A compilation of desert horror short stories and the first of a four book series
Would you like to meet a shape-shifting coyote or a cannibalistic beetle? Or does the prospect of discovering a valuable Indian artifact intrigue you? If you enjoy ghosts and the abnormal then "Dead Coyotes" is the book for you.
Join a variety of victims as they explore Mexico, Northern Arizona, and the remote desert. Watch as they search for gold, seek the ship of their dreams, or make a pact with the wrong fellow to fulfill a lifelong ambition.
Was any of it worth it? Read the book and find out. But take this advice, don't do it alone. You never know who, or what, might come scratching at your door.
Excerpt
When Quince saw the coyote slink up to the fence, he snickered. The rancher cowered deep into the brush with a toothpick between his rotten teeth as he watched the animal sniff about. Taking careful aim, Quince sighted in on the target, ready to savor the moment as he slowly applied pressure to the trigger.
"Easy boy. Don't be moving none now, ya hear," said the old rancher. His face was dry with red chapped cheeks and lips that pealed from the sun. He licked at the cracked mouth and crisp pieces of skin floated to the ground. It sounded like the raspy rubbing of sandpaper on an old rotted log...
Professional Reviews
Dead Coyotes
A delectably dislikeable cast of dark and demonic characters populates the Southwestern deserts in these chilling tales. A dancing coyote goddess, a harmonica-playing cowboy with a devil of a surprise for his victim, and a clever cook who serves the meal of a lifetime to an obnoxious food critic make for spine-tingling reading. Dead Coyotes will leave you howling for more!--April Chase, freelance writer and book reviewer.
Dead Coyotes
Blistering days and bone-chilling nights are common on the desert, but Dead Coyotes will bring chills to even the steamiest daylight hours, and downright shivers to nighttime readers. A twisted blend of murder, madness, and mayhem...and you'll never dismiss a doll again!--Rie Sheridan author of Zombie Invaders from Mars...or Someplace Like That
Dead Coyotes
Horror can be found in virtually every life at some point or other; from the misery of a sleepless child in the dark of night to the terror of premature burial, it relentlessly stalks each of us on our journey through life, and we love it. The fondest memories most of us carry are of sitting around one camp fire or another with roasted marshmallows and a good storyteller spinning a tale that chills our blood and makes our skin crawl. Although I wasn't sitting around a campfire when I read "Dead Coyotes", the stories were so good that my skin pricked with gooseflesh and I glanced out tht window at the black night time and again before finally finishing the book, and lay awake long into the night, listening intently for the lone sound of a coyote howling in the distance. Rain was beating into the ground, a wet wind was moaning through the trees, and I just knew the electricity was going to go off any second...From "Highway 666" to "Way Out There" and every other tale in this book, the reader is drawn into a dark and forlorn world where anything is possible, where those things that dwell in the desert should be left alone, untouched, cloaked by the cover of darkness. Authors Robbin Nickaell & Marston K. Banoach would be welcome at my campfire on any dark and dreary night.--David Bowlin
Grab those side-irons, saddle up and join former Civil War sharpshooter Luther Henry for a ride into pure terror, western-style…think ‘Wild Wild West’ meets ‘The X-Files’.
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