The Whiskey Bottle in the Wall: Volume 2 (Secrets of Marienstadt)
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The Whiskey Bottle in the Wall: Volume 2 (Secrets of Marienstadt)
(Americana / drama / humor - 53k words) Volume 2 contains four complete stories from "The Whiskey Bottle in the Wall: Secrets of Marienstadt" that continue tales set in the fictional town of Marienstadt, a Pennsylvania Dutch community in the Allegheny Highlands. Featuring a rotating cast of characters including Oliver, Gretchen, and Father Nick from The Reluctant Belsnickel of Opelt's Wood. Other characters include the devastatingly handsome Chief of Police, Henry Werner; Lola Eckert, a beautiful but bashful strudel artist; Candy Dippold, the shopkeeper with a guillotine; Peeper Baumgratz, who knows the woods and the dangers they hold; Stella Loeffler, whose Bearded Lady logo hides an ancient mystery; Ezra Winter, son of a notorious moonshiner, and many more.  (All three volumes are also available as a boxed set or a single volume paperback.)
Story 4 - The Confession of Genny Franck When Father Nicholas Bauer is called to hear the Confession of 103-year old Genny Franck she tells him she first wants him to hear her story. She tells him about her family's escape from the Old Country, about meeting her beautiful husband, the musician Daniel Franck, and how his death at a young age left her with terrible choices to make.
Story 5 - Drugs, Alcohol, Bacon, Firearms A black bear has taken up residence in Fischer's Mill, an old grist mill that was a notorious moonshine operation during Prohibition. While checking on the bear Henry Werner and Oliver Eberstark begin to suspect someone is running a meth lab and using the mill for drug deals. Both the drug dealer and the bear have got to be found and dealt with.
Story 6 - The Day The Viaduct Blew Down While sorting through boxes of old photographs donated to the Marienstadt Historical Society Candy Dippold makes a strange discovery, a photograph from the 1930s of a barnstorming pilot flying a biplane under the famous Kinzua Viaduct. He is determined to find out who the mystery flier is and how he did this stunt. Meanwhile Chief of Police Henry Werner has his hands full with complaints about the guillotine Candy just built and a bunch of kids who have turned an old washing machine into a tank.
Story 7 - Of Beautiful Strangers, Woodchucks, and Bearded Ladies Crazy things are going on in Marienstadt! A writer from a NY City magazine is in town interviewing the local food businesses for an article, a group of people are trying to raise money to buy back a 17-foot tall fiberglass woodchuck, a portfolio of photographs of a mysterious bearded lady is discovered in Marshall's Stationary Store's basement, and heart-throb Henry Werner has finally met his match.
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(Update -Â The Christmas Daughter: A Marienstadt Story, the next story in this series, is now available in paperback or digital.)