South of Okeechobee

South of Okeechobee
Authors
Daniel Powell
Publisher
Daniel Powell
Tags
florida , folklore , moonshining , skunk ape
Size
0.27 MB
Lang
en
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Somewhere in the River of Grass lives a sad and solitary creature. Once a man, this cursed monster now haunts the margins of human imagination, forever searching for his murdered love...

A rip-roaring slice of Florida Folklore, "South of Okeechobee" is an origin story of one of the American Souths great mythological creatures: the Florida Skunk Ape. Blending prohibition, cryptozoology, southern magic, and a little bit of moonshinin, "South of Okeechobee" is pure, high-octane Florida gothic...

This short story (4500 words) originally appeared in the collection The Silver Coast and Other Stories.