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James G. Boswell

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James G. Boswell writes weird, dread-inducing, cosmic horror fiction because it's fun. His short story collection, "That Feeling When You Know You're Doomed" debuted at number 23 on Amazon's Best Sellers list for Horror Short Stories and remained in the top 100 for more than two weeks. He lives in Kansas City with his wife.

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The Tree of Death

This story appears in That Feeling When You Know You're Doomed: Stories by James G. Boswell available on Amazon: http://bit.ly/FeelingDoomed.

Pedro Oliveira circled a spot on the map that lay unfolded on the table before him. A thin film of sweat shined upon his forehead. Dust motes floated in the light that beamed through the hut’s wooden shutters.

He tapped his pen in the circle as he looked at I Read more of this blog post »

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Published on November 16, 2019 07:41 • Tags: horror, horror-story, short-story, speculative-fiction, weird-fiction

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