A mysterious bog that eventually spits things out, killer bees and the women who tend them, a little boy chasing 'fiery flies' and 'foxes on fire' in the woods one dusky evening …what do all of these have in common? You will meet them all in her new book"The Legends of Nevermore County".

Down in the Southwest corner of Nevermore County is a mountain the early European settlers called Mist Tree Mountain because of the huge mist-shrouded tree that grew at the very top. In time, it became known to their descendants as 'Mystery Mountain', and it is in the small backwoods towns and villages around the mountain that these eight stories take place.

Fairly isolated, nestled in the foothills on the mountain side of the NoName River with only two narrow country bridges connecting them to the rest of the County, these small places sometimes developed odd customs and behaviors over the years. While outsiders from the everyday world might find them exceedingly strange, they were, in some way or another, accepted by the people living there…even when the outcome was fatal.

Mist Tree Mountain and the NoName River

See what the people in these stories have to say about this whole thing in the "Nevermore County Gazette" by clicking the Gazette button below.

From the serious to the ridiculous and the whimsical to the lyrical, tucked away in these pages you can find essays and poetry to enlighten and entertain, to make you chuckle…or perhaps even weep.

What would you do if you thought the Queen of England might drop in for tea, or have you ever whimsically capered? How many geese in a flock? Or is it a gaggle of geese? Happy songs and sad songs, here is an entertaining book for every mood to read again and again. "All About Eve…and Other Things".

Writing Credits

"Jacob's Ladder", published in The Writer's Net Anthology of Prose, Volume one, Fiction, edited by Gary Kessler for the Writer's Club Press (December 2002), available at Amazon.com, ISBN 0-595-65040-6

Winner of The International Library Poetry Competition for the poem "Lovers", published in "Barefoot Afternoons", by Watermark Press (February 2003), ISBN 0-7951-5150-0

" Legends of Nevermore County", an anthology of eight short stories has been accepted by PublishAmerica.
(ISBN-13: 978-1424103706 or ISBN-10: 1-4241-0370-3).

"All About Eve…and Other Things", a volume of poetry and essays has been accepted by PublishAmerica
(ISBN-13: 978-1424103393 or ISBN-10: 1-4241-0339-8).

About Me

I live in Virginia, have blue eyes, and am owned by a possessive cat. I find animal behavior and the human condition fascinating. Writing is a way of life and I write because I cannot help it, trying to paint my mind pictures in words for others to see.