South of Okeechobee

Somewhere in the River of Grass lives a sad and solitary creature. Once a man, this cursed monster now haunts the margins of human imagination, forever searching for his murdered love.A rip-roaring slice of Florida Folklore, "South of Okeechobee" is an origin story of one of the American South's great mythological creatures: the Florida Skunk Ape. Blending prohibition, cryptozoology, southern magic, and a little bit of moonshinin', "South of Okeechobee" is pure, high-octane Florida gothic. This short story (4500 words) originally appeared in the collection The Silver Coast and Other Stories.