I was going through a stack of books and found a second copy of The Cunning Man by Dave Butler and Aaron Ritchey. It’s a good book and I’ll pass it on. If you like Manly Wade Wellman’s John the Balladeer you’ll like Hyram Woolley.
“It’s the depths of the Depression, and a mining town in Utah is shut down. Something has awakened underground, and now a monster roams the tunnels. While contentious owners squabble, poor worker families go hungry. Along comes Hiram Woolley. Hiram is a man with mystical abilities derived from the commonsense application of Scots-Irish folk wisdom and German braucher magic. He possesses an arcane Bloodstone that allows him to see a lie the moment it is spoken.
Behind the played-out farms and failed businesses are demons, curses, sorcerers, and unatoned wrongs. Bags of groceries and carpentry won’t be enough this time.The job will take a man who has known sorrow. A man who has known war. A man of wisdom. A man of magic.”
I’ll do a random drawing next Monday 9/28. If you’re interested a simple I’m in is good.