The Seven Wives of Silver

by E. Christopher Clark

Family secrets. Forbidden obsessions. A shocking truth to bind them forever.   Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 19th Century. Silas Silver is desperate to have children and fulfill his mother's dying wish. But after being ripped from his forbidden love and tossed into the Civil War, he comes to dread the loveless task. And as each one of his young wives suffers an untimely death, he suspects his bloodline is cursed.   Bounty hunter Sarah is a skilled gunslinger with a troubled mind. But her fears about her brother's violent streak compel her to cut short her sharpshooting career in the untamed West. Returning home, Sarah is shocked to discover the time-defying truth of what goes on behind the dark homestead doors.   Torn between helping him and stopping him, a sister's love for her brother may end up dooming their family name. With their future heritage in danger, can Silas and Sarah leave their destructive pasts and forge a new destiny?

88 pages, Paperback

First published November 27, 2018

About the author

E. Christopher Clark is the author of the Stains of Time series, a family saga with elements of time travel and magical realism. His other books include the short story collections Out of the Woods and Under the World, the novella The Seven Wives of Silver, and a collection of poems cheekily titled Bad Poetry Night. His short stories have been published in Live Free or Ride: Tales of the Concord Coach, River Muse: Tales of Lowell & the Merrimack Valley, and the University of Hawaii’s Vice-Versa. A graduate of Lesley University’s MFA in Creative Writing program, he lives in Massachusetts with his wife and daughters.

Reviews

[Jan Rozich · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quirky

Hmm ... difficult to explain ... one of those stories that you have to keep reading to find out what happens next ... probably not a story for everyone, but one I'm glad I read.

[E. Clark]

It's here! Today is the day that you can finally read the most f'ed up thing I've written so far. Imagine a brother-sister relationship that might make the Lannisters of Casterly Rock blush, except Cersei's a gunslinger and her brother is trying to out-marry Henry VIII and Bluebeard. Add in some Shakespearean plot twists and a couple of ghosts and you're in for a very entertaining read indeed.