The Replacements

Beaumont and Beasley #2.5

by Kyle Robert Shultz

The Fang and Claw Pub is accustomed to unusual visitors. After all, its clientele is mostly made up of monsters and magical creatures, who come there to escape from a world where they are forced to keep their true appearances hidden. However, the pub's management does draw the line at ghosts. They're bad for business. And the one moaning and wailing upstairs simply has to go.

Fortunately, there are people to handle things like that. Namely, Beaumont and Beasley, celebrated investigators of the strange and the supernatural.

But it's not the Beaumont and Beasley you might have expected...

The Replacements is a short story featuring the characters of the Beaumont and Beasley series.

Genres: Fantasy

ebook

First published July 1, 2018

About the author

Kyle Robert Shultz is the creator of the Aftermythos, an interconnected collection of stories set in an alternate universe where fairy tales and mythology are history. Shultz is a completely ordinary human being with no remarkable qualities whatsoever. Accounts suggesting that he is a dangerous wizard exiled from a parallel reality, a cleverly-disguised magical creature passing off the history of another world as original fiction, a mysterious trickster entity described in the folklore of a circumscribed region of Wales, or a pseudonym adopted by three talking otters stacked up in a trench coat should be dismissed as not entirely accurate.

Note: I'm not active on Goodreads, so I may not see messages or other notifications. I only use this profile for business, so don't be offended if I don't accept your friend request. If you want to get in touch with me, email me at kyle@aftermythos.com.

Reviews

[deborah o'carroll (offline during 2026) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun short story on Wattpad.

I mean, anything with Nick and Crispin in it is awesome, so.

(This is from Crispin's POV so DOUBLE FUN.)

[Amelie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short story was so much fun! I loved seeing the Beaumont and Beasley team working on a case together, and the banter was just as splendid as always. :)

Content: mentions of suicide

[Julia Garcia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just read this for the 5th time. Thoroughly enjoyable! So many awesome lines and wonderful characters.

[Bethany Kellam · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm on a Afterverse reading spree, if you can't tell.

But this was fun and enjoyable, as always.

[Joseph Leskey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Original Review

Now wasn't this a fine ould story? Indeed it was. All the elements — just very nice. Very fortunate that I happened to come across it, says I.

And there. That's enough information for a proper review. And have I ever mentioned how hard it is to write a review with a tablet? If I haven't, it's hard. G'day!

[Britt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun read

Definitely one of the cuter ghost stories I’ve ever read. Crispin is a ridiculous cinnamon roll and a Molly is a doll. They’re definitely the “less intense pair” of Beaumont and Beasleys.

[Emily Anne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love that Crispen and Molly got some spotlight, and that they showed off their individual character traits so well . It was probably the only "ghost story" I will ever enjoy in life (because ghost stories in the traditional sense , not my thing ).