Southern Haunts by Alexander S. Brown5/24/2023 For example: the tale must be seasoned with Southern verbiage, culture, habitat, architecture, food and drink. Anyone from any culture can tell any story they like, but in the end, the story is its on placement in location.įor a story to be Southern, there must be Southern elements. However, just because the narrator’s dialogue reflects Southern slang and phrases, that doesn’t make the tale Southern. In a story telling sense, for the haunting to be Southern, if we were to take away setting and location, we are left with the narrator’s tongue. This type of attachment haunting rarely happens, as most spirits tend to dwell where they spent their life or final moments. It is true that some spirits are travelers, meaning when they get tired of being in one place, they can attach themselves to the living and jump off at their preference. In reality, for the haunting to be Southern, the entity must be in the South. Beyond character and setting, what, if anything, makes a haunting particularly Southern? What, if anything, makes a story Southern? For example, the central character in “Live Big” is a New Yorker who finds trouble in Key West, and “Without Xango There Is No Oxalla” haunts the U.S. Witch South? While every story in Southern Haunts 3 has at least a character or setting connected to the Southeastern United States, the range of characters and settings is broad. Brown, Editorįor Cooper’s views on the subject, see his review.
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