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Acclaimed authors Anne Serling (daughter of the late Rod Serling of "The Twilight Zone") and Richard Hawley (author of the modern classic novel, "The Headmaster's Papers"), will both be among the headliners at the Second Annual Short Story America Festival and Conference, set for September 26-29 right here in Beaufort.
Early Bird registration is now open for the Second Annual Short Story America Festival and Conference, to be held in Beaufort from September 26-29. For information and to get your all-events pass for this great literary event, go to 
Followers of Cassandra King's books know that her characters fast become people you know or have met. You find yourself waiting to talk to them as they enter your room, an urge to counsel them when tragedy strikes, to offer a forgiving hand when one has transgressed. In other words, King breathes life into her characters. In Moonrise, be aware that you might even catch the wavering figure of the ghost of Rosalyn, recently deceased owner of the Blue Ridge Mountain Victorian showplace, Moonrise.
than a year ago. All around the estate, her closest friends gather for the summer as usual, mourning her loss and looking to comfort her widower, Emmet.
But when Emmet arrives for the summer, he doesn't come alone. His new bride, Helen, is eager to see Moonrise and to join the world that means so much to her charismatic TV journalist husband. Like the heroine of Daphne DuMaurier's classic romance, Rebecca, Helen becomes obsessed by her predecessor, who lives on in her house and gardens and the hearts of those who loved her. Not only does Helen fail to measure up to the beautiful and accomplished Rosalyn, she doesn't fit into her world, either, an elite enclave of well-to-do summer people. Even the gardens exclude her, since their secrets, passed down by generations of gardeners, died out with Rosalyn. When it becomes clear that someone in Rosalyn's close-knit circle of friends is determined to drive her away, Helen wonders if she can trust anyone, even her husband. As the sweltering summer draws to an end, Helen struggles to uncover the secrets of the past in order to establish her own identity apart from the woman she replaced.
Recently, Mary Alice Monroe invited me to her home to discuss her newest trilogy, The Lowcountry Summer. Here's Mary Alice, with Buster Brown and Magnolia, in her garden on the Isle of Palms; she is a personal literary inspiration and mentor.
1980s. Our first year, we arrived after dark and had to unlock the front gate with headlights as our only illumination. It was eerie driving through the Palmetto forest in the pitch dark that first night. It felt as if we had entered a pre-historic time. We quickly learned to keep the cabin light on if we went out, but mostly we settled in after dark.
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