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    Kick the Can: Haunted Coal Ridge, #14
    Kick the Can: Haunted Coal Ridge, #14
    Kick the Can: Haunted Coal Ridge, #14
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    Kick the Can: Haunted Coal Ridge, #14

    By Chuck Sperati

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    A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again.

    Story 14: "Kick the Can

    Since the early 1960s Hank McDonald had been fighting against the mysterious disappearances and unexplained deaths that haunted Coal Ridge. When things got worse in the late seventies, he took on a protégé to help him deal with it. Together they'd been able to save a lot of people, but in the summer of 1981, when a group of teens disappeared, it turned into the world's deadliest game of Kick the Can.

    As in all games, you win some and you lose some.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWriting Distracted
    Release dateMay 6, 2019
    ISBN9781646390014
    Kick the Can: Haunted Coal Ridge, #14
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    Chuck Sperati

    Among other things, I'm a writer--with some published experience--whose been mostly quiet for the past few decades, mostly because I let life get in the way. I've long had a creative outlet at the gaming table and recently found another when I started building a website. With this new outlet also came inspiration. Right now I'm working primarily on a series of short stories that has received some very positive feedback, so I'm sharing. If you enjoy anything I've written, check out my website at https://www.chucksperati.com, where you can find more things that have crawled out of my imagination.

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      Kick the Can - Chuck Sperati

      Dedication

      Coal Ridge is based on Ohio's Finest Village. It was a great place to grow up and continues to be a remarkable community to which I enjoy returning to see friends and family. For those who live there, take a moment, look around, and be wary of the shadows.

      Preface

      A series of intertwined short stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed...again.

      Set in a small, somewhat geographically secluded town in the Midwest, the blue-collar people of Coal Ridge are friendly and laid back, enjoying block parties, gossip, and the simple joys that come with being a close-knit community. Because everyone knows everyone else, secrets are hard to keep, but some are so well hidden that they've been forgotten.

      These short stories explore a supernatural awakening that will test the bonds of family and community.

      Kick the Can

      Coal Ridge July 1981

      48, 49, 50...ready or not, here I come!

      For Jesse Martin, the world consisted of things he had to do, like going to school and doing chores, and things he got to do, like hanging out with friends and playing baseball. At thirteen years of age, he'd not yet moved into the sullen place where peer pressure dictated everything from how he dressed to with whom he could be friends. Literally between worlds, it was unlikely to last into the school year.

      For most kids in Coal Ridge the 9:15 whistle meant that it was time to come in for the night, but this was summertime. As twilight fell towards full night, Jesse stepped away from the empty tomato sauce can and scanned the space between the houses on the right side of Pecan Avenue looking for anyone who might be hiding poorly. A veteran of Kick the Can, he knew that no one was coming out until he got far enough away that they might have a legitimate shot to kick it before he could put his foot atop and call out their name. Sure, speed and reaction time were important, but you didn't need to be super quick to win, it was all about having a keen eye, keeping a cautious distance, and making some lucky guesses.

      Stepping over to the can, he put his foot on it and shouted, "Jackie by Newsome's

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