But when James receives a postcard from his mother, Birdie Mae, informing him of his father's death, he bites the bullet and returns to the rural and stagnant town of Crystal Springs, Florida, a place where dreams are born to die. James is too late for Orville's funeral, but he’s just in time to become ensnared in the deadly repercussions of his younger brother Rabbit's life of petty crime. When Rabbit is double-crossed by his cousin in a robbery-turned-murder, James and a local bartender, the unsettling and alluring Marlena Bell, must come up with a plan to save Rabbit's skin. A whirlwind road trip across the desolate Florida panhandle ensues as James tries to stay one step ahead of the vengeful Alligator Mafia and keep his brother alive. With bullets in the air and the ghosts of heartache, betrayal, and unspeakable rage haunting him at every turn, James must decide just how much he is willing to risk to protect his family and find a way home.
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Steph Post is the author of three acclaimed novels: A Tree Born Crooked, a semifinalist for the Big Moose Prize, and two novels featuring Judah Cannon: Lightwood and Walk in the Fire. She is a recipient of the Patricia Cornwell Scholarship for creative writing from Davidson College and the Vereen Bell Memorial Award. She holds a master’s degree in graduate liberal studies from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Her short fiction has appeared in Haunted Waters: From the Depths, The Round-Up, The Gambler Mag, Foliate Oak, Kentucky Review, Vending Machine Press, Nonbinary Review and the anthology Stephen King’s Contemporary Classics. Her short story “The Pallid Mask” has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is a regular contributor to Small Press Book Review and Alternating Current Press and has published numerous book reviews and author interviews. She is the writing coach at Howard W. Blake High School in Tampa, Florida.
Greg Tremblay is a voice talent and Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator.