Invasion of the Ballybogs

By Patrick Dorn

A Peat Faery Frenzie!

 

Father Declan O'Shea, a Franciscan friar with the spiritual gift of Insight, investigates a bizarre cattle mutilation in County Carlow, Ireland. But more than cows are on the block when a throng of malodorous peat faeries invades the Leinster Co-Operative Mart. 

 

The Father Declan Supernatural Mysteries are a series of standalone upbeat, redemptive and often humorous urban fantasy short stories set in Ireland.  Approximately 8160 words.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Patrick Dorn
• Release date: Apr 15, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386032267

Patrick Dorn

Patrick Dorn used to write weird westerns set in Old California, New Mexico, and Colorado, but then he visited Ireland. Now his supernatural fiction alternates between The West and The Emerald Isle, but is always, always weird. He's also an Anglican priest and a full-time chaplain. Check out Patrick's blog, stories, plays, musicals, children's books, and more at www.PatrickDorn.com. You can reach him at [e-mail]

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Invasion of the Ballybogs

Invasion of the Ballybogs

A Father Declan Supernatural Mystery

Patrick Dorn

Copyright © 2019 by Patrick Dorn

All rights reserved.

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Cover art Wily Bogle by Dave Allsop.

Contents

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A Peat Faery Frenzie!

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Afterword

Also by Patrick Dorn

About the Author

Also by Patrick Dorn

THE FATHER DECLAN

SUPERNATURAL MYSTERIES

The Banshee of Duckett’s Grove

The Black Hag of Shanagolden

The Carlingford Leprechaun

Invasion of the Ballybogs

The Offaly Werewolves

The Portumna Bridge Troll

The Skibbereen Famine Man

The Viking Vermin of Dunmore Cave

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WEIRD WESTERNS

Attack of the Lightning Bugs

Chupacabrón

Gold Faever

The Gold Hill Ghoul

The Night Nurse: Glenwood Springs, 1888

The Odd Fellow’s Champion

The Pilfered Pelt

Quicker Than the Eye

Recalling Molly

Thin Skinned

The Ugliest Man in Albuquerque

MORE STORIES

Bush League

Coffin Stick

The Dog Boy

Needles & Pin

Right Place, Wrong Time

PLAYS AND MUSICALS

Check out my website for a listing of more than 100 plays and musicals (mostly for children).

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A Peat Faery Frenzie!

Father Declan O’Shea, a Franciscan friar with the spiritual gift of Insight, investigates a bizarre cattle mutilation in County Carlow, Ireland. But more than cows are on the block when a throng of malodorous peat faeries invades the Leinster Co-Operative Mart.

The Father Declan Supernatural Mysteries are a series of standalone upbeat, redemptive and often humorous urban fantasy short stories set in Ireland. Approximately 8160 words.

Chapter One

Franciscan Father Declan O’Shea eased a pair of half-melted Kerrygold butter pats into his coffee mug, doused them with heavy cream, and offered a sympathetic prayer for those unfortunate souls suffering from lactose intolerance. He stirred the butter and cream into the richly aromatic coffee, relishing the clinking peal the spoon made on the white ceramic mug.

He praised Brigid of Kildare, patron saint of dairymaids and cattle, and all the Irish cows that produced such sweet nectar to temper the beatific bitterness of Ethiopian Arabica beans.

Setting the spoon down