Consumption

by Patrick Hester

Consumption is the story of three friends attending school in 1870's Philadelphia. One is fresh from the territories, one just stepped off the train from Georgia, and the third is a robust and curious man from the great state of Kentucky. The three become fast friends, and when talk of a mysterious mummy appearing in the surrounding countryside reaches their ears, an adventure soon begins.

30 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 31, 2013

About the author

Patrick Hester is an author, blogger and two-time Hugo Award Winner. He lives in Colorado, writes science fiction and fantasy, and can usually be found hanging out on his Twitter feed - @atfmb. His novel, SAMANTHA KANE: INTO THE FIRE is available at all major retailers. His short fiction can be found in the anthologies Space Battles: Full-Throttle Space Tales #6 and An Uncommon Collection, as well as the eBooks Conversations with my Cat, Witchcraft & Satyrs, Consumption, Cahill's Homecoming and Cahill's Unfinished Business. His Functional Nerds and SF Signal weekly podcasts have both been nominated for multiple Parsec and Hugo Awards.

Reviews

[Sue Foster · Rating 4 out of 5]

Historical fiction short story

This is the first book I have read from this author.

An interesting supernatural story set in the late 1860's the story of three students with a nice little reveal at the end. I enjoyed the story.

[Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable, but it seemed more like an expanded outline of a larger story.