Miranda Everlasting: Every dream has a price. by R C Ducantlin

Miranda Marie LaLonde loves the Louisiana bayou, the pond it feeds, and the weathered gazebo across the water where she goes to dream.She dreams of music, flight, fame, and a life beyond the boundaries of Fò Miranda, far from the sorrow that has followed her family for generations.But in the bayou, dreams have power.Something ancient watches from beneath the dark water. Strange visions warn Miranda of war, death, and sickness. Music arrives in her mind fully formed, as though carried from somewhere beyond the living. And at the edge of the pond, theHoodoo draws ever closer.Miranda longs for greatness, unaware that the gifts leading her toward it may demand more than one life can pay.Her music does not end with her. It passes through the LaLonde family, carrying fame and longing, love and sacrifice, protection and danger. With each generation, the inheritance grows more powerful, more demanding, and harder to escape. Love becomes a legacy. Music becomes a memory. And a bayou girl’s hunger for fame becomes bound to the fate of everyone who bears her name.The bayou remembers what the world forgets.Miranda’s life may end.Her song does not.Miranda Everlastingis a haunting Southern Gothic family saga of music, folk magic, sacrifice, inheritance, and the terrible beauty of dreams that outlive the dreamer.Author’s CommentMiranda Everlasting brings together three connected novellas originally published separately:Fò Miranda, Envié, and Gris-Gris.For this definitive collection, while remaining true to the original, each story has been extensively rewritten, expanded, and refined. While the beloved characters, rich family history, Southern Louisiana setting, and central legends remain intact, the prose, atmosphere, continuity, and emotional depth have been significantly deepened.Together, these revised stories now form a seamless, complete generational saga of Miranda Marie LaLonde and the inheritance that refuses to die.