Thank you Jerry for creeping me out again with another one of your fantastic short stories! I don't know which one of your stories is my favorite. This small town was going along fine until all of the little twisted elements came into play and I was like wow, you done it again!! I'm visualizing Mayberry (small town, close neighbors)while reading this book and now, Mayberry will never be the same to me. Mack is quietly working in a barber shop keeping Joe company while doing the grunt work and out of the corner of his eye, he sees the little girl who makes her weekly trip to the butcher shop. Mack is so curious about this wild child with the pink jacket who runs into town weekly to buy from the butcher that he becomes obsessed with tracking her down. Joe ends up telling Mack the history of the town and why they have the Full Moon Dances and this is where the story gets interesting. I'm not giving the story away, but a great story line here. What happens at the dances and what if you don't attend? Mack's quest for the pink jacket girl is revealed when he discovers he is part of the group of 6 which keeps the curse at bay.I love Jerry's choice of words and his dialogue with the characters make the book feel so realistic. "Tangled hair bounced with each step, her dirty face only cleaned by the tracks of tears." (little girl)I will definitely read this book again and share it with others - creepy and mysterious.
