Sadie Lewis is the pen name used by the author of the R.O.G. book series. All of Sadie's "fiction" books have reach international best seller level. Though she has achieved amazing success writing books, Sadie has a much more important job—and her past is tied to Tennyson County.

Patrice Thomas is a busy woman. She has partial custody of her children, Jasper and Chloe, she's a full-time real estate agent, and she tries to keep her ex-husband, Chief Ernie Thomas, in line.

Boyd Manor is the residence of Duncan and Sophia Boyd. The house is massive, and it's located on the same street as Georgia’s governor's mansion.

You won't be calling an Uber or hailing a cab in Tennyson County, y'all. Noewate Georgia has one driver for hire, Ole Hank.

On the outskirts of Tennyson County, you'll find the humble residence of Carl Washington, Editor of the Noeware Journal newspaper, and his devoted wife, Cora, Manager of the Tennyson General Hospital gift shop.

Priscilla Li is more than Sophia Boyd's housekeeper, she is her closest confidant. For decades, Ms. Li has been in charge of the Boyd mansion, and she makes sure that every detail of daily life rolls out meticulously.

Owen's Creek is a special place in Tennyson County. It's where Mary Waddell, Ruth Blakely, and Olivia Tennyson would spend time together as teenagers. It was also the location of an abduction of a teenage girl back in the 1970s.

The first time Reverend Christopher Cranford arrived in Tennyson County, the air shifted the way it does before a summer storm: thick, expectant, and just a little uneasy.

In Tennyson County, time doesn’t pass so much as it settles, thick as red clay, clinging to everything it touches. Along the highway just past the bend where the kudzu starts to swallow the guardrails, sits Driskill’s Hardware. The sign creaks more than it shines now, but folks still know it. They always will.

Jessica Walters: Atlanta Feminist, CDC Analyst, Secret Keeper The Road to Noeware, Woven Branches Series Jessica Walters is a feminist from Atlanta who works for the CDC and keeps a secret that even her closest allies don’t fully understand. She has never been to Noeware, the Southern town at the heart of G.L. Yancy’s Woven Branches Southern Gothic novella series, yet that place is somehow woven into her past in ways she cannot escape.

In the hush of Georgia’s low country—where cypress trees rise like crooked fingers and the air hangs thick with memory, there’s a place most maps refuse to name. It's called Tennyson County. Fewer still will speak of what lies just beyond its edges: the swamp outside Noeware.

There are places in Georgia where the air hangs heavy with memory, where the cypress knees rise like knuckles from the earth and the water keeps its secrets. Noeware is one of those places. Tucked just beyond the polite maps and paved intentions, Noeware, Georgia, breathes in its own rhythm, slow, damp, and listening. The townsfolk will tell you not to wander too far past the tree line at dusk. They will not explain why. They do not have to. Because sooner or later, you will hear about her.

There are towns you pass through, and there are towns that pass through you. Noeware, Georgia belongs to the latter.

Jack Bates is in charge of the Noeware, Georgia branch of the public library.

Dr. Givens is the husband of another doctor, Meg Givens.

Ned Wilson is the kind of guy that other guys look up to.

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Welcome to Billy's Loft

In the early 1970s, Ruth Blakely and Jerri Hansard shared an apartment in Atlanta's Little 5 Points neighborhood.