Louisiana Storyteller
Practicing the art or storytelling and sharing it with you.
Trinkets for the Spring, Whiskey for the Gypsy
Gaston Vidrine looked down at the ground. He pursed his lips and furrowed his eyebrows. He was the type of man who needed to mull things over before taking action. The last thing he wanted to do was ask her for help. He found a long branch that was just as gnarled as he wasContinue reading “Trinkets for the Spring, Whiskey for the Gypsy”
The Girl Who Turned Birds into Men
Wren worked silently in the moonlight. The gypsy woman who lived in a faded wooden trailer told her that speaking before completing the spell would undo it forever. She drew a triangle in the dirt and traced it with her finger, inhaling and exhaling with every trip around the shape. When she was satisfied, sheContinue reading “The Girl Who Turned Birds into Men”
Alain Dug His Own Grave
No warm fuzzies in this one. Some say the feu follets (glowing balls of fire seen in the swamp) are spirits marking the places Jean Laffite buried his treasure.🏴☠️ Legends say he killed a crew member and buried them with the treasure. The feu follets are their spirits.
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