Short Story Wednesday Review: The Caretaker: A Short Story by Paul Doiron

The Caretaker: A Short Story by Paul Doiron begins with Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch sitting on the porch with retired Game Warden and good friend, Charley Stevens. The quiet calm of Sixth Machias Lake is broken by Violet and Josiah Baker driving a brand new and now very dusty, Tesla. Sent by the local authorities, the high power couple need their help.

 

Recently, Violet and Josiah Baker bought an old cabin at nearby Quillpig Pond and started massive renovations. Things were going as expected until approximately two weeks strange 

Violet is sure their caretaker, Kevin Moran, is responsible. Charley and Mike are not so sure. While he is known to the Game Wardens as a loner and with a strange sense of humor, he isn't known for what Violet is reporting.things started happening in and around the cabin. What seemly started as a weird joke has now escalated into what appears to be a violent threat of some type. Then couple, especially Violet, are frustrated and want it stopped.

 

 

Still, the Game Wardens are interested and start trying to figure out what is going on. Things escalate quickly in the Caretaker: A Short Story by Paul Doiron.

 

A fast and fun read, the short story is a small taste of the very enjoyable series. Packaged with the short story is an excerpt from the next novel in the series, Dead by Dawn, which is coming out late this month.

 

  

The Caretaker: A Short Story

Paul Doiron

http://www.pauldoiron.com

Minotaur Books (Macmillan Books)

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250824547

ASIN: B08WL1S1HK

eBook

51 Pages 

Amazon Associate Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/4lvSZVG

 

I purchased my reading copy using funds in my Amazon Associate account last month.

 

Kevin R. Tipple ©2021

Short Story Wednesday Review: Rabid: A Story by Paul Doiron

From the archive....

As Rabid: A Story by Paul Doiron begins; retired Game Warden Charles Stevens is riding with Game Warden Mike Bowditch as he has done most of this June day. It is now early evening and finally the old game warden is going to explain why he put a large brown package in the bed of the patrol truck that morning. Mike Bowditch never asked him about the package as he knew that when his longtime friend would talk about it when he was ready.

 

While this particular story takes place several years ago when Mike Bowditch was stationed “Down East” the actual events that Charlie tells and later is explained in further depth by Charlie’s wife, Ora, happened decades ago. It is a situation that has long haunted both Charlie and his wife and one that is very hard for them to talk about even today.

 

Author Paul Doiron has incredible story telling skills as first showcased in The Poacher’s Son which begun the Mike Bowditch Mysteries series.  He is at his peak performance in this intense and captivating short story. A tale that is incredibly intense and weighty despite is length as it has the impact of a novel. There is quite a lot packed into the sixty-two page read. Rabid: A Story is one of those reads that can be savored by those of us who have been onboard since the beginning as well as by readers who know nothing about this great series. Paul Doiron is one of those talented authors who, for whatever reason, do not get the national recognition he so richly deserves. Rabid: A Story is a very good read and one that is worthy of your time and your attention. 

 

 

Rabid: A Story

Paul Doiron

http://www.pauldoiron.com

Minotaur Books

http://www.minotaurbooks.com

June 2018

ASIN: B07CWRHJ3W

eBook (also available in audio format)

62 Pages

Amazon Associate Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/4ii9v8Z  

 

While awaiting the next novel by way of the Dallas Library, I saw this come up on an ad and picked it up using funds in my Amazon Associate account.

 

Kevin R. Tipple ©2018, 2021