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    Ghosts of Pumpkin Hollow
    Ghosts of Pumpkin Hollow
    Ghosts of Pumpkin Hollow
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    Ghosts of Pumpkin Hollow

    By Ted Atoka

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    A young man befriends a gentleman farmer. And later in life, learns that he has found more than just another nice person. A unique blend of reality and the paranormal, this story may send a tingle up your spine.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHuntington House Press
    Release dateSep 16, 2016
    ISBN9781536533422
    Ghosts of Pumpkin Hollow
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    Ted Atoka

    Ted Atoka lived the first half of his life in Boston, MA. He made a Christmas visit to friends in Oklahoma in 1981, and fell in love with country life. Five weeks after returning home—to a raging snow storm, he packed up and moved to OK. He and his wife live on a piece of land on the side of a dirt road. They share the fresh air with a peacock named Penelope, two dogs, a small herd of deer, and a feral cat.

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      Book preview

      Ghosts of Pumpkin Hollow - Ted Atoka

      A short story

      Ted Atoka

      ––––––––

      Huntington House Press

      Copyright © 2017 by Ted Atoka

      All rights reserved. Written permission from the author must be secured before any part of this book is copied or reproduced by electronic devices or systems. Book reviewers may use quotations herein for review purposes only.

      Dedicated to a man who long ago said, Above all, never stop writing. [Earl Chessher]

      ––––––––

      Hold on to what is good, even if it’s a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe, even if it’s a tree that stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do, even if it’s a long way from here. Hold on to your life, even if it’s easier to let go. Hold on to my hand, even if someday I’ll be gone away from you..

      ― Pueblo prayer

      CONTENTS

      A short story

      Pumpkins, etc.

      Partnership

      A proposition

      A day’s work

      Rhythmic sounds

      The Hollow now

      Chapter 1.

      Pumpkins, etc.

      I can’t see it from the road, but I know for sure that it exists. The land looks flat in all directions, and I know it’s in there somewhere. No matter if I travel east or west, and even if I look as hard as I can, Pumpkin Hollow isn’t visible from the state highway in western Oklahoma. 

      I’m Wilson Crockett; most folks call me Willie. I’ve lived in these parts all my life, other than when I deployed for Desert Storm.  I know most of the folks in the county and quite a few of their dogs and cats too.  I come here for pumpkins almost

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