Darkness Dwells in Dixie

By Mike E Reynolds

For every lie, there is the truth, for every secret, there is hope of discovery, for every sin, there can be forgiveness-young Mickey can only pray that all three will be so as he attempts to uncover just who he really is and where he comes from.

Set in the late 1950s and 1960s, this story takes the reader on a deeply compelling journey from the Apalachicola River swamp to the crystal-clear waters of the Florida Keys. Written with fervent passion, correlated pain, and necessary wit, Reynolds tells the harrowing story of young Mickey, his brother Harley, and their mother, Dixie Mae Crow. As these boys navigate their way through the trauma that is their childhood, Dixie Mae's alcoholism and destructive on-again-off-again relationship with their "father," Charlie Crow, provides a mother lode of lies, betrayals, and long hidden dark secrets that bring them to the edge and back-many times over.

Abuse and neglect is all that these boys know. Mickey will do anything to protect his little brother Harley. And he takes care of his mother when she should be taking care of him. Moving constantly, leaving behind family and friends over and over again, these two kids can only count on each other.

Their story will break your heart and then grow it some more as you witness the longing of Mickey's heart and the dawning of truths long sought and denied from the darkness that dwells in Dixie.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1957321008
• ISBN13: 9781957321004
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Berry Powell Press
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"