Welcome to Anoka, Minnesota, a small city just outside of the Twin Cities dubbed "The Halloween Capital of the World" since 1937. Here before you lie several tales involving bone collectors, pagan witches, werewolves, skeletal bison, and cloned children. It is up to you to decipher between fact and fiction as the author has woven historical facts into his narratives. With his debut horror collection, Cheyenne and Arapaho author Shane Hawk explores themes of family, grief, loneliness, and identity through the lens of indigenous life.

Minnesota's St. Croix River Valley and Anoka Sandplain offers a fascinating landscape history of this region in east-central Minnesota. The authors provide detailed accounts of the 39 varieties of native habitats that still exist in the Region, supplying descriptive text, photographs, line drawings, distribution maps, and lists of associated plants and animals for each habitat. They include directions to and interpretations of 35 sites accessible to the public where these native habitats can be explored firsthand.

When Mildred Smythe finds a dead body by her mailbox she realizes her life has been turned upside down. Who would put a murdered mobster next to her driveway? In her career as a Psychiatric Nurse she met every personality type possible. Add to that number, her social activities have put her in touch with countless members of various committees, from the Womans Shelter to Animal Rescue. Her household, a group of various individuals, adds to the dilemma. Mildred now finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation let by an old flame, Lead Investigator, John Jacobs. Whats next?