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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... head was lower than the beast's shoulder . The tip of its horns were at least seven feet off the ground . It shook its massive head and expelled a bellows sound as it passed . Mustaine was amazed that the girls , confronted with this ...
... head was lower than the beast's shoulder . The tip of its horns were at least seven feet off the ground . It shook its massive head and expelled a bellows sound as it passed . Mustaine was amazed that the girls , confronted with this ...
Page 120
... head , hooking with its horns , and white blood- stained dresses , tiny disemboweled bodies tumbling through the air ... heads of the crowd , but by the time he reached the spot he had headed for , the steer apparently had been led away ...
... head , hooking with its horns , and white blood- stained dresses , tiny disemboweled bodies tumbling through the air ... heads of the crowd , but by the time he reached the spot he had headed for , the steer apparently had been led away ...
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... heads , and let the weather roll across them . Tell ' em the boat they're in is sinking , they'll try to sell you an ... head to the weather and spots a seagull falling from the gray , stricken in midflight , dropping out of the big sky ...
... heads , and let the weather roll across them . Tell ' em the boat they're in is sinking , they'll try to sell you an ... head to the weather and spots a seagull falling from the gray , stricken in midflight , dropping out of the big sky ...
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