A Day in Mossy Creek

A Collection of Short Fiction

A Day in Mossy Creek

This collective novel, with stories written by several authors, is about “the town that ain’t going nowhere and don’t want to.” In Book 5 of the Mossy Creek Hometown series, Sabrina makes her series debut with the heart-warming story: “Gone, But Not Forgetting.”

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Maybe it’s post-New Year’s boredom setting in. Maybe it’s the cold, frisky air. Whatever the cause, the citizens of Mossy Creek seem determined to get into trouble on this clear winter day in mid-January. Police Chief Amos Royden and his loyal officers, Mutt and Sandy, can barely keep up with the calls.

Hank and Casey Blackshear’s 93-year-old Great Aunt Irene Sawyer battle renovation pitfalls (literally) in their cranky house. Pearl Quinlan fights her sister, Spiva, over a plate of brownies, and Patty Campbell performs a makeover on Orville Gene Simpson’s front yard (against Orville’s wishes). Meanwhile, Bert and Honey Lyman take in twin baby nieces (possibly upsetting a ghost in the process), and last but not least Amos and Ida finally stop fighting their mutual attraction. And then the trouble really begins!

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Regency Tidbit

As y’all know, I occasionally base my characters—both main and secondary—on real historical figures I read about. One of those will make his first appearance in Eliza’s book. He’s a well-known French chef and a man of color who works for Elegant Occasions. I was inspired by a man I’d read about recently: James Hemings, the brother of Sally Hemings. He’s credited with introducing Americans to snow eggs and his version of mac and cheese, among other things. He learned about similar foods while training in France to be a chef, the first American to do so. He excelled to such a degree that he became chef de cuisine at the Hôtel de Langeac, Jefferson’s private residence, and the first American diplomatic embassy while he was in Paris. My character is French, not American, but he too has risen to prominence in England, as many French chefs did. He’ll also be in Verity’s book, which I’m presently plotting.

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