Swamp Witch; The Legend of Black Water Hattie

Book excerpt: In the last anthology, The November Country, we were introduced to Black Water Hattie in the story, The Legend of Black Water Hattie, in the which we met the ghost of the witch in modern times. She is now haunting an upscale gated apartment complex near to the mythical town of Blackwater, the 'sleepy little Okeechobee town' mentioned in the Jim Stafford song, Swamp Witch. In this book, we again meet Black Water Hattie, only this time, back when she actually lived in the era of the Civil War. It is during Reconstruction that we find her living as a widow deep in the swamps of Florida in the tale, Swamp Witch. This is the actual story to which we alluded in the first anthology. A stand-alone version of this story will also be released, with both the story from The November Country and this one in South of Margaritaville, combined in one tale. The stand-alone story will be titled Swamp Witch; The Legend of Black Water Hattie. This anthology, South of Margaritaville, is the second collection of stories by George Roland Wills.