Dark South: And Other Strange Tales (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781491730492)

After a couple books a room in the famous Hotel Le Grande in New Orleans, one of them disappears, leaving the other to follow a bizarre trail to a sealed room where a gruesome murder took place some fifty years earlier. Uncle Poot, who has always been strange and eccentric, transforms after a board hits him on the head. Now he is a harbinger of death who sees entirely too much. A great swamp in Louisiana holds secrets?some beautiful, some sinister. But when two boys enter a forbidden, treacherous portion of the swamp, they face a crisis of conscience when they discover a serial killer's treasure. Aunt Lootie, already known for her oddities, believes fireflies signify a bad omen. No one believes her?until her predictions begin to come true.

Dark South shares a collection of mysterious tales that offers an unforgettable look into the minds of the odd people who inhabit a world that appears to be what it is not.

Author: William T. Stewart
ISBN-10: 1491730498
ISBN-13: 9781491730492
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 05/09/2014
Pages: 458
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.93d

Review Citation(s):
Foreword 07/22/2014
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001