Jazz by Faelight: Original Stories of Hidden Magic in the Big Easy

by Julia V. Ashley

Overview

The centuries old Acadian buildings of New Orleans speak of lives lived, stories shared, and secrets kept. They reflect the many cultures that flowed together to clash and blend in this port city. Stories born here live on for ages in songs and whispers. When I turned from a career as an architect to one as an author, I had to start here, imagining what must hide in the dark cracks and crevices of the old town.

From a jazz club with French doors thrown open to the street, the wail of a saxophone calls to the Goblin prince. Through the second-story window of an ancient brick building, a silhouette appears of the demon trapped within. The sniffles of a lost child accompany the musical call of a siren. But beware of the grasping fingers tipped with jet-black claws reaching for you out of the shadows. For they will catch you and never let you go.

Tales of creatures hidden in the shadows of New Orleans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798989206407
Publisher:	DREAMARC
Publication date:	11/22/2023
Edition description:	Stories of Hidden Magic in the Big Easy ed.
Pages:	168
Sales rank:	824,906
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

As an architect, Julia V. Ashley often finds inspiration by delving into the crumbling buildings of the Gothic South where she grew up. Her debut short story “Two Tickets to Tomorrow” came out in the 2022 anthology 4th And Starlight. Her alternate history, “The Doom of Egypt” will appear in the upcoming A Bit of Luck anthology, and her humorous short story “Eugene, Such a Sweet Boy” will appear in the Murderbugs: Unhelpful Encyclopedia Vol. 2 anthology. Both coming out early 2024.