Grace, Grits and Ghosts: Southern Short Stories

Susan Gabriel

Mar 2015 · Wild Lily Arts · Narrated by Holly Adams

About this audiobook

This delightful collection of short stories from bestselling author Susan Gabriel (The Secret Sense of Wildflower, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 and Amazon #1 bestseller), is rich in humor, as well as mystery and meaning.

Whether white or black, living or dead, down home country or upscale urban, Gabriel’s characters are quirky, poignant and deep. They include: A Gullah woman using folk magic to cast her latest spell. A girl coming-of-age dealing with death in 1940s Tennessee. A wealthy Savannah matriarch with gastrointestinal issues guarding family secrets. A good ol’ boy observing himself shortly after his death. An agoraphobic woman striking up a unique friendship with the girl across the street. And a band of seventy-year-olds finding healing in a mountain stream.

Written in the tradition of Flannery O’Connor and Eudora Welty, the eight short stories in Grace, Grits and Ghosts: Southern Short Stories are all rooted in the southern landscape—from the steamy coast of Georgia, to the current day Atlanta suburbs, to the ancient Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina.

Pull up a rocker on the front porch, take a sip of your sweet iced tea and lose yourself in these original stories of soulful southerners and their sultry landscape.

Ratings and reviews

I just finished listening to Grace, Grits and Ghosts. I’m a transplant to North Carolina and love southern fiction. These stories are so southern and the characters are unforgettable. I especially enjoyed Temple Secrets. I loved the character of part-time jazz saxophonist and full-time butcher Spud Grainger, as well as Queenie. The two obituaries were very funny and poignant, but really, I enjoyed every story. Quite a wide selection. Also, the narrator gave a great performance. Recommended!

Such a cool and quick read. Developed characters in short stories are a rarity, but this collection nails it. Believable characters.