title: Darkness At The Edge Of Town
author:  T. Scott McLeod 
description: I write because of the fragility of our existence. I write because it's my answer to impermanence. I write because it helps me stay connected to my heart. I write because we're all different, and so much the same. I write because the world needs more tenderness. I write because I'm tired of secrets. I write because it's my path to redemption. I write because I've forsaken those that I love. I write because I want to know myself. I write because I want to know you. I write because I'm drawn towards things I shouldn't do. I write because every flower is meant to bloom. I write because life is full of paradoxes. I write because I've had to leave friends behind. I write because it's my form of prayer. I write because, when I write, I lose track of time. I write because I've walked dark streets looking for love. I write because of the way the sublime slips away from words. I write because of the twice shy part of once burned. I write because it helps me learn. I write because there are plenty of people who have written, famous well-published people, literary figures, literary giants, and I didn't like what they wrote. I write because I'm always telling myself stories anyhow. I write because I don't know all of the reasons I write. I write. I write. I write.
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  _An isolated town with a dark past …_
  
  
  In secluded Devlins Reach, on the shores of the Hawkesbury River, three bodies
  are unearthed in an excavation site. When a wilderness expert, Park Ranger
  Taylor Bridges, is called in to assist local police, he soon discovers the
  town has an unsettling history – one to match Taylor’s own haunted past.
  
  
  But the quiet location and picturesque beauty of The Reach are hiding
  something darker than Taylor could have anticipated. Within the town’s tight-
  knit community of loggers, store owners and tight-lipped locals, someone is
  targeting the residents one by one.
  
  
  As a torrential storm surges ever closer, and the river swells at the levee
  walls, The Reach goes into lockdown. With no way in or out, Taylor finds
  himself in a race against the power of nature to find a desperate killer
  before the whole town goes under.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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