Swamp Witch Piquante and Scream Queen Bisque

From the backwoods of a rural Louisiana parish to the decadent French Quarter of New Orleans, this novel details the journeys of two young men through the mysterious, frightening, and unpredictable world of the occult.One becomes embroiled in a ludicrous and often humorous world of witchcraft and whammys while the other pursues a legend: the retired and elusive Queen of cult B-horror movies.The two stories diverge when life becomes a nightmare for one and the fulfillment of a dream for the other.

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OLE MAWMAW JENKINS CAJUN SUPERSTITIONS It's bad luck to sit cross-legged in a funeral home. If you find a bird egg under a rose bush, that means you gonna lose your wheelbarrow. If you drop an egg, and it's rotten, that means your husband's runnin' round behind your back. If you have a twinge in your back, that means your cow's milk gonna curdle. Always leave a peach pit in the corn crib to keep away the weevils. If a cow moo at midnight, that means the corn gonna rot in the husk. If you hit a dog on the highway, get one of his teeth and wear it around your neck to keep away the Evil Eye. If you find a nickel under the kitchen table, it means that company comin'. If the moon got a ring around it on your birthday, that mean you gonna get married that year. There once was a witch named Clarisse-- Whose rituals never would cease: "To cast a good spell, your soul's claimed in Hell, At time such as you should decease." Once in performing a rite They burned a black candle all night. Do you know what they found when that wick hit the ground? Their ceiling was no longer white. Although no ill feeling they bear, You're better off still to beware See a witch with a wand and you'll croak in a pond If you can't talk your way out of there.

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