It was late afternoon when Devin arrived at Laurel Oak…
Read MoreChapter X. Lamar Alone
Lamar did not answer Devin’s calls or texts the week that followed the art walk…
Read MoreChapter IX. A Scent from Beyond the World
On third Fridays every other month, the city’s French Quarter galleries opened doors to anyone strolling in off the streets…
Read MoreChapter VIII. Rivers Meet
She didn’t tell Lamar what she had actually seen in the woods till later that evening, in his studio…
Read MoreChapter VII. The Rescue Dog
“If we’re going to do this,” Lamar said, “the best way is by water…”
Read MoreChapter VI. Seafoam
Ron Holbrooke was strangling her…
Read MoreChapter V. Maybank
Dark eyes, half-hid by the glare on his wire-frame glasses, and a bristly white mustache…
Read MoreChapter IV. Haint Blue
“I don’t know how you can drink that in this heat,” Devin mused…
Read MoreChapter III. Shadow Box
Lamar’s Rio slid into the lot of a dive on the edge of town, some three or four miles up Sixty-one…
Read MoreChapter II. Not a Ghost, But an Echo
The stranger thrust them on in short strokes, stabbing the creek with his paddle like a heron spearing fish…
Read MoreChapter I. A Salt-Edged Blade
It was nearing five o’clock and the breeze, muted here beneath the pines, carried the smell of the marsh…
Read MoreThanks & Acknowledgments
First of all, I want to thank everyone who has read this story.
Read MoreEpilogue: The Buick Again (Under a Christmas Moon)
He was justified in everything he had done…
Read MoreChapter XII. Of Ash and Charred Brick
Jay wasn’t blindfolded, but he might as well have been…
Read MoreChapter XI. The Fire in Glass’ Eyes
The day was over. The sun was gone, but light still lingered on the horizon…
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