Read Anne McKee's contribution to the anthology "Teacakes and Afternoon Tales - New Stories from Mississippi" - Her short story, "Murder and Madness in Beulah County." The anthology includes work by twenty-five authors, all with a Mississippi theme.
Gulf Coast Writers Association is now accepting submissions for the next anthology. See www.GCWriters.org
It's early morning in August 1918. A young woman lies dead in her home as her blood seeps into the beauty of the handsawn oak flooring. The entire community is shocked to learn of the beauty's death. She is the daughter of William Henry Wilkerson, community leader and successful business man. The husband, Clinton, seems the probable murderer - his is a silent and foreboding personality with dark and seething eyes. She is the personification of a battered woman, battered even until death, living in the early 1900's, and even with a closeknit family living within two miles, she suffers until her last breath. How could this happen?
As deafness, illness, and demonic forces close in around him, Ludwig van Beethoven must summon his faith and genius to complete the Missa Solemnis—a sacred masterpiece he believes could bring divine light into a darkening world.
Determined to confront the hazy memories of his troubled youth, Oliver Matthews, a retired detective and confirmed bachelor, returns to the picturesque town of Henley-on-Thames for the first time in years.
