Couillon
couillon [KOO-YOn] origin: Cajun-French, from Old French couillon noun: a person who lacks sense or judgment, a fool adjective: crazy, funny, moronic, simple-minded, silly note: can be used as a term of ribald affection or as an invective, as an insult Janice is a naive, sheltered 30-something from one of New Orleans' old money families. Her mother wants her to marry within her station, but Janice is obsessed with Brad, a young player well below Janice and her mother's social status. When Janice makes a voodoo doll, Brad becomes the obsessed, and Janice has to grow up fast. She learns that wishes should be well thought out and that dolls ain't for play. "They sneak glances at me, a local, as they pass. I smile and wave, just a lift of my hand to acknowledge them, and then close my eyes again. If they only knew how the dead can linger, long after their bodies have decomposed. But they'd only pass it off as another New Orleans masquerade, one that only adds to their fascination with the place. Despite their macabre imaginations, they don't believe the things they say, all those things about magic and fantômes. But I do. I know he lingers. I've heard his voice, soft as a lover's whisper. So I visit as often as possible, to keep him company. It's only right. " A women's literary fiction novella, Couillon advises the reader to watch what you wish for because the scariest monsters in this world are always human.
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Couillon
couillon [KOO-YOn] origin: Cajun-French, from Old French couillon noun: a person who lacks sense or judgment, a fool adjective: crazy, funny, moronic, simple-minded, silly note: can be used as a term of ribald affection or as an invective, as an insult Janice is a naive, sheltered 30-something from one of New Orleans' old money families. Her mother wants her to marry within her station, but Janice is obsessed with Brad, a young player well below Janice and her mother's social status. When Janice makes a voodoo doll, Brad becomes the obsessed, and Janice has to grow up fast. She learns that wishes should be well thought out and that dolls ain't for play. "They sneak glances at me, a local, as they pass. I smile and wave, just a lift of my hand to acknowledge them, and then close my eyes again. If they only knew how the dead can linger, long after their bodies have decomposed. But they'd only pass it off as another New Orleans masquerade, one that only adds to their fascination with the place. Despite their macabre imaginations, they don't believe the things they say, all those things about magic and fantômes. But I do. I know he lingers. I've heard his voice, soft as a lover's whisper. So I visit as often as possible, to keep him company. It's only right. " A women's literary fiction novella, Couillon advises the reader to watch what you wish for because the scariest monsters in this world are always human.
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Couillon

by Sara Stark
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Couillon

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couillon [KOO-YOn] origin: Cajun-French, from Old French couillon noun: a person who lacks sense or judgment, a fool adjective: crazy, funny, moronic, simple-minded, silly note: can be used as a term of ribald affection or as an invective, as an insult Janice is a naive, sheltered 30-something from one of New Orleans' old money families. Her mother wants her to marry within her station, but Janice is obsessed with Brad, a young player well below Janice and her mother's social status. When Janice makes a voodoo doll, Brad becomes the obsessed, and Janice has to grow up fast. She learns that wishes should be well thought out and that dolls ain't for play. "They sneak glances at me, a local, as they pass. I smile and wave, just a lift of my hand to acknowledge them, and then close my eyes again. If they only knew how the dead can linger, long after their bodies have decomposed. But they'd only pass it off as another New Orleans masquerade, one that only adds to their fascination with the place. Despite their macabre imaginations, they don't believe the things they say, all those things about magic and fantômes. But I do. I know he lingers. I've heard his voice, soft as a lover's whisper. So I visit as often as possible, to keep him company. It's only right. " A women's literary fiction novella, Couillon advises the reader to watch what you wish for because the scariest monsters in this world are always human.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781497302723
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 03/12/2014
Pages: 74
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.15(d)

About the Author

Sara Stark is Nellie Williamson's alter ego. Nellie grew up on a farm outside a small town in middle Georgia, but having been married to a Navy man for nearly fifteen years, she has lived in most parts of the US at one time or another.

Nellie has spent the past twenty-something years in the crazy and demanding world of Corporate America. So when the morass of making a living got boring, as a creative outlet, she took up writing fiction, and Sara emerged. Nellie still lives in Corporate America, at least until Sara publishes more.

Their current home is Seattle, Washington, and Nellie has certificates from the University of Washington in Literary and Popular Fiction, has attended three writers' retreats, and for her novel, An Untold Want (available on Amazon), she was also a finalist in the Mainstream Literary Contest at the 2012 Pacific Northwest Writers' Association (PNWA) Conference.

You can find Sara and Nellie at any number of virtual locations these days, including:

http://nellie-writes.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/SaraStarkWrites http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6467556.Sara_Stark http://www.independentauthornetwork.com/sara-stark.html

And of course on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Sara-Stark/e/B00CHR5DJM/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1
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