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Midwest Secrets, Book Four: Udall, Kansas - Precarious Polly
Everyone is the small town of Udall, Kansas, knows about the F5 tornado that destroyed the town in 1955. They also know about a little girl named Polly Oran who was never found, alive or dead, after the storm. Somehow, Polly is the premise of a tale that becomes more frightening each time it is told. Apparently, Precarious Polly is haunting Udall, taking lives and bringing more destruction to the families she visits.
Richard Magnum III isn't much of a believer in the story until his uncle dies at the Magnum family farm. He sees the evidence that suggests Polly has made an appearance. He tries to find the truth; he even visits the Udall library and talks to Polly's best friend. He learns valuable information, but he still doesn't have the answers he seeks.
Rick grows up, attends college, and becomes a CSI researcher in Seattle, Washington.
After years, an unexpected lead once again motivates him to find the truth. He has a long conversation with the son of a rather strange family doctor who lived and practiced in Udall in the 1950s and 1960s. Does he learn the truth about Precarious Polly? What else does he learn? Has the curse of Precarious Polly followed Rick to the Pacific Northwest, or is the truth the tall tale he always figured it to be?
Richard Magnum III isn't much of a believer in the story until his uncle dies at the Magnum family farm. He sees the evidence that suggests Polly has made an appearance. He tries to find the truth; he even visits the Udall library and talks to Polly's best friend. He learns valuable information, but he still doesn't have the answers he seeks.
Rick grows up, attends college, and becomes a CSI researcher in Seattle, Washington.
After years, an unexpected lead once again motivates him to find the truth. He has a long conversation with the son of a rather strange family doctor who lived and practiced in Udall in the 1950s and 1960s. Does he learn the truth about Precarious Polly? What else does he learn? Has the curse of Precarious Polly followed Rick to the Pacific Northwest, or is the truth the tall tale he always figured it to be?
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Published November 17, 2025
About the author
Maribeth Slovasky
15 books1 followerMaribeth Slovasky was born and raised in the Midwest. She earned her B.S. in education at Youngstown State University and her MA in Education at The Ohio State University.
Ms. Slovasky moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1993. She worked as the director of an educational tutoring facility which she purchased from her employer in 1998. She owned and operated the business with her husband, who designed and opened a second location. They decided to close the centers in 2009.
Ms. Slovasky began freelancing and teaching online while raising her three children. She wrote two children’s books which were published through the Apple Bookstore.
She has written several memoirs beginning with the story of her father's experience in the US Navy at the end of World War II. She co-author Present for a Purpose with Sok-Khieng Lim Hardy about her experience as a Cambodian refugee during the Pol Pot era. Her latest published work is Duty. Honor. Corrections. written with Chuck Williams about his life as a corrections officer in the state of Ohio for more than 20 years. Her next release, yet to be titled, is about John Petersen, a Tacoma, WA, native who moved to Mexico in the 1990s, fell in love, and was unjustly arrested and spent time in a Federal Mexican prison because of it. Look for John’s story in early 2024.
Her autobiographical story is titled What's Your Can? 11 Strategies for Living a Spectacular Life with a Chronic Illness, She’s also published one novel, Midwest Secrets which is a series of four novellas about the strange things that happen in the heartland of America, the stories no one wants to share!
Ms. Slovasky moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1993. She worked as the director of an educational tutoring facility which she purchased from her employer in 1998. She owned and operated the business with her husband, who designed and opened a second location. They decided to close the centers in 2009.
Ms. Slovasky began freelancing and teaching online while raising her three children. She wrote two children’s books which were published through the Apple Bookstore.
She has written several memoirs beginning with the story of her father's experience in the US Navy at the end of World War II. She co-author Present for a Purpose with Sok-Khieng Lim Hardy about her experience as a Cambodian refugee during the Pol Pot era. Her latest published work is Duty. Honor. Corrections. written with Chuck Williams about his life as a corrections officer in the state of Ohio for more than 20 years. Her next release, yet to be titled, is about John Petersen, a Tacoma, WA, native who moved to Mexico in the 1990s, fell in love, and was unjustly arrested and spent time in a Federal Mexican prison because of it. Look for John’s story in early 2024.
Her autobiographical story is titled What's Your Can? 11 Strategies for Living a Spectacular Life with a Chronic Illness, She’s also published one novel, Midwest Secrets which is a series of four novellas about the strange things that happen in the heartland of America, the stories no one wants to share!
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