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    Down Among the Dead
    Down Among the Dead
    Down Among the Dead
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    Down Among the Dead

    By K.G. McAbee

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    The Great War. The Battle of the Somme. Captain Josiah Hopkins was reported missing, presumed dead. His beloved Elena couldn't live without him and took her own life. Now, he will risk anything, pay anything, to the necromancer who promises to bring her back to his arms...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherK.G. McAbee
    Release dateDec 18, 2013
    ISBN9781311351777
    Down Among the Dead
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    K.G. McAbee

    K.G. McAbee has had several books and nearly a hundred short stories published, and some of them are honestly quite readable. She writes steampunk, fantasy, science fiction, horror, pulp, westerns and, most recently, comics. She’s a member of Horror Writers Association and International Thriller Writers and is an Artist in Residence with the South Carolina Arts Commission. Her steampunk/zombie novella recently received an honorable mention in the 3rd quarter Writers of the Future contest.

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      Down Among the Dead - K.G. McAbee

      Down Among the Dead

      By K.G. McAbee

      Copyright K.G. McAbee 2013

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      Fantastic Adventures Pulp Magazine, public domain

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      The worst, the absolute worst, was the smell.

      The cold was bad, cutting into his very bones like long sharp knives. The constant rain created the slimy mud that clung to his boots and weighed him down even more than his kit, that was bad. The rats, fat and clever, their beady eyes filled with a knowing look, their heads cocked to one side as if wondering how tasty, how tender he was going to be, they were bad. The incessant barrage from the Huns, shells bursting day and night, so loud his teeth rattled inside his head and his bones

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