YA Horror/Thriller
Indignant, opinionated sixteen-year-old Eileen Ellsworth is clawing her way through a semester of Shakespeare when she finds herself caught up in the midst of a murder investigation in her southern, coastal town, Mossy Oak, Georgia. Her entire high school world is turned on its head when a barely-human serial killer arrives, picking off its victims one by one before retreating to the safety of the marsh.
At first, the murders seem like isolated incidents, but Eileen can’t help getting a little too caught up in the details, leading her to discover the town’s dark past, conveniently concealed by the corrupt mayor and his cronies. Her discovery puts herself and her best friend in the direct path of danger. She soon begins to realize nobody in her little town can be trusted, and must face an important question: will she become another victim of Mossy Oak’s sticky web of lies?
BENEATH THE SALT combines the heart-stopping kills of THERE’S SOMEONE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE and the immersive settings of THE WOODS ARE ALWAYS WATCHING to create a unique, southern gothic story filled with murder, small-town secrets, and typical high school hierarchy in the early 1960s.
Eileen must face crooked cops, a swamp thing, and even her own mother in order to uncover the truth of Mossy Oak.
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Screenwriting
Janie’s life is dull, a malaise of background noise fuzzy with the crooning of Conway Twitty seeping out of her mother’s bedroom. When a once in a lifetime opportunity of total reinvention presents itself, will Janie be bold enough to take the leap and accept its consequences?
