COTTONWING: A Southern Gothic Fairy Tale 

In the hands of Beta Readers – as of March 2026

Nellie’s Mom had just passed away and Dad ventured into the swamp, not telling Nellie why. Instead, he told her to hide alone in their house. Before leaving, he placed hoodoo charms on the doors and windows. He was supposed to return in three days, but after five days, he still hadn’t come back. And when the hoodoo charms were broken by nosy church ladies, a shapeshifting monster, intent on completing his revenge, breaks into Nellie’s home to kidnap her.

Nellie escapes.

Thrown into the dark swamp, where mythical creatures known as Mossies dwell, where the dead wade through the murky waters, where a family secret lays tangled in the kudzu, Nellie searches for her Dad.

And when all seems hopeless, a smarmy ghost, Jack, offers help, enticing her with the Back Door into Heaven, where a soul can pass through its threshold into the land of Glory, and claim the promises of everlasting life. Yet Jack’s words often prove deceitful and Nellie must discern the truth from the lies if she’s ever to be with her Mom and Dad ever again.

BIG NOSE KATE: A Weird Western

Draft 1 complete. Beginning first round of edits – as of March 2026

When Kate came wandering in from the desert, feral as a coyote, she had no recollection of her past–not even a name. Taken in by the local blacksmith, Big Nose Kate begins a new life as an apprentice. But, the quietude is soon disturbed when a botched séance triggers the arrival of an otherworldly stranger. Bullets fly, shattering her hopes of a life as a blacksmith. Now Kate must run, but the only way to survive is to confront what was forgotten.

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