Book One: A Youngsville Voodoo Affair
A Novella by Sylvester MurrayA mother’s secret. A child’s glow. A swamp that never forgets.
When Mimi Broussard returns to Youngsville, she hopes the quiet Louisiana bayou will give her daughter the peace she’s been searching for. But the swamp remembers what Mimi tried to leave behind—and it remembers her child even more.
Strange lights flicker beneath the cypress trees. Whispers curl through the water at night. And when her daughter begins to glow with an otherworldly spark, Mimi realizes the bayou isn’t just alive… it’s watching.
As ancient forces rise from the deep, Mimi must confront a past she buried and a power she never asked for. The elders warn her to run. The swamp demands she obey. But a mother’s love is stronger than fear—and Mimi will face gods, ghosts, and the darkness beneath the water to protect her child.
In a world where voodoo breathes through the roots and the dead speak through the moss, Mimi discovers that some secrets aren’t meant to be kept… and some destinies can’t be escaped.
A haunting Southern gothic novella of motherhood, magic, and the shadows that cling to the bayou.
