A story and coloring book, featuring Crabbina and Scrabbin Crabby, two mischievous little crabs from the Topsail Island coast.
Set in the small towns of Sneads Ferry and Topsail Island, Serenade of the Cattails follows new detective Ben Scaggins. With help from local folks, his own past, and a little juju, Ben is determined to decipher the mystical serenade drifting out of the marsh.
The 1960s was a turbulent time, even for the innocent.
The Sneaky Freaky begins in 1966, in the fishing town of Sneads Ferry, North Carolina. Naomi’s husband is fighting in Vietnam. The sight of Courthouse Bay, Camp Lejeune, from her window reminds her every day of that fact. The reality of the war is everywhere. It’s on the nightly news, it’s in the movies, it’s in the music, and all Naomi wants to do is get away from it all. A magic cat, omens, the stars and dreams figure into a big dose of reality for a woman caught in the hippie era.
Mim has lived on Topsail Island her whole life until love takes her away to a life she never could have imagined. The words, there’s no place like home, ring true as she finds out that love isn’t everything she thought it would be.
Estelle is alive and well – or is she?
The series continues with the bad guy having won—well, maybe. But does he have both oars in the water or is he simply complex and slick? In the meantime, everybody keeps asking, what about Estelle? You love to hate her. She’s that gnawing, nagging itch that won’t quite go away. She sort of lingers on the edges of your sanity. Estelle is part of all that is good and bad. Just a little part, mind you. But it’s the little things that make a difference.
It’s all the little things in life that makeup what is important. However, what is important to one person may mean nothing to another. It’s all about perspective. Right? It’s all subjective, all about your set of values, morals, and blah, blah, blah. It’s all about who lives and who dies. All These Little Things offers a twist, an unfair twist, but who said life was fair? Estelle certainly didn’t.
It was supposed to be a vacation. It was supposed to be a time when they could all get away, relax, and enjoy the company of friends and the coolness of the season. But, damn, if E.J. didn’t bring along her juju and there was no telling where things would go now. But that was part of the intrigue and gratification of Don’s job. It was all about solving and playing a game of cops and robbers, like when he was a kid. But now it was for real, with real guns, real killers. The job was kind of like women too. When he figured them out, he was done, and all that was left was doling out justice.
Set on Topsail Island, Shark’s Breath takes you on a journey into the cool fall waters north of Topsail when the area festivals are in full swing. Stroll along the sandy lanes lined with jewelry makers, wood workers, and glass blowers, peruse artisans of every ilk, and breathe in the salty air. Smell the blood in the water?
A trip to Weeki Wachee in Florida proves to be very enlightening as Carrie and Don are led to this Mermaid Capital of the world, a resort in Florida founded in the late 1940s. Who would have thought mermaids existed? Aren’t they fantasy? Oh, they are alive and well and are doing just fine in Florida, a few of them have even made their way to Topsail. But there seems to be different kinds of mermaids, not all are sweet, little Disney characters. Some are like those in Greek mythology, bent on destruction.
Carrie wrestles with how anyone can be so manipulative, so vain, so cruel. Someone with a conscience could never be that way. A cooler Don offers explanations Carrie can’t accept. Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who’s the prettiest mermaid of all?
She takes you down, Oh, how she takes you down.
Oh, how she makes you want to scream.
This momma from hell,
This mermaid, Estelle.
