In 1927, as rains swell the Mississippi, the river threatens to burst its banks and engulf everything in its path, including the tiny hamlet of Hobnob, where federal agents Ted Ingersoll and Ham Johnson arrive to investigate the disappearance of two fellow agents—and find a baby boy abandoned in the middle of a crime scene.Ingersoll finds a home for the infant with local woman Dixie Clay Holliver, unaware that she's the best bootlegger in the ...
This volume features new Southern fiction, poetry, and essays by acclaimed veterans of the popular "Blue Moon Café" series, handpicked by editors Beth Ann Fennelly and Tom Franklin. Contributors: Matt Brock, Bev Marshall, Brock Clarke, Jack Pendarvis, Joe Formichella, Michelle Richmond, Juliana Gray, Donald Hays, Brad Vice, Bret Anthony Johnston, Daniel Wallace, Suzanne Kingsbury and David Wright.
