Witch Hunt: A Pitchfork County Novella

by Sam Witt

  Also by Sam Witt

  The Pitchfork County Series

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  Ghost Hunters: A Pitchfork County Tale

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  Dead-Eyed God: A Pitchfork County Novel

  The Armageddon Thrones Season 1

  The Apocalypse Hive: Episode 1

  The Apocalypse Hive: Episode 2

  The Apocalypse Hive: Episode 3

  The Apocalypse Hive: Episode 4

  The Apocalypse Hive: Episode 5

  The Apocalypse Hive: Episode 6

  The Apocalypse Hive Has Opened

  The dead rise to seek vengeance on the living. Swarms of glittering emerald wasps spread violent madness through their stings. A black rain falls and spreads a mysterious disease. The end of all things is at hand.

  What will you become to survive?

  Start reading the new post-apocalyptic thriller from Sam Witt - for free! Visit the link below to get the first episode.

  http://www.samwitt.com/armageddon-thrones-s1

  Shit the Author Says

  I’ve struggled with this book for a long time. This idea, of a young man struggling to come to grips with all the shit life’s dumped in his lap, was actually the first Pitchfork County story I planned to write.

  It just didn’t work out that way. Partly because the idea needed more time to sink its roots into the filthy dungeon of my imagination and grow.

  I also needed to know these characters better before I could write Al’s story. The Hark family is complicated and their relationships are labyrinths of razor wire and land mines. I had to live with them before I could see how Al’s coming of age story had to be written.

  And this concept of kids growing up and striking out on their own has been hitting a little close to home for me these days. The empty nest is out on the horizon and it seems like a strange and dreadful thing.

  Like kids the world over, Al started out sort of mewling and pathetic. Then he grew into a real shit-slinging horror show of teeth and claws. Like all kids, you can’t hang on to that kind of critter. You have to let it go do its own thing, or it’ll either chew off your face or its own leg to get free of you. That means Al’s probably going to be doing some wandering beyond Pitchfork. Honestly, I just wasn’t ready to let him go until recently.

  And that’s why it took so damned long for this book to come crawling out of my brain meat. I think the extra time did it good, and hope you’ve enjoyed reading it as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it.

  Keep your eyes peeled, because there’s more Pitchfork coming. The Long-Dead Gods are rising…

  Acknowledgments

  All books, including Witch Hunt, are products of teamwork. I’ve been lucky to have the greatest team in the world working on this book, and everything you’ve liked about Witch Hunt is because of them.

  Here are the folks to thank:

  My Alpha and Beta readers, who read the worst bits so you don’t have to.

  Jason Whited, @saltyscribe, who edited the hell out of my drafts. This book was uglier than most when it came to editing, and he did a bang-up job getting it in line.

  About the Author

  Sam Witt writes dark thrillers infused with the supernatural. Informed by a rural Midwestern childhood and a big city adulthood, he combines downhome folklore and legends with a hard-hitting, take-no-prisoners writing style.

  His Pitchfork County series follows the dark and twisting lives of a family intent on using their own cursed abilities to protect the place they call home from all manner of threats, from mad gods to meth cults.

  For more information about current and future projects, as well as other cool stuff from Sam, check out his website: http://www.samwitt.com

  Stay in touch:

  @samrwitt

  samwittwrites

  www.samwitt.com