Bayou Stories

In the poorest district of an already miserable city, there was a house which was far too small for how many kids lived there. The parents worked long and hard hours for meager pay. The kids had to walk miles each day to go to school. For Rochelle and Leonie, it seemed life had dealt them bad odds. An escape from reality was what they truly needed.

There is something living in the walls of Nightshard Manor. Elara Monroe didn't apply to Nightshard Bayou Academy. The swamp pulled her in during a storm and the Manor never let her leave. She is a Hollow - the first in a hundred years. The only girl whose veins can hold both a vampire's venom and a witch's spell without dying. That makes her a prize. The _Cold-Bloods_ are beautiful like a knife. Black veins, cold mouths. They drink memories, not blood. The _Casters_ are beautiful like rot. Swamp witches who bleed into the earth to make it obey. They want to fill her. In the flooded basement lives Buttercup. Two feet tall. Skin of moss, crown of mushrooms, amber eyes that glow. He carries a basket of bones and lost names. He saw her first. And beneath the dock, the Sirens sing. Bayou mermaids with moss hair and needle teeth, singing her mother's lullaby. Nightshard doesn't want students. It wants to be fed. Southern gothic dark academia | swamp vampires | bayou mermaids | creepy-cute creature companion | enemies to lovers

In the haunting Louisiana bayou, a mystical mermaid, born from a tragic past, guards a shimmering lake. When a kind family settles nearby, her choice between vengeance and redemption weaves a tale of mystery and hope beneath the cypress shadows.

Lauren heads to Louisiana to attend to her grandmother's 'estate' ... she had never met her and in fact, none of her relatives had even known she had still been alive all of those years ... as Lauren unravels her grandmother's past, she begins to understand her own life ...

A murdered mother. An inherited power. A debt paid in blood. Twenty-six years ago, Sarah was brutally murdered in the backroom of a corrupt riverboat casino moored deep in the Louisiana bayou by mob boss Dodson O'Toole. Her body was buried, her crime hidden, and her infant daughter Ana left behind. Raised by her grandmother, Ana grew up unaware of the dark magic flowing through her bloodline. But when supernatural spirit abilities awaken within her, the truth about her mother's death finally unravels. Guided by her inherited powers and the phantom spirit of her mother watching from the light, Ana sets out into the swamp to dismantle Dodson's criminal empire brick by brick. Some family legacies are written in blood. Others are written in revenge.

In post-apocalyptic America, a major infection has wiped out nearly 3/4 of the population. The Government has been left in shambles and Big Pharma's only cooperation was developing and providing free immunizations, air dropped to the remaining survivors. Abandoned and left to their own means, people are forced to survive in ways that threaten to destroy the only thing they have left; their humanity. Reid St Clair got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Once a Rock 'n' Roll bad boy from the big city; he had gone to the back country of Louisiana to claim the family property that had been willed to him by his deceased Uncle. Arriving to find the estate little better than a ruin of an old plantation, there had been barely enough time to lock the doors behind him when all hell had literally broken loose. Living through the infection had proven to be an easier task than what came after. Being an outsider in a town that had barely tolerated newcomers before the outbreak was now even worse. The few people that remained were armed, scared and only traded with him out of necessity. After tragedy strikes again, survival becomes his only priority. Reid is forced to become a lone wolf and a recluse; until he is woken up one morning to a piercing female scream coming from the swamps.

Peach X Avocado fanfics. I will publish when I get the time to. My mind is full of ideas I just don't know how to put them on paper.

Josie Breaux had lived almost all her life as a modern-day nomad. That was strange enough, but at sixteen, she developed the ability to control plants. She thought moving to her mother's rural hometown in south Louisiana would be a way to gain some normalcy. Soon, though, she finds herself thrust into a magical conflict hundreds of years in the making. The choices she makes may very well cost her her humanity and her life.

Hayniac Julia Ashton finally is living the dream. She starts dating the one and only Hunter Hayes after meeting him at the biggest country concert in Louisiana and gets the chance to move to Nashville a few months later. She gets her dream job, working behind-the-scenes in Hunter's studio. Will her fairytale life stay that way? Or will it go horribly wrong?

