The Farewell Man
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Last published Mon, Jun 15, 2015
There’s really only one way to put it: Bly is screwed.
Living out of a trailer in a small town that loved to hate him, he was just the notorious village alcoholic, a teenage mechanic with a tragic back-story. Sure, he was a miserable drunk, but his life was simple. Mundane. Blasé. And, thanks to some family connections, he’d never been in much trouble.
Then the women started to disappear. Animals went missing. There were strange "sightings."
The police are looking for a killer. Women leaving the foggy Colorado village of Darkwood are being targeted by someone (or, dare they think, someTHING) with a vengeance. The media has picked up on the story and they're crying "serial killer." Darkwooders are panicked by rumors of an unknown terror lurking within the forest-fringed town limits. With the FBI now on the case, all of Darkwood lives in fear of "The Farewell Man."
As they slowly unravel the bloody trail, it begins to look as if all roads lead to the local screw-up.
The evidence says Bly is a killer.
And the worst part? Bly isn't sure he's not.
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