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Riley opened his eyes and blinked. He felt no pain, no discomfort. He looked around in the pitch blackness, but didn’t see anything. There weren’t any lights. Nothing. No sun, no moon, or stars. There were no sounds either. Not even the background noise of wind. He concluded that he must be in a cellar and reached out with his hand. He swung it gently around trying to find something. He touched his fedora, but other than his hat, there was nothing within his reach. He felt panic rise in his chest. Was he blind? Deaf? He sat up, reaching farther out and still not finding anything.

He reached farther and farther into the darkness. Still nothing. He reached out with a foot, then moved upright. Suddenly he was seeing stars through the outlines of branches. He scanned the area around him. The bushes. Water dripping from branches. Soggy soil.

Chest deep in the ground? Why was that?

Riley lunged forward and rolled over, pulling the rest of his body from the earth. He scrambled to his feet and glanced back. There was no sign of a hole or disturbed dirt. His clothes were clean.

He shivered, but not because he was cold. In fact, he couldn’t feel a thing. Habitually he reached for his gun and found it, then realized the badge was missing. For a long time he stood staring at the ground from where he had crawled. Then the rain came as if to answer a question that he was afraid to ask. The rain came and the droplets fell, but he didn’t feel them. They passed through him and hit the ground.

The spot of soil that mesmerized him, hid his body. He was certain of that. There was one other thing he was certain of—
he wouldn’t rest until he found his killer
.

Want the rest of Riley’s story? Grab
Kill to Inherit
By Nolan Radke

A full length novel, first of a series, about the ghost detective and his allies.

SISTERS OF SPIRIT

The Sisters of Spirit are a group of girls who attended Virginia Tech around the same time and stayed in the same dorm. The group was started by Stormy and Jo, and included mainly western girls, although Jennel was an honorary member from Boston. Each has her own story which can be read separately from the others. Also, a couple of their friends, Mary and Alison, asked to be included in the series.

SHOW & TELL BIBLE SERIES

Vol. 1 The Books of Moses DVD
* 650 pictures covering the first five books of the Bible

Vol. 2 The Books of History DVD
* 850 pictures from Joshua through Esther

Kindle ebooks available for children:
The Creation
,
Noah’s Ark,
Ruth
and others. I don’t plan to do too many of these, as they are all available on the DVDs and are much more entertaining that way. Also the DVDs are narrated and subtitled in English and Spanish.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Nancy Radke has always invented stories in her mind, even "watching" stories in her dreams where she could control the characters and outcomes. She has turned this talent into writing traditional romances and romantic suspense, with plenty of plot twists. Born on a wheat and cattle ranch, she still surrounds herself with animals and plants. Her family lives close by, so she enjoys her grandchildren's sports and other accomplishments.

Lately she has been working on the "Show & Tell Bible," a children's picture Bible on DVD that she wrote with her daughter. While waiting for the artists to finish drawing the thousands of pictures needed, she plans to write more romances, which help fund the Bible project. Also
The Traherns
, a series of pioneer historical short stories, starting with
“The Handsomest Man in the Country”
now available on Amazon.

CONTACT INFORMATION

email Nancy:
[email protected]
Tweet
: @Bible4Children

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are all products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

DEDICATION

To my husband of 51 years, whom I loved completely.

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