Dancing in the Graveyard: A Collection of Short Stories ... Tales of the Mystical

by Sandra Fox Murphy

In Sandra Fox Murphy’s collected stories, her tall tales are often told from the other side. Many stories are set in early Texas or in early America, capturing the spirited color and settlers of the country in its becoming. “Dancing in the Graveyard” is a tragedy set in modern times, while “Picnic on the Island” goes all the way back to the Civil War at Fort Delaware. “Serendipity” is a joyful story inspired by the author’s time as a hospice volunteer, and “Spellbound” takes us into hard times of the future. Murphy’s stories are full of history and characters that seem to appear, at times, from thin air.

Kindle Edition

Published December 12, 2024

About the author

SANDRA FOX MURPHY is originally from Glasgow, Delaware, and grew up an Air Force “brat.” Sandy was inspired to begin writing while studying the beatnik poets at Indian Valley College in California and later received her Bachelor of Arts in English and French Literature at The University of Texas. She retired as a labor-management-relations consultant from the U.S Geological Survey. Her first novel, A Thousand Stars, historical fiction set in early Barbados and Rhode Island, was published in March 2016 and is available at Amazon. Her second novel, That Beautiful Season, begins in the Civil War, in Maryland, and delves into the love of the land and family through difficult times. She is now researching and writing the story of Fidelia McCord on a wagon train to Texas in 1847. You can find her website at www.sandrafoxmurphy.com