The Headless Bartender: A Short Story

If you enjoy contemporary, unconventional folktales, fairy tales or ghost stories with a dash of the macabre, you'll love this short story from new author Jan M. Leotti!

The last time autumn storms blew through the town of Merfisham, a young woman disappeared...

This time, the September winds deliver a headless bartender on the front steps of Keels, the local pub. The townspeople are enchanted by his charm, but not everyone believes his presence is a blessing. With the arrival of Serena O'Dell, a moon-eyed woman in search of romance and a husband, three old fishermen in the village predict another storm will soon follow.

Driven by her desire for love, Serena pursues the new bartender, and is more than willing to overlook his missing head. One night, on the way home from a date with him, she spies a ghostly figure hovering above the bay. Was it merely a trick of the fog? Why won't the bartender tell her how he lost his head? In the name of love, Serena means to find out.

To learn more about Jan M. Leotti's fiction visit her author page at Amazon.com.