The Offaly Werewolves: A Father Declan O'Shea Supernatural Mystery

By Patrick Dorn

A Howling Dilemma!

 

A desperate and volatile werewolf enlists Father Declan's aid in breaking the curse that's killing his wife. Set in Kinnitty, Clareen, and the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Offaly, this thrilling and romantic supernatural tale is steeped in legend and served with a Catholic twist.

The Father Declan O'Shea Supernatural Mysteries are a series of standalone upbeat, redemptive and often comical urban fantasy short stories set in Ireland.  Approximately 9500 words.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Patrick Dorn
• Release date: May 2, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386704638

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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The Offaly Werewolves

The Offaly Werewolves

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.

Contents

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A Howling Dilemma

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Afterword

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About the Author

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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 Howling Dilemma

A desperate and volatile werewolf enlists Father Declan’s aid in breaking the curse that’s killing his wife. Set in Kinnitty, Clareen, and the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Offaly, this thrilling and romantic supernatural tale is steeped in legend and served with a Catholic twist.

The Father Declan O’Shea Supernatural Mysteries are a series of standalone upbeat, redemptive and often comical urban fantasy short stories set in Ireland.

Approximately 9500 words.

Chapter One

Father Declan O’Shea slouched in an upholstered chair in the luxurious lobby of the recently remodeled Kinnitty Castle. The heady fumes of the blue Sharpie pen poised in his fist wafted up his nose. Stacks of newly-printed paperback copies of Fantastic Faith and Folklore stood tidily and expectantly arranged on the polished antique table.

Not one single person stood in a queue to purchase his book. He watched a parade of mammies in piebald leggings pushing their prams, clusters of shrieking school children, clumps of sullen teenagers, and a smattering of health-crazy seniors pass by the wide-open castle entry door. Several glanced in, then moved along without slowing.

Finally, a matronly woman in a smart suit click-clacked her high heels across the stone floor. He’d met her before the alleged book signing began. The peel-and-stick name tag on her tailored jacket read: Mary Cologan, Irish Hospice Foundation, Co. Offaly.

Not many books purchased this morning, Father? she asked.

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