The Ghost Before Christmas (5 page)

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Author's Note

This has to be for Geoff Corke, who told me the story of the ‘haunted' pub he once bought in Dorset and how so many people had been terrified by ‘bat ghosts'.

A wonderful raconteur and friend. Geoff, you're sorely missed.

Katherine John, 2013

Published by Accent Press Ltd 2013

ISBN 9781783754854

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The story contained within this book is a work of fiction. Names and characters are the product of the author's imagination and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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