Bayou Horror

Free Story Friday: The Letiche

Karen Cody / August 7, 2026

Free Story Friday: The Letiche A new original tale every week—twisted, terrifying, and inspired by the darkest legends you thought you knew. I grew up in Louisiana, but you’d never have known it to watch me pack for that trip. I was a city girl through and through, born in Baton Rouge, raised on sidewalks […]

Urban Legends

The Honey Island Swamp Monster: Something Still Moves in the Swamp

Karen Cody / December 31, 2025

The Honey Island Swamp Monster: Something Still Moves in the Swamp. The swamp is louder than you expect at night. Frogs croak from unseen banks. Insects hum in thick, overlapping waves. Somewhere deeper in the cypress, something splashes—too heavy to be a fish, too deliberate to be the wind. The air clings to your