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Overtoun Bridge
For as long as people can remember, dogs have been leaping to their death over the walls of Overtoun Bridge.
Reporters from around the world covered the story for a while, and scientists have conducted tests but were unable to find an explanation. Locals believe the place is cursed.
On her way to the pub to seek a cure against loneliness, Emma sees her neighbor's border collie become the latest victim of the strange phenomenon. When she brings back two men from town to investigate, the mystery deepens and she might just discover the real reason the dogs are leaping to their deaths... but will she survive to tell the world?
Overtoun Bridge is a poignant story about tragedy and disappointment set in the bone-chilling Scottish countryside.
Reporters from around the world covered the story for a while, and scientists have conducted tests but were unable to find an explanation. Locals believe the place is cursed.
On her way to the pub to seek a cure against loneliness, Emma sees her neighbor's border collie become the latest victim of the strange phenomenon. When she brings back two men from town to investigate, the mystery deepens and she might just discover the real reason the dogs are leaping to their deaths... but will she survive to tell the world?
Overtoun Bridge is a poignant story about tragedy and disappointment set in the bone-chilling Scottish countryside.
20 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2008
About the author
Bev Vincent
129 books104 followersBev Vincent is the author of The Dark Tower Companion, The Road to the Dark Tower, the Bram Stoker Award nominated companion to Stephen King’s Dark Tower series, and The Stephen King Illustrated Companion, which was nominated for a 2010 Edgar® Award and a 2009 Bram Stoker Award. In 2018, he co-edited the anthology Flight or Fright with Stephen King.
His short fiction has appeared in places like Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Borderlands 5, Ice Cold, and The Blue Religion. Four stories were collected in When the Night Comes Down and another four in a CD Select eBook. His story “The Bank Job” won the Al Blanchard Award. “The Honey Trap” from Ice Cold was nominated for an ITW Thriller Award in 2015 and “Zombies On A Plane” was nominated for an Ignotus Award in 2020.
His work has been translated into: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Serbian, Spanish and Ukrainian.
He has been a contributing editor with Cemetery Dance magazine since 2001 and writes book reviews for Onyx Reviews. He has served as a judge for the Al Blanchard, Shirley Jackson and Edgar Awards.
His short fiction has appeared in places like Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Borderlands 5, Ice Cold, and The Blue Religion. Four stories were collected in When the Night Comes Down and another four in a CD Select eBook. His story “The Bank Job” won the Al Blanchard Award. “The Honey Trap” from Ice Cold was nominated for an ITW Thriller Award in 2015 and “Zombies On A Plane” was nominated for an Ignotus Award in 2020.
His work has been translated into: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Serbian, Spanish and Ukrainian.
He has been a contributing editor with Cemetery Dance magazine since 2001 and writes book reviews for Onyx Reviews. He has served as a judge for the Al Blanchard, Shirley Jackson and Edgar Awards.
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October 11, 2022
Originally I gave this 3 stars... then I researched the bridge on the internet and gave it a fourth. Read the story first, but I found the real bridge facts even more chilling! Thank you for an enjoyable read and introducing me to this strange place.
October 30, 2022
Neat little short story which doesn't give away all its tricks.
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