Tag: Southern Fiction

On the anniversary of her husband’s death, forty-nine-year-old Emily Holt runs away, leaving an unmade bed, an unlocked house, two college-aged sons, and an overabundance of bad memories.

Struggling to make peace with the death of a husband who’d been lost to mental illness, she vows to drive to the end of the road, which, she’s surprised to find, is just outside the tiny mining town of Cedar Hollow, West Virginia.

As Emily struggles to redefine and rediscover herself, the good folks of Cedar Hollow are more than happy to help.

Shadow Days, the Southern fiction book by Melinda Clayton, is available at Amazon.com and Amazon UK..

Don’t forget, you can cast your vote for trailer of the month on December 27, 2014 at 1 p.m. Pacific time.

Depression-era West Virginia was hard; no one knew that better than Billy May Platte. Orphaned at fourteen, she survived on the kindness of the residents of Cedar Hollow.

But one terrible night in 1945 changed everything. When three local boys saw Billy May in a situation that called her sexuality into question, they orchestrated a brutal attack that nearly ended her life, and ultimately drove her into seclusion.

Thirty years later, Billy May finds a young girl whose life is in danger, and she must make a decision: Will she risk her own life to save the girl?

Appalachian Justice, the Southern fiction book by Melinda Clayton, is available from Amazon.com, Smashwords, Amazon UK and other online bookstores.

Don’t forget, you can cast your vote for trailer of the month on March 29, 2014 at 5 p.m. Pacific time.