CSFF Blog Tour: Day Two

You're probably wondering what a Feechie is. Okay ... maybe you're not. I'm sure the only reason you never once thought about what a Feechie is, is because-- quite frankly-- you've never heard of one. But if you had heard of one, you'd definitely be wondering-- that is, of course, if no one told you what they were when they first told you they existed at all.

Feechies are the mythical residents of the Feechiefen Swamp, sort of like marionettes without strings, climbing from treetop to treetop draped in animal skin furs, and armed with spears and bows. They are a fierce, wild, ugly group of rail thin midgets-- not the kind of creature any civilizer would won't to be like, or look like-- except one civilizer that is.

Grady is a wonderfully ugly orphan with one blue eye and one green, and a chin so weak you can't rightly tell where his lip ends and his neck begins. And for Grady, there is nothing more right in the world than playing the part of a crazed Feechie boy. He likes thinking he's a Feechie, because being a Feechie is a whole lot more exciting than being an ugly boy whose parents didn't want him.

For the longest time, Grady has played the part of the Wild Feechie Boy of Feechiefen Swamp, but folks has stopped believing in Feechies. And now Floyd's forced to try other trickery to make a living. Unfortunately, this new trickery doesn't set well with Grady. He doesn't like tricking people. He liked it best when he was giving the crowds something of value: a real magical event like nothing they'd ever seen before.


Tune in tomorrow for the last installment of this months blog tour.