If you could peer inside the souls of all your loved ones and learn their hidden mysteries, would you choose to do so? If the answer is yes, this story is for you! 

Born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, Nathaniel Hawthorne was best known for his novels 'The Scarlet Letter' in 1850 and 'The House of Seven Gables' in 1851. Talk about a writer with family drama! He changed his name from Hathorne to Hawthorne to try to distance  himself from his great-great-grandfather's guilt and involvement in the infamous Salem Witch Trial persecutions. Find out more at https://electricliterature.com/move-over-poe-the-real-godfather-of-gothic-horror-was-nathaniel-hawthorne/

John Bell is our narrator and he is also the writer, producer, and actor on the award-winning "Bell's in the Batfry" podcast, which can be found at http://thebatfry.libsyn.com/

We are always looking forward to discovering our next writer, so if you are interested in contributing, please send us your short story of fewer than 5,000 words to [email protected]

My name is Cathy McCarthy and I write under the name of C. Mack Lewis. You can request my books from your local library and I would greatly appreciate your opinion in an honest online review of The Fallen Angels Detective Series, written by C. Mack Lewis. For more information about me, go to https://cmacklewis.com/

You can read the Kirkus Review of my latest book, The Angel Wore Black at  https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/c-mack-lewis/the-angel-wore-black/

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