This gorilla has never been to Lower Creauteaux. Despite never setting foot there and not knowing a damn thing about the place, she embodies everything noble and virtuous about Lower Creauteaux. Now if you put her on the back of a flatbed trailer and drove about an hour into the swamp and set her in front of Hebert's Lounge, she wouldn't look at all out of place. And if she's sitting there in front of Hebert's Lounge and it's a little past 10 AM, there's a high likelihood that a one Clovis Fontenot will stumble out and attempt to get amorous with her. In fact, last week Clovis tried the same thing with Clarice Pitre, but unlike this gorilla she is by no means noble and virtuous. On the other hand, if he were to approach Precious Boudreaux the reigning gumbo queen, Clovis would get his ass beaten to a bloody pulp. So if you're a blue concrete gorilla, it's probably best to stay where you are, in front of that gas station on Hwy 90. But that doesn't mean you have to remain where you are. Unlike a concrete gorilla you don't need to wait for someone to drive you on a flatbed trailer to visit Lower Creauteaux. Also you can run from Clovis Fontenot while a concrete gorilla gotta sit there and take it. So come on down. But a few rules of etiquette, first, don't go off and look at anybody wrong, they'll beat your ass beat to a bloody pulp. Secondly, if come across a fella peddling a ten speed in a Ninja suit, leave him be. That's Hershell Pitre III on his way to the Himalayas to study with the Shaolin priests so he can return and battle the chupacabras raiding folks cabbage patches. Finally, make sure you seek out Aunt Edna Boudreaux. If Aunt Edna takes a shine to you, she might just bring you into her kitchen and let you sample some of her world-famous turtle soup, the one with the Afordisac in it. But be warned, just a little sip, don't go crazy like Clovis Fontenot, otherwise you may find yourself in front of Hebert's Lounge trying to get amorous with a concrete gorilla.

1874, in the town of St. Marblelee, Louisiana, Alma Laveau is the sheltered daughter of a powerful Voodoo Queen. Not as talented or powerful as her mother, however, Alma learns as she goes. When a mysterious Vampire with no recollection of his human life drifts into St. Marblelee, gruesome murders of former slaves begin to occur triggering painful memories of what life was like before the war set them free.

In the sultry depths of Southern Louisiana, lies a small, picturesque town known as Havenwood. Within its moss-laden trees and mist-shrouded bayous, a captivating tale unfolds - one of forbidden love, tumultuous desire, and angels that have lost their way. Meet Amelia Delacroix, a fiercely independent young artist who is struggling to find her place in the world. Drawn to the dark allure of the supernatural, Amelia stumbles upon an ancient diary that unveils the existence of fallen angels, banished from heaven for forbidden love. Intrigued by their tragic fate, she embarks on a journey to uncover the truth, only to find herself entwined in a destiny she never could have imagined. Enter Lucian, a fallen angel with centuries of sorrow. Cursed to roam the earth, he finds solace in the hidden corners of Havenwood, masking his true identity as he watches over the humans who have become his fascination. When he crosses paths with Amelia, an unexpected connection is formed, igniting a passionate bond that defies the boundaries of their worlds. As Amelia delves deeper into the secrets of the fallen angels, she discovers a hidden society within Havenwood, a clandestine group of celestial beings who have chosen to live among humans. They call themselves the Seraphic Shadows, and they guard a sacred artifact known as the Elysian Key-a key said to possess the power to reunite fallen angels with the realm of heaven. But not everyone in the Seraphic Shadows is welcoming of Amelia's presence. Secrets, betrayals, and hidden agendas emerge within the Seraphic Shadows. Amelia and Lucian find themselves entangled in a battle that could alter the fate of both heaven and earth. "Seraphic Shadows" is a captivating tale of love, redemption, and the blurred lines between good and evil. In the heart of the Louisiana bayou, Amelia and Lucian will face their greatest trials, discovering that sometimes love is the ultimate salvation

Deep within the swamp, Agwé lives a peaceful life among his family and animal friends, with whom he shares a special gift. That is, until his life is torn asunder and he is driven from his home by the voodoo spirits. Lost and alone, he wanders the Wild West, burdened by guilt and a quest for redemption. From the deserts of New Austin to the mountains of the north, he is guided on a dangerous journey of self discovery and adventure. Will the Bayou Beast find a way to finally return to his home and rid the swamps of the evil therein?

Life is simple living on the bayou. All that is expected of you is to enjoy the green tinted swamp waters and the magic it holds. That is what Louisiana native Raimond thought until he heard it. The song that ruined and blessed his life.

Paranormal Romance/Suspense, 2000 words In 1918 a young gentleman at a party returns to the site where he witnessed an apparition of a beautiful Victorian woman in the depths of the bayou.

After a accident in the dense forest of Devil's Wood, Collin must find his way back home on foot. But the woods will test him first. (Short Story)

a wolf located deep in the heart in the bayous of new orleans.