Clint Smith's newest novella is a taut, atmospheric tale of inheritance and dread. Cecil Mears joins his father in repairing the old lakefront cabin where he spent his childhood. But Blackgum Lake refuses to be bucolic; the waters are dark and oppressive and hold secrets. Did the infamous gangster John Dillinger trawl the lake for something terrible? The detritus along its bottom is far more than muck. A neighbor insists her late husband comes to her door, asking to be let inside. Troubled by more than his parents' marital problems, Cecil becomes haunted by what lurks below.