Bayou Stories

In Greytown, nothing is ever black and white. Made up of six districts, The Grey Bayou has always been a place where evil runs rampant and citizens find themselves deprived of justice. And no one knows that better than Kenya Manefield and his family. Returning home from college, Kenya seeks to make things better for his hometown and for those closest to him. He soon finds out, however, that cleaning up his city is a tall order. One that consists of rooting out political corruption, facing sociopathic criminals, and discovering mysteries that are deep-seeded in Greytown AND his family's history. Before he can get any traction going in his mission, Kenya winds up realizing-with almost at a great cost to his life-that conventional methods won't work against the sinister kingpin of Greytown who calls himself The Orca. In order to win, he'll have to take on a more radical approach. One that will catapult him into the realm of the animal kingdom-giving birth to a new superhero-and forever changing Kenya's world as he knows it. For Kenya's father Malcolm, he's been a witness to a mission like this once before, and has no intentions of seeing a second act. But knowing his son, Malcolm won't have a choice but to aid Kenya along the way to keep him alive. Join the highly talented author JOSH HOLSTON on this YA fantasy as he brings forth a new world filled with fantastic characters facing real-life issues that the black culture endures everyday.

Out of rage for killing her daughter, a mother makes the ultimate sacrifice in order to exact her revenge.

IT'S TIME TO VAMPIRE UP! Presented here for your perusal is a collection of short stories all set in the Suburban Vampire universe. From the terrifying to the amusing, from the weird to the just plain silly, this is one collection of vampiric misadventures that's guaranteed not to suck. See some of your favorite characters in a new light as they get ready to VAMPIRE UP! *NOTE: This is an ongoing and open-ended project. I will be adding to it over time, as well as working on my Suburban Vampire novel series. I hope you enjoy!*

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?

Love. Knowledge. Memory. Regret. They all form the terrain of life. Topography: Poems explores the places, both physical and mental, we navigate on our human journeys. Alternately melodic, frank and imaginative, these free verse poems speak to the peaks and valleys familiar to us all. This is a preview, check out the full book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1548455423/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500228160&sr=8-1&keywords=lynn+north+topography

In the humid, magical landscape of Louisiana, three powerful teenagers with wildly different backgrounds are set on a collision course at an exclusive magical academy. Olivia, a witch with a secret family lineage tied to the bayou, is eager to prove herself and embrace her destiny. Supported by her loving parents, she arrives at the sprawling, mysterious school filled with a mix of anticipation and nerves. Meanwhile, Adrien, a brilliant and cynical warlock from a family of academics in Cambridge, is a reluctant participant. Forced to attend by his parents, he resents his magical abilities and sees his time at the school as a competition to be won. Their paths cross on the first day, and an immediate rivalry sparks between them. As they face the daunting aptitude tests, their unique magical aptitudes and clashing personalities set the stage for a story of ambition, family secrets, and the powerful, unseen forces of the deep South.

While on a nature expedition, Tristan finds himself in the sights of a hungry and territorial crocodile. After a bloody encounter, Tristan and some others are hunted in the bleak Louisiana bayou. Although the crocodile may not be their only hunter. 🚨(CONTENT WARNING)🚨 This story contains themes of: STRONG BLOODY VIOLENCE, GORE, EATING DISORDERS, HOMOPHOBIA, OFFSCREEN/IMPLIED RAPE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, RUDE LANGUAGE & TORTURE If any of the following makes you uncomfortable, please skip this story. Thanks~BloodyHorrorFan

Deep in the Bayou, a twisted man keeps monsters locked in muddy pits, among them is Pim Sobek. Mina's mother is dying and Mina will mount an attack racing the clock to keep her mother in human skin. Joining the forces of the greatest families, and facing the thing they all fear, the Sobek house will move against the terror of the Bayou. The Ormr Shesha has killed many families and debilitated others, but he isn't the strongest magic in the mire. With the Bayou King, god of the deep magic, the city will face down the Shesha clan and all its twisted sons. Bullets, poison, magic, and gods rage through the muddy waters in this battle to free not only the Queen of the Gators but also the monsters the menagerie keeps trapped. Will freeing it kill all the people of Hilltop, Clan Sobek, and their allies, leaving Lusian City to machinery and progress? Mina must save the good and kill the bad if she is to have a chance at the life she is just beginning to claim.

