Louisiana BreakdownWelcome to Grail, Louisiana -- next to nothing and just beyond reality -- where hoodoo meets Jesus, and townsfolk pray to both. This dark fantasy delves into the psychological and motivational depths of Grail and its residents. Miss Sedele mixes up green cocktails called 'cryptoverdes' at Le Bon Chance. Vida Dumars, owner of the Moonlight Diner, peers into the deepest realms of her customers' hearts as though they were picture windows. Town spirit Good Gray Man has promised good fortune to the town as long as it hangs onto tradition. A quirky, fantastical town's heart and soul are slowly, often painfully revealed in this dark and captivating novella. |
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... light Diner , a railroad car painted white and decorated all over with groupings of brightly colored lines . Veves . Voodoo sign . Past the diner , on the eastern edge of town , a dirt road lined with shotgun cabins leads off toward the ...
... light Diner , a railroad car painted white and decorated all over with groupings of brightly colored lines . Veves . Voodoo sign . Past the diner , on the eastern edge of town , a dirt road lined with shotgun cabins leads off toward the ...
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... light . Maybe this is justice , he thought , maybe justice feels this way . Like hot static and stuck somewhere in ... light atop the roof pulled off onto the shoulder twenty yards away . Tow truck . Mustaine got the picture . Somebody ...
... light . Maybe this is justice , he thought , maybe justice feels this way . Like hot static and stuck somewhere in ... light atop the roof pulled off onto the shoulder twenty yards away . Tow truck . Mustaine got the picture . Somebody ...
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... light on the situ- ation . He poked at the bed , examined the cans on the shelves beside the stove , kicked the litter around . Giving up on a search , he turned yet again to the scrapbook , studying the clippings he had skipped . The light ...
... light on the situ- ation . He poked at the bed , examined the cans on the shelves beside the stove , kicked the litter around . Giving up on a search , he turned yet again to the scrapbook , studying the clippings he had skipped . The light ...
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