title: Laughter and Tears Through My Logging Years
author: Delbert Nuxoll
description: "This book would stand alone just for the reading of the poems. The story is an added bonus." -- <i>Richard Dwyer of Vancouver, WA</i><br /><br />Captures the heart of our native county. For those who share a love of Idaho and the great Northwest. -- <i>All of Clem's relatives and friends</i>
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  Kitty and the Midnight Hour
  
  
  Kitty Norville 1
  
  
  Carrie Vaughn
  
  
  ## Chapter 1
  
  
  I tossed my backpack in a corner of the studio and high-fived Rodney on his
  way out.
  
  
  "Hey, Kitty, thanks again for taking the midnight shift," he said. He'd
  started playing some third-generation grunge band that made my hackles rise,
  but I smiled anyway.
  
  
  "Happy to."
  
  
  
  
  
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  "I noticed. You didn't used to like the late shift."
  
  
  He was right. I'd gone positively nocturnal the last few months. I shrugged.
  "Things change."
  
  
  "Well, take it easy."
  
  
  Finally, I had the place to myself. I dimmed the lights so the control board
  glowed, the dials and switches futuristic and sinister. I pulled my blond hair
  into a ponytail. I was wearing jeans and an