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Blood on the Bayou

A Cafferty & Quinn Novella

By Heather Graham

 

1001 Dark Nights

 

Blood on the Bayou

A Cafferty & Quinn Novella

Copyright 2016 Heather Graham Pozzessere

ISBN: 978-1-942299-50-9

 

Foreword: Copyright 2014 M. J. Rose

 

Published by Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated

 

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any crane printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights.

 

This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters and incidents are the product of the crane author’s imagination and are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or establishments is solely coincidental.

 

Book Description

Blood on the Bayou

A Cafferty & Quinn Novella

By Heather Graham

 

From
New York Times
bestseller Heather Graham...

 

It’s winter and a chill has settled over the area near New Orleans, finding a stream of blood, a tourist follows it to a dead man, face down in the bayou.

The man has been done in by a vicious beating, so violent that his skull has been crushed in.

It’s barely a day before a second victim is found . . . once again so badly thrashed that the water runs red. The city becomes riddled with fear.

An old family friend comes to Danni Cafferty, telling her that he’s terrified, he’s certain that he’s received a message from the Blood Bayou killer--
It’s your turn to pay, blood on the bayou.

Cafferty and Quinn quickly become involved, and--as they all begin to realize that a gruesome local history is being repeated--they find themselves in a fight to save not just a friend, but, perhaps, their very own lives.

 

About Heather Graham

Heather Graham has been writing for many years and actually has published nearly 200 titles. So, for this page, we’ll concentrate on the Krewe of Hunters.

 

They include:

 

Phantom Evil

Heart of Evil

Sacred Evil

The Evil Inside

The Unseen

The Unholy

The Unspoken

The Uninvited

The Night is Watching

The Night is Alive

The Night is Forever

The Cursed

The Hexed

The Betrayed

The Silenced

The Forgotten

The Hidden

 

Actually, though, Adam Harrison—responsible for putting the Krewe together, first appeared in a book called
Haunted
. He also appeared in
Nightwalker
and has walk-ons in a few other books. For more ghostly novels, readers might enjoy the Flynn Brothers Trilogy—
Deadly Night
,
Deadly Harvest
, and
Deadly Gift
, or the Key West Trilogy—
Ghost Moon
,
Ghost Shadow
, and
Ghost Night
.

 

The Vampire Series
(now under Heather Graham/ previously Shannon Drake)
Beneath a Blood Red Moon
,
When Darkness Falls
,
Deep Midnight
,
Realm of Shadows
,
The Awakening
,
Dead by Dusk
,
Blood Red
,
Kiss of Darkness
, and
From Dust to Dust
.

 

For more info, please visit her web page,
http://www.theoriginalheathergraham.com
or stop by on Facebook.

 

Discover 1001 Dark Nights Collection One

Click
here
to explore

 

FOREVER WICKED
by Shayla Black

CRIMSON TWILIGHT
by Heather Graham

CAPTURED IN SURRENDER
by Liliana Hart

SILENT BITE: A SCANGUARDS WEDDING
by Tina Folsom

DUNGEON GAMES
by Lexi Blake

AZAGOTH
by Larissa Ione

NEED YOU NOW
by Lisa Renee Jones

SHOW ME, BABY
by Cherise Sinclair

ROPED IN
by Lorelei James

TEMPTED BY MIDNIGHT
by Lara Adrian

THE FLAME
by Christopher Rice

CARESS OF DARKNESS
by Julie Kenner

 

 

Also from 1001 Dark Nights

 

TAME ME
by J. Kenner

 

Discover 1001 Dark Nights Collection Two

Click
here
to explore

 

WICKED WOLF
by Carrie Ann Ryan

WHEN IRISH EYES ARE HAUNTING
by Heather Graham

EASY WITH YOU
by Kristen Proby

MASTER OF FREEDOM
by Cherise Sinclair

CARESS OF PLEASURE
by Julie Kenner

ADORED
by Lexi Blake

HADES
by Larissa Ione

RAVAGED
by Elisabeth Naughton

DREAM OF YOU
by Jennifer L. Armentrout

STRIPPED DOWN
by Lorelei James

RAGE/KILLIAN
by Alexandra Ivy/Laura Wright

DRAGON KING
by Donna Grant

PURE WICKED
by Shayla Black

HARD AS STEEL
by Laura Kaye

STROKE OF MIDNIGHT
by Lara Adrian

ALL HALLOWS EVE
by Heather Graham

KISS THE FLAME
by Christopher Rice

DARING HER LOVE
by Melissa Foster

TEASED
by Rebecca Zanetti

THE PROMISE OF SURRENDER
by Liliana Hart

 

