A fortuitous turn of events brings the mysterious girl from the creek back into Billy's life while Lee and Jay simultaneously slip further away. I closed my eyes and imagined the steady flow of th

His search for answers leads Billy to Uncle John's house, where he learns that all-too-often we still have a lot to learn, even about those who are closest to us. Worry was seasoned into her soul

Billy and his friends, Lee and Jay, grapple with recent events - what had Jessie gotten himself into? Was it the eccentric man that the people of Shilo's Beat call "the Mayor"? Or had he crossed the wrong guy, Fredrick?

Billy learns what the mysterious girl had found, just beneath the surface of the Cahaba. He turns to his Aunt Mary for comfort but learns that this isn't the first time the creek had claimed a soul. "I could see the clearing from here,

Billy and his Uncle John spend the morning in the hayfield with Pops and Peters until they are interrupted by a police car passing by on its way to an unsettling scene and the mysterious girl who discovered it. "Suddenly,

"My forehead leaned against the damp windowpane, beaded with condensation from the cool, early-October night pressing up against it like a heavy conscience." Sure, youd think something like that w

Having recently run through the glass of my second-story window, Im recording this first episode from my hospital room. Its been 26 years, but I have to remember what keeps me up nights.