THE BLIZZARD'S SECRET

by Allan Ishmael Young

Albia is a typical mid-western county seat town of four thousand people -- minus one. It is located near Iowa's biggest lake, and surrounded by other beautiful lakes and rivers, including the three small fish-filled ponds called Cottonwood Pits. When an early blizzard finally relinquishes what it is hiding, the area will never be the same again. The snow-covered secret not only rewrites the community's history, but determines its future as well -- and all the residents are affected. Zacharias Popek drives in to visit his favorite clergyman, only to find him in the hospital, and stumbles into a series of events which takes all of his deduction capabilities, plus his physical abilities, to solve the mysteries-while staying alive.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Allan Ishmael Young's writing background started with having a paid magazine article in sixth grade, then being editor-in-chief of his high school newspaper. He has owned and edited weekly newspapers as well as rural and horse magazines. He specializes in writing stories set in small towns, based on real or imagined events taking place there. He finds the underlying intrigues so fascinating that he has preserved some of the tales for posterity. This is one of them.

(2011, paperback, 122 pages)