Authors: Michael Slade
Tags: #Horror, #Suspense Fiction, #Suspense, #Canada, #Horror & Ghost Stories, #Mystery & Detective, #Horror - General, #Fiction - Psychological Suspense, #Fiction, #General, #Horror tales, #Psychological, #Thrillers
Author's Note
This is a work of fiction. The plot and characters are a product of the author's imagination. Where real persons, places, or institutions are incorporated to create the illusion of authenticity, they are used fictitiously. Inspiration was drawn from the following nonfiction sources:
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My thanks to the Mounted Police for answering all my questions, and especially to ViCLAS Section: twenty-first century policing.
—Slade
Vancouver, B.C.
Table of Contents
Ghost Patrol
Shrunken Head
The Mad Charcutier
Doomsday
Suzannah
Winterman Snow
Tzantza
Headhunter
Fetish
Sweat Lodge
Short Eyes
Carnival
War Zone
The Album
Powwow
Primal Scream
Closed File
In The Name Of God
Female of the Species
Tip of the Iceberg
Road Kill
Cabin in the Woods
Realm of Madness
Rings
Wounded Knee
Red Snow
Killing Team
Kink
Where, Not Why
On the Hunt
Maple Leaves
Headshrinker
Bomb Shelter
Bushwhacked
Hellhole
Razor-head
Horns of Venus
Homophobe
Sacred Land
Potlatch
Gunamoot
Bush Drifter
Lost Patrol
Loot
Pack of Wolves
Deja Vu
Grizzly
White Man
Sundown
Buzz Buzz Buzz
Puppet Master
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