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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... inside you wakes up and spies somethin ' exactly like itself wakin ' in somebody else . It don't have to be ' bout nothin ' . It's just funny is all . " The whites of her eyes shined in the half - dark . " You might wanna say somethin ...
... inside you wakes up and spies somethin ' exactly like itself wakin ' in somebody else . It don't have to be ' bout nothin ' . It's just funny is all . " The whites of her eyes shined in the half - dark . " You might wanna say somethin ...
Page 107
... inside her , a tongue of heat upon whose tip her sexy particulars were balanced like a crys- tal saliva pearl , and she sang out a Name she'd spoken no more than once or twice before , just vowels and a broken melody , and a heartbeat ...
... inside her , a tongue of heat upon whose tip her sexy particulars were balanced like a crys- tal saliva pearl , and she sang out a Name she'd spoken no more than once or twice before , just vowels and a broken melody , and a heartbeat ...
Page 128
... inside . The silence held a reverberation , a subsonic funeral rhythm . A wall of mist was forming in front of Mustaine , growing larger and thicker until it blocked both the path and his view of the shanty , swirling in delicate eddies ...
... inside . The silence held a reverberation , a subsonic funeral rhythm . A wall of mist was forming in front of Mustaine , growing larger and thicker until it blocked both the path and his view of the shanty , swirling in delicate eddies ...
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