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Snow Shadows [MultiFormat]
eBook by Mike Sirota
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eBook Category: Horror
eBook Description: Sometimes you don't know what a bad life is until you encounter evil head-on. Paul Fleming wants so desperately to retreat from everything and focus on his writing, but finds more than he bargained for at the Thorburn colony. Surrounded on all sides by death, destruction, secrecy, despair, and evil itself, Paul must escape this new hell, the hell he entered into unknowingly. After the chilling events that transpire, Paul will realize he was wrong about his life--dead wrong.
eBook Publisher: e-reads, Published: e-reads, 1990
Fictionwise Release Date: November 2002
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Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [1.1 MB], eReader (PDB) [260 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [262 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [234 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [299 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [270 KB], hiebook (KML) [661 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [351 KB], iSilo (PDB) [218 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [271 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [356 KB]
Words: 79271
Reading time: 226-317 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
 
PrologueExcerpts from John Thorburn's diary, 1845-46, published in Trails of Promise--The Way to California: November 18, Tuesday--First chance to write since a week ago, when we came to the lake. The snow was deep; we couldn't make it through the pass, even though the summit is only two miles from here. Tried again yesterday, but there was a terrible wind and it began to snow, so we came back. Only the Lord knows if we will be able to cross these Sierra mountains.
November 23, Sunday--Snowing four days now. The Stillwell families are in an abandoned cabin on the lakeshore. It is a pathetic shack, with a roof of pine branches. The other cabins we built are not much better. Two are near the Stillwells. Ours is along a creek some distance away. I think that is best, because of all the arguing that goes on among us. We are sharing the cabin with the McClains, an agreeable family.
December 6, Saturday--The first storm lasted seven days. This new one has gone on for three. Hard wind from the west. Very cold, snow up to the roof. Our food supply is low. The McClain baby has a bad cough.
December 12, Friday--Clear and cold today. Meeting this morning by the lake. Ezra Mackey died from the consumption. Mrs. Hardman (the mother) will not be with us for long. We are bad off for food. If we had enough, we could endure here till spring. Tried hunting, no game but a couple of squirrels.
December 14, Sunday--Very cold, but not snowing. The McClain baby died last night. Krueger the German read from the Bible. Mrs. Hardman is failing. My teamster, Milt Ramsey, is making snowshoes. He and young Georgie McClain are leaving at dawn tomorrow to try to reach Sutter's fort. May God be with them.
December 24, Wednesday--It is without joy that we await the Christmas day. The Gibbs boy is the fourth of our party to die at the lake. One of the oxen was uncovered by Noah Tyler, frozen in the snow. The creature had been gaunt when we came here. Its meat will not last long.
January 2, Friday--Snowing again, not hard. No sign of snowshoe party or rescuers. I am sure they never made it to Sutter's. Ada Krueger died. Ate our children's dog, as there is nothing else. Everyone is starving. George Stillwell said we should think about eating the flesh of our dead. We heard stories at Fort Bridger of mountain men doing it. God in heaven help us if this is our only hope! So far I have forbidden it.
January 4, Sunday--Jordy Fry said he saw a figure through the trees in the direction of the pass. Tyler thought he saw it too. Maybe our Salvation is near.
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