Thank you, old friend, for indulging me. I appreciate that it may have taken longer than youd planed for. Overly sentimental and loosely accurate at best, but isnt that the way? Whether accepted or

"I smiled as I considered the strange collision of humanity that marked this brief moment in my life. A moment that left me feeling a bit emptierthe kind of empty I doubt will ever really be filled.

A painful October culminates under a Hunters Moon as Billys most harrowing parasomnia yet finds him face-to-face with Shellycoat. And again, he will have to face it all alone, or, does he? And I

Aunt Lucille shares some devastating news that makes it all-too-clear: its time for Billy to take back the creek. Uncle Johns creek. But to do it, hell have to face the difficult truth, alone. Its

Julie finally comes clean about her past, revealing that there is far more to Jessies story than even Billy expected. And with all this weighing on his troubled mind, Billys parasomnia episodes are

A day in the dove field with Uncle John and his friends finds Billy too distracted to fully enjoy himself. Plagued by doubt, he is more committed than ever to uncover the truth about Jessies death.

Theres nothing quite like Friday nights in the fall. Billy, attends the high-school football game with Lee and Jay, hopeful that hell find Julie there. But when he does, the encounter is far from wh

Uncle John and Billy find themselves in an awkward situation atop Cedar Mountain, face to face with a legend of the land. And unexpected encounters with Fredrick, the Mayor, and Julie leave Billy ques

An unsuspecting Uncle John leads Pops, Peters, and Billy on a march across Chinquapin Mountain in search of the elusive lake James had learned about from Jessie. What they find, however, is far more dangerous.

An unsettling encounter with something along the creek bank leaves Lee on edge as a shadowy camp-out invites the hazy figure of Billy's parasomnia episodes into their lives. Billy and Lee confront the Mayor together but find they are still drifting apa...