title: Girling (The Driftless Unsolicited Novella Series)
author: C. Kubasta
description: <b>C. Kubasta</b> writes poetry, fragments, prose and occasional reviews &amp; columns. Her poetry book, <em>All Beautiful &amp; Useless</em> (BlazeVOX, 2015) explored growing up girl in rural Wisconsin; her second collection, <em>Of Covenants</em>, released from Whitepoint Press in November 2017. She lives, writes &amp; teaches in Wisconsin, where she is often inspired by the rural, the bodies we inhabit, the subtexts of our relationships &amp; our selves. For each major publication, she celebrates with a new tattoo; someday she hopes to be completely sleeved  her skin a labyrinth of signifiers, utterly opaque. Find her at www.ckubasta.com.
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  # First Girl Gone
  
  
  ## An absolutely addictive crime thriller with a twist
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## L.T. Vargus and Tim McBain
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [![Bookouture](../images/00002.jpeg)](http://www.bookouture.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Books by L.T. Vargus and Tim McBain
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Charlotte Winters Series
  
  
  _First Girl Gone_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Violet Darger Series
  
  
  _Dead End Girl_
  
  
  _Image in a Cracked Mirror_
  
  
  _Killing Season_
  
  
  _The Last Victim_
  
  
  _The Girl in the Sand_
  
  
  _Bad Blood_
  
  
  _Five Days Post Mortem_
  
  
  _Into the Abyss_
  
  
  _Night on Fire_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Victor Loshak Series
  
  
  _Beyond Good & Evil_
  
  
  _The Good Life Crisis_
  
  
  _What Lies Beneath_
  
  
  _Take Warning_
  
  
  _Silent Night_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](part0003.html#2RHM0-1a0571fb97ea423fa4300f69e026d0c9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0004.html#3Q280-1a0571fb97ea423fa4300f69e026d0c9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0005.html#4OIQ0-1a0571fb97ea423fa4300f69e02