Danger
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    C. C. Blake

    C.C. Blake has lived across the United States, starting in the suburbs of Detroit, to Massachusetts’ second largest city (Worcester) to the country’s seventh largest city (San Antonio, Texas, that is). He’s has a variety of jobs, working as a substitute teacher, the graveyard shift dishwasher at a haunted Denny’s, lab research monkey and teaching assistant at a second tier college. Currently, he works as an automation consultant for a chemical company on the Northeast side of SAtown (which isn’t as Hellish as it sounds). Blake’s most popular character, irrepressible adventurer Chuck Cave, has appeared in over two dozen stories, including the 2005 Man’s Story 2 Story of the Year Award winner “Chuck Cave and the Vanishing Vixen.” The character’s supernatural thriller stories (which began with the seminal “Cave and the Vamp”) are all being released as a part of Vampires2.com’s initial foray into e-books. These new versions are presented in expanded and revised versions, all are the author’s preferred texts. Be sure to collect them all! In addition to his pulp stories for the 2-Empire (Man’s Story 2, Vampires 2, Androids 2 and Paranormal Romance 2), Blake’s fiction has appeared in several anthologies, including Unparalleled Journeys II (from Journey Books Publishing) and Fearology: Terrifying Tales of Phobias (from Library of Horror Press).

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      Confess, Witch - C. C. Blake

      Confess, Witch

      Thrilling Tales of Occult Danger

      By: C. C. Blake

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.

      Confess, Witch! appeared in slightly different form in Man's Story 2 magazine.

      Copyright 2012 by C. C. Blake

      Cover Photograph © Abdone | Dreamstime.com

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      Published by Twice Told Tales

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author's rights. Purchase only authorized editions.

      Table of Contents

      Confess, Witch!

      Bearing a Red Scarf

      Free Parking

      Further Reading

      About the Author

      Confess, Witch!

      Flesh rubbing against flesh. Sweat and grunting and sweet sighs. Lupe and Marco's nude bodies entwined on the rough sacks of flour in the barn at the rear of her father's property.

      Marco was a young faced man, son of the village miller, with a thin growth of beard on his chin and a working man's build. His arms and thighs, while not rocks unto themselves, were well developed from his father's business, and his fingers were quite dexterous. All of these muscles came into use as he pleasured both himself and the woman beneath him.

      Lupe was the daughter of a landed man. Not quite nineteen and already well developed, with large breasts and beautifully curved hips. She was the sort of woman young men dream of conquering and old braggarts falsely claim they won in their prime. Her hair was a rich shade of blue-black, her skin had a smoky complexion, her brown eyes were so intense as to be hypnotic, and her natural musk was intoxicating.

      She wrapped her strong legs and arms around Marco, while he savored the treasures she hid from other men.

      Her moans turned to loving wails, as the luscious tension grew too strong for her.

      Suddenly, rough hands grabbed Marco by the shoulders. They ripped him away from the girl and tossed him aside, as though he were nothing more than a straw doll. Marco's head struck a pickling barrel, and then oblivion stole his consciousness.

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      Lupe looked up to find two brutish men gaping at her nudity. They both had broad faces, beady eyes, strong arms and the red and black tunics of the witch hunter's men.

      Lupe tried to cover her nakedness, but two hands were utterly inadequate for the task. What do you want?

      Neither of them spoke, but a booming voice answered her nevertheless. "We've come for you, witch. The speaker entered to stand behind the two brutes. It was the witch hunter, Don Petro. A giant of a man whose eyes sparkled with mania and whose breath stank of the garlic and onions he consumed voraciously—to ward off the evil spirits, he claimed. I see you know me."

      Lupe said, You've been in the village for almost three weeks, sir, we all—

      Do you deny that you bewitched me yesterday? he demanded.

      She shook her head, I did no such—

      Liar! He stabbed an accusing finger at her. As we passed one another outside the village square, I felt you brush against me. Your flesh stank of hell's own brimstone. His laughter was a wicked cough. "You spoke an apology for all to hear, oh yes, no one could claim otherwise, but the language beneath your words . . . You were ensnaring me in lustful witchery!"

      I did no such thing!

      We shall see, he said. To his

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