Stories from the Dark Corners of Human Nature

by Bob Maumill

Published: 01/03/2026

ISBN: 978-0-6457805-1-2

Storyteller Bob Maumill, author of Letters from a Hard Country, uses six stories of different length and tone to explore themes of good and evil, reflection, guilt and the torment of regret.

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