Walking the Ley Lines
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"you can trust me when I say that my grandfather was the spree killer Charles Starkweather. Grandma met him in Nebraska after he climbed out of his grave. It took another couple years before he died for real. Nobody liked him except her."
Zale is walking to his mother's funeral, using the magical ley lines that crisscross America.
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