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.

3 mysterious men arrive with their terminally ill father to small yet bustling town of Ashen Bayou,Louisiana named after it's founder Claude Van Ashen. Strange occurrences begin to plague their town. leaving young & curious Delia Boleyn to uncover the secrets behind the men. Meanwhile she finds herself possibly falling in love with the eldest son..

Many years ago, one of Emilie Benoit's grandmothers brought a rare blue diamond with her to Bayou Devau, and the gem was passed down for generations until Emilie's birth. Rumor has it that the stone was stolen from her parents, never to be found again, but Emilie learns the harsh truth about the gem's path after marrying an abusive gem thief and jewelry connoisseur. In a rash bid to escape him, she purposely gets caught during a diamond heist and ends up in prison feeling safer there than with her ex, but she didn't expect a man from her past to come through her prison cell door asking for help to put her ex away for good. Ty Granger is an FBI agent who has his own reasons for seeking the blue diamond. He grew up in Bayou Devau hearing rumors about the jewel, but he never expected such a gem to turn up. When his wife is killed working undercover to find stolen jewelry, he is convinced Emilie's ex is behind the murder, and he won't quit until he's put the past to rest, and one of the world's most notorious gem thieves behind bars.

Two Houston Police detectives investigate odd, gruesome murders down at the Buffalo bayou. They have no idea who...or what is doing the killing. [Synopsis still needs to be worked on]

Esme a seventeen-year-old wolf who has most of her life been closed off. Lost and confused in the bayou she wondered thinking to herself. In the bayou a man named Lucas who was about eighteen found her wandering. He smiled at Esme and took off. Esme took a deep breath and tilted her head curiously to who he was. Could he be the one to free her of herself?

Fanfiction written by me about Doctor Facilier from The princess and the frog. In this story, inspired by some details found about him on internet, I have created a possible past of him, since his origins are never mentioned. There is nothing confirmed in what I wrote, I invented his story. I also add that Facilier in the first chapters has another name, since Facilier is his stage name. Good reading!

A female wolf in hiding after her pack is massacred by a cursed pack. Over a decade later, she's finally found a peaceful life in the states... In the bayou.. She lives in a cabin in the woods alone... The only people she talks to are the guys who work for her at the auto shop she owns on the outskirts of town. All human of course... or so she think 🤔 She knows she can never be found by another wolf.... It may just cost her, her life!

17th Century United States-Daniella De Exter had it all. She was an only child to a wealthy man, she never wanted for anything. Until one day, her father married Evil Lucinda Darcey. Lucinda had 2 children of her own, spoiled rotten twins Corinna and Brianna, and all she wanted was for them to leave. But Daniella learned the hard way, you never get what you want. Instead, her father dies on a hunting expedition weeks after marrying Evil Lucinda, leaving her an orphan and alone in Lucinda's care. Lucinda wanting nothing to do with Daniella strips her of not only her wealth, but her pride and integrity, banishing her to the confines of the plantations basements, only allowing her to see the light of day, to wait on her stepsisters. Soon, Daniella wilts away to nothing, not wanting to live that way anymore, she promises herself peace after one deed is finished. During the night, she sneaks up from the basements and kills her step family, but what she doesn't learn until she dies herself, is one of the sisters never really died. Present Day United States- Every Year, the De Exter Plantation is publicly open on Halloween Night. It is known to be the most haunted location in all of Louisiana. Every Halloween a lottery is drawn in the small town of Exter, the winners win an all night pass to the grounds and the house. Complete lock-down from dusk til dawn. This year 21 Year old Hunter Brigley and his 7 year old sister Hope and 2 others are forced onto the plantation well before the lockdown and its a struggle from the moment the gate closes to stay alive. Hunter uses his common sense and logic to his advantage, but soon fear of loosing his sister overwhelms him and he soon finds out is just how confusing and distorted reality gets once inside the Plantation walls. He has to risk everything just to save his and his sisters life. And being descended from the very family that the ghost who supposedly haunts the plantation killed, doesnt put the odds in there favor.

The most respected violin player in the world carry a dark secret on why he became a musician in the first place.