The Secret of Possum Hollow – is one of the books I am considering putting into print next.

It’s a Magnolia book, using characters first seen and developed in Saving Magnolia and The Magnolia Chronicles, while adding reference to other characters and points of interest in other parts of Fuller County, Ohio.

At the time I was half way through writing this book, there was news of women in real-life Ross County, Ohio disappearing, and then showing up dead. The disappearances gained national notoriety, in part due to a television show produced by one of the cable networks about the disappearances. I have held back in leaking this work so as not to appear to be capitalizing on the loss of the women involved and in deference to their families.

This work is not for the faint of heart.

Some of the women depicted in this novel were taken advantage of by ruthless men who turned them into slaves for their own enjoyment. Some were quite literally used up then thrown away when they were no longer needed.

Two other side notes:

For one, there are certain law enforcement officers depicted in this story who should not have been law enforcement officers in the first place. The depictions of those people are not depictions of or have the characteristics of the law enforcement officers I know personally.  I just wanted you to know.

The other note is that these first two chapters of the book on the attached MP3 are without additional comment. My intent is to release all of the chapters of this book as a single audio book. All of my comments will be made here from this point forward.

As usual, thanks for your time.

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bdharrell