
Springtime in Boggs Holler – Chapter Three: Briar Vine
Old Gods of Appalachia
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The Smoke House, Ellie Walker
Ann sat on the floor in a circle of charcoal and incense. She counted, one, two, three, four, in and out to relax her body. Her fingers slowly began to dancce as she let herself sink into another world. The smoke house, ellie walker, even the boy were all gone. Ann stood in a clearing carved from the corpse of a wooded hollow. Long dead trees leaned into each other like mourners at a graveside service. Skeletal poplars stabbed their bony fingers into a spoiled sunset. They wreathed this place like cavalryes crowned glory.
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