The Spector of Tiger Creek

The Spector of Tiger Creek

by | May 2, 2022

But my thinking was clear enough until I saw the big creature turn slowly away from the boat and come toward me through the dark water. After passing the winter on the plantation, we moved, in the spring, down to a house on the coast, where we spent the summer, safe...
Death In The Moonlight

Death In The Moonlight

by | Mar 11, 2022

“Death in the Moonlight” is a tale of suspense drawn from Archibald Rutledge’s youth in South Carolina. If at night you happen to be standing up to your shoulders in salt water, when the wind is still and the tide is tranquil, in a creek not far from...
Black-Horn Buck 

Black-Horn Buck 

by | Nov 28, 2019

Toward the close of a glorious day in late September, I had gone down to the river from home to roam the wilderness of a neighboring plantation. The noble house that once stood on the bluff overlooking the lower reaches of the Santee was burned more than a century...