I love Dad's copy of Nancy Drew and the Secret of the Old Clock. I love owning my parents' and grandparents' books, knowing we held the same covers, hunched over the same pages with a peanut butter sandwich, clutched forgotten in one hand, or under the covers after lights out.

I think I might be due for a rereading of some Nancy Drew. She was a badass.

New novel excerpt from dark fantasy author Nick Hallum - FREE on Kindle for 1 week only - "Bitter Blood."

COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO, is where strange people go to hide. Neo-Nazis who drink blood. Corrupt politicians who do magic. Undead mining men with long-buried secrets. 

A Northwest noir, with a darkly supernatural back-story. 

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