"Island Ghosts" is a 3,000-word short story originally published in the now out-of-print hard-boiled DIME detective anthology (Futures Mysterious Press). It serves as an introduction to David Bain's Will Castleton stories, which are continued in THE CASTLETON FILES and the forthcoming novel DEATH SIGHT (Oct. 2012). In "Island Ghosts", "slightly psychic" U.S. Marshal Will Castleton's tropical vacation is no escape from his past. The reporter who cashed in on the tragedy resulting in Will's psychic abilities is hot on his trail as Will races time through a hurricane to save a woman's life. NOTE: "Island Ghosts" also appears in Bain's short story collection THE CASTLETON FILES: FIVE ADVENTURES, containing the following stories from throughout Will Castleton's career: Island Ghosts The Bridge (available separately) Samantha (available separately) Homeward Devils (a new 12,000-word novella unavailable anywhere else) Nighteyes (available separately) THE CASTLETON FILES is available in paperback and wherever ebooks are sold. Watch for DEATH SIGHT, the first novel in the Will Castleton series, coming in October. David Bain is the author of GRAY LAKE: A NOVEL OF CRIME AND SUPERNATURAL HORROR, the Will Castleton series, and several short story collections. He teaches writing at a community college in Indiana. Visit his website at DavidBainBooks.com.
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