The Bastard Hand
2011
First Published
3.94
Average Rating
276
Number of Pages
Charlie Wesley is not right in the head. He’s escaped from a mental hospital up north and hitchhiked his way south, the voice of his dead brother urging him on. But when Charlie hits Memphis, the fine line between his delusions and reality shift in the form of the Reverend Phineas Childe—a preacher bent on booze and women; a Man of God with a dark agenda. Charlie is the perfect pawn in the Reverend’s game of retribution. And the small North Mississippi town of Cuba Landing will be the setting for the Reverend’s very personal Apocalypse...
Avg Rating
3.94
Number of Ratings
239
5 STARS
36%
4 STARS
33%
3 STARS
21%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
3%
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Author
Heath Lowrance
Author · 9 books
Heath Lowrance is the author of HAWTHORNE: TALES OF A WEIRDER WEST, THE AXEMAN OF STORYVILLE, CITY OF HERETICS, THE BASTARD HAND, DIG TEN GRAVES, FIGHT CARD: BLUFF CITY BRAWLER (as Jack Tunney) and the novella "Miles to Little Ridge". His other stories have appeared in the anthologies OFF THE RECORD, BURNING BRIDGES, PULP INK 2, LEE, HOODS, HOT RODS & HELLCATS and 5 BROKEN WINCHESTERS. He has been a movie theater manager, a tour guide at Sun Studio, a singer in a punk band, and a regular donor of blood for money. In 48 years, he's engaged in a hundred years worth of anti-social behavior. Originally from Tennessee, he now lives in Lansing, Michigan.
