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- Title: Fo Miranda
- Author : R C Ducantlin
- Release Date : January 24, 2019
- Genre: Paranormal,Books,Sci-Fi & Fantasy,Fantasy,Fiction & Literature,Ghost,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 790 KB
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The cemetery is covered with moss, the unkept crypts swathed in lichen. The Spanish Mass hangs from every tree, creating shadows that hide and block the pathways. At three forty-three in the morning of the first new moon following Miranda's internment, the workers Albee hired were following her orders without complaint.
"That one. Slide it down, the long ways."
"Hey, Miss Albee, what is that guitar for? How come it ain't got no strings?"
"Never you mind that. Put your shoulder into it, move that cover down, I need to open the coffin."
"Hey, Miss Albee, is it true your mother was Marie Laveau?"
"Who told you that?"
"Everyone knows it, Miss Albee."
"If everyone knows it, why are you asking?"
The youngest of the three hired helpers spoke for the first time.
"Who is Marie Laveau?"
The workmen stopped, staring at the young'un. Albee saved the boy from scorn.
"Marie Catherine Laveau was the VooDoo Queen of New Orleans in your grandfather's time. It is not good to speak of the dead. Especially a dead voodoo queen.
"My mother's name was Marie. That is all I know. Mister LaLonde's grandfather used to like to brag that he knew Marie Laveau. He used to brag that he bought me from her. But I was born after the Emancipation."
Seeing the sarcophagus cover moved far enough to allow access to the coffin, Albee stopped talking. Waving the workers back, she stepped to the side of the concrete box.
Using a prybar, she opened the coffin and pulled the wooden lid high enough to see the child's gray face.
She was a beautiful child.
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Dear Reader,
Miranda Everlasting is a collection of three short stories: Fò Miranda, Envie, and Gris-Gris.
Fò Miranda (Timeframe: 1915-1950s)
Young Miranda says she is going to be famous. She wants to be in the movies and fly aeroplanes. The LaLonde plantation survives the war to end all wars, the flu of 1918, and the great depression. The dreams of the child destroyed, Albee helps Miranda becomes famous. Not all voodoo is bad voodoo.
Envie (Timeframe: 1950s-1990s)
Miranda became famous though very few people know her name. She is a troubadour who plays the guitar and sings. Miranda lives on in the music her brother Beau plays. Some voodoo is for the dead.
Gris-Gris (Timeframe: 1990s-2010s)
A Gris-Gris (gree-gree) is a talisman, an amulet, a voodoo charm, a spell, or magic used in warding off evil and bringing good luck to oneself or bestowing misfortune on another. Rand understands he must carry the burden of the LaLonde family legacy. His great aunt Miranda ensures the legacy continues. Some Voodoo Is For The Living.
Voodoo Is Eternal.
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