Cornbread Voodoo: A Novel

by William Matthew McCarter

In this coming of age novel, William McCarter introduces Billy McCauley, who thinks his one challenge in life is to avoid the “cornbread voodoo” Gram uses to make sure he isn’t getting into too much trouble.

Growing up in Piankashaw County with his grandparents in rural Missouri means swimming holes, "scoring tongue" at the skating rink and baseball—until his “Big Daddy" gets sick and the easy going childhood seems to go by the wayside.

Harkening a simpler time that really wasn’t too simple to begin with, McCarter presents a poignant tale in which Billy wonders if life is a game that no one ever wins and not even Gram's cornbread voodoo could change that.

136 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 25, 2014

About the author

William Matthew McCarter is a Pushcart nominee whose writing has been in numerous publications. McCarter’s youth in rural Southeast Missouri has informed both his creative and nonfiction writing. He lives in his childhood hometown in the Arcadia Valley with his wife, Melissa Miles McCarter, and son. He is currently a professor of Literature at Southwestern Illinois College. His recent novel, “Cornbread Voodoo” is a coming of age novel set in a small rural town. He is also the editor of Trash Told Tales: An Anthology of White Trash Literature.“ For more information: Http://Amazon.com/Author/McCarter