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walks into his own past.
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Deep in the
forest, beyond the northern slopes of the Old Mountain by the
Sea, upon the far edge of the Lost Kingdom of Moose Harbor, stretches
a dark, mysterious tract of land known by those who know no better,
and better known by those who do, as the Wailing Wood. For more
generations than remembered superstition has held that the old-growth
forest is enchanted by a witcha witch that came to be in
a dark time. At nightfall, it is said, the woods come to life,
haunted by evil spirits under her spell. Locals believe that
none shall pass through her woods after sunsetand live
to tell about itfor no one ever has.
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- About the Author
We know P. Gibson Bagwell is an
archaeologist and occasional explorer, as well as a central character
in John Derhak's book, The Bones of Lazarus.
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and raised in the Lost Kingdom of Moose Harbor, Mr. Bagwell is
the son of Charles, and the late Caroline (Pruitt) Bagwell, and
the great-nephew and namesake of the famed author, athlete, and
inventor of the finger, "The Bird Man," Porter Gibson
Digit. He has taught at the University of Maine-Farmington, Bowdoin
College, and several years abroad as a visiting instructor in
Hungary and the Czech Republic. His research has taken him to
Cyprus, Tangiers, Central Europe, Peru, and most recently, the
Caribbean Island of Saint George. He is author of Meditations
on Aquincum: Origins of Budapest and The Walls of Sacsayhuamán:
Peru as a Cradle of Civilization. A paper, "We Have
All Been Here Before: the Bosnian Pyramid Mystery," appeared
in the journal, Dig This. A new book, Lazarus: Man,
Myth, or the Original Frankenstein Monster, is set for publication
on 1 April.
"The Return of Mr. Poole,"
is Professor Bagwell's first foray in the genre of fiction. The
story, he explained, was inspired by "a concurrence of events"
over the previous 2 years. First, a research trip to the Island
of Saint George landed him in the middle of a civil war, where
he was seriously wounded in an ambush. That near death experience,
he said, led him through a period of reflection on the nature
of evil-and its many manifestations. Then, during his post-recovery,
he journeyed to the primeval forest near Gulf Hagas, deep in
the Woods of Maine. What Professor Bagwell can only describe
as "a deeply spiritual place fit for a deeply spiritual
experience." While there, he conceived of a life beyond
the frontier, a place "far on the other side," a phrase
the native Abnaki summed up in one word: Matagamon.
But it was a casual walk through
town last summer that brought the story to these pages. "As
I walked the streets and strolled through familiar neighborhoods,"
he recalled. "As I'd pass a particular house, I began to
remember the families who had lived in them once upon a time.
I began to think about their trials and tribulations, their fortunes
and frailties, and sadly, the tragedies that befell an unfortunate
few. Everything that had happened to me in the past few years
just came together, expressed itself, in this story, right then
and there."
Our panel of judges agreed. Everything
in this story did come together. "The Return of Mr. Poole,"
is a haunting, bone chilling, psychological thriller, and worthy
of this year's awarding of the Golden Ghoul Medal.
The Halloween Storytellers
Contest is an annual short story contest held at the moe.Republic
Hotel, in the Heart of the Lost Kingdom of Moose Harbor. Authors
submit their stories to the hotel. Our esteemed panel of judges,
mad dogs, and derelicts, then read and vote on their favorite.
The winner is awarded the Golden Ghoul Medal and their story
is published on this, the moe.Republic's, website.
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winning story can be read here, gratis:
- That Winged Thing
- It originally appeared in Tales
from the moe.Republic
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