 

Also from 1001 Dark Nights

 

THE SURRENDER GATE
By Christopher Rice

SERVICING THE TARGET
By Cherise Sinclair

 

Table Of Contents

Book Description

About Heather Graham

Discover 1001 Dark Nights Collection One

Discover 1001 Dark Nights Collection Two

Foreword

An introduction from Heather Graham

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Epilogue

Discover 1001 Dark Nights Collection Three

Discover the World of 1001 Dark Nights

Discover more from Heather Graham

Special Thanks

 

One Thousand And One Dark Nights

Once upon a time, in the future…

 

I was a student fascinated with stories and learning.

I studied philosophy, poetry, history, the occult, and

the art and science of love and magic. I had a vast

library at my father’s home and collected thousands

of volumes of fantastic tales.

 

I learned all about ancient races and bygone

times. About myths and legends and dreams of all

people through the millennium. And the more I read

the stronger my imagination grew until I discovered

that I was able to travel into the stories... to actually

become part of them.

 

I wish I could say that I listened to my teacher

and respected my gift, as I ought to have. If I had, I

would not be telling you this tale now.

But I was foolhardy and confused, showing off

with bravery.

 

One afternoon, curious about the myth of the

Arabian Nights, I traveled back to ancient Persia to

see for myself if it was true that every day Shahryar

(Persian:
شهریار,
“king”) married a new virgin, and then

sent yesterday’s wife to be beheaded. It was written

and I had read, that by the time he met Scheherazade,

the vizier’s daughter, he’d killed one thousand

women.

 

Something went wrong with my efforts. I arrived

in the midst of the story and somehow exchanged

places with Scheherazade – a phenomena that had

never occurred before and that still to this day, I

cannot explain.

 

Now I am trapped in that ancient past. I have

taken on Scheherazade’s life and the only way I can

protect myself and stay alive is to do what she did to

protect herself and stay alive.

 

Every night the King calls for me and listens as I spin tales.

And when the evening ends and dawn breaks, I stop at a

point that leaves him breathless and yearning for more.

And so the King spares my life for one more day, so that

he might hear the rest of my dark tale.

 

As soon as I finish a story... I begin a new

one... like the one that you, dear reader, have before

you now.

 

Dear Reader,

I love the variations of our country in general, but I admit to a special love for New Orleans and the surrounding countryside.

A few years back, I took a bayou trip similar to the one to be found in Blood on the Bayou. I loved it! All the wonderful stories, and the eeriness of the bayou by night. Come with me on this ride, if you will—and if you get a chance, you must go yourself! Visit NOLA—unique, historical, and wonderful!

New Orleans and Southern Louisiana offer up some of the most amazing cuisine to be found anywhere. Coffee and beignets are great, but a few of my favorites are shrimp and grits and crawfish etouffee. If you happen to be in NOLA, try out K. Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen. I love their food!

NOLA is famed for the Sazerac, the Pimm’s Cup (first found in London, but enhanced and perfected at the Napoleon House bar!) and the Hurricane. (Strange, yes. The real ones are devastating.)

The hurricane consists of a few different kinds of rum, fruit juices, grenadine, and simple syrup. There are all kinds of recipes on line, if you just want to enjoy! But, of course, head to NOLA for the real deal!

There’s blood running in the bayou . . . and if you dare to tarry in the swamp, the next victim just might be you.

 

Prologue

So far David Fagin was pleased.

“We have a few legends around here,” he said to the group. “The Honey Swamp monster being one. It’s said that he lives side by side with the
rougarou
.”

He smiled at two of the young women in front of the group who were clad in heavy coats and huddling together.

“Every good swamp has a monster,” he said. “Any of you seen
The Creature from the Black Lagoon
? Maybe not. It’s a classic. But, hey, there’s always Netflix. Anyway, it was a 1954 black and white film. Horrible special effects compared to what we see today, but kind of cool when you think about the poor stunt man in that rubber suit. It’s your typical swamp monster. Big, scaly, out to kidnap beautiful young women and do in the handsome young men out to save them. The
rougarou
, he’s different, and he’s partial to this area.”

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