Blind Shadows by James A. Moore & Charles R. Rutledge

Author:James A. Moore & Charles R. Rutledge [James A. Moore & Charles R. Rutledge]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror, Dark Fiction, Mystery Noir, Detective, Supernatural, Lovecraftian
ISBN: 9781937771836
Google: UJ8zlQEACAAJ
Goodreads: 17241438
Publisher: DarkFuse
Published: 2012-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Blacktop Mountain Georgia. 1986

A bright flash of lightning illuminated the trail, allowing Carter Decamp to see his companions, if only for an instant. Ahead of him, Jim Mankiller moved carefully around the loose boulders left by an oh-so convenient landslide two days earlier. The only road to the top of Blacktop had been effectively blocked. Behind Decamp, Sheriff Mike Reece crept up the path, trying to follow in Mankiller’s footprints as closely as possible.

Really, they had been following the tall, gaunt, Cherokee Mankiller since the beginning, Decamp reflected. It had been Mankiller who had caught the signs of activity among the strange pale folk who dwelled on the North Face of Blacktop Mountain and it had been Mankiller who had brought Decamp into the matter. The two men had shared an interest in the paranormal since their days together at Emory University.

Of course Decamp had never thought that those interests would lead him to be out in the pitch darkness of Blacktop Mountain on All Hallow’s Eve. But Mankiller’s evidence had been overwhelming and Decamp had caught the connection between the sightings of the so called Moon-Eyed people and a series of deaths and disappearances that had plagued Northern Georgia for the last few months, escalating as Halloween approached. Bringing the hardheaded Reece into the matter had been a challenge. Still was, really.

“Okay, we’re past the worst of it,” Mankiller whispered. “Let’s stop here and get our gear ready. Things may turn bad fast.”

“I’m still not convinced we’re going to find anything,” Sheriff Reece said.

“But you’re here all the same,” said Mankiller.

“Only because of Decamp here. He’d have made a good homicide detective.”

Decamp said, “I still wish you’d brought along a few men, Sheriff.”

Reece hawked and spit. “Yeah, I can just see trying to justify that to the department. Paying overtime to a bunch of deputies to help us fight little men who live underground.”

Mankiller said, “I told you before that the part about them being small is myth. The Moon-Eyes are as large as you or I. Some are larger than men but I suspect they are not natives of this world.”

“Yeah, yeah,” Reece said. “Decamp has told me all I care to hear about creatures from other dimensions. I’m just here because I think whoever is up here may be involved in those unsolved murders on my patch. Now everybody check your guns and let’s hope the rain holds off a little longer. The wind and lightning are bad enough.”

Decamp made a quick examination of his army issue Browning .45. He had oiled her that afternoon. He checked his pump action shotgun as well.

Reece had an AR-15 converted to full auto and a big .38 revolver. The Sheriff looked over at Decamp and said, “I see you brought a sword. I know you’re a fencing champ and all, but you really think that thing will do you any good?”

“Depends on what we run into,” Decamp said. “And besides, the sword doesn’t run out of ammo.” He didn’t bother telling Reece about the blade’s unusual properties.

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