In the backstreets of New Orleans, they will become acquainted with scorned persons who will stop at nothing to exact their revenge. They will encounter a bewitched doll named Robert from the Florida Keys, and a cursed trunk that is better left closed. Within this grim anthology, eighteen authors will spellbind you with tales of hoodoo, voodoo, and witchcraft.įrom this cauldron mix, readers will explore the many dangers lurking upon the Natchez Trace and in the Mississippi Delta. Genres/Subgenres: Horror, Short Story, Paranormal, Occult, Folklore/Southern Regionalĭeep within the South, read about the magickal folk who haunt the woods, the cemeteries, and the cities. The last Crawford's closed in Norwalk in 2007.It’s blog tour time! Today I have an interview with not only a fantastic editor and author, but one of my favorite people and podcasting co-host.

Crawford's continued at a much smaller scale, with stores operating into the early 1990s. That store became a Market Basket in March of 1976. In 1964, the western-themed Crawford's Corner was built at the site of the original market.

There were also locations in Glendale and Orange County. The chain continued to grow, with stores primarily in the San Gabriel Valley. He refused to press charges and, in the final divorce, she was granted stock in the company. In 1941, the Crawfords went through a contentious split - Leemoria 'accidentally' shot Wayland. Billed as 'The Biggest Country Store in the World,' the huge Five Points location sold pretty much everything. In 1937, a Crawford's store opened at El Monte's Five Points. From there, a market was built at the corner of Valley and 9th. Crawford and his wife, Leemoria, built a market in Alhambra at Valley and New in 1929. Then, the name faded into history.įrom a humble start selling watermelons off the back of a truck, Wayland H. A few stores still operated as The Boys as late as 1993. Just 18 days later, American Breco merged into the Yucaipa Company (sound familiar?). A year later, some suburban store names were changed to Market Basket, evoking a prior SoCal chain with the same name, that had only departed a few years earlier. The business stayed in the Goldstein family until 1988, when American Breco Company bought it. The Boys turned their focus from suburban to urban locations, growing to 54 stores. That market later served as the company's headquarters through the 1980s. By 1931, they'd opened what was billed as their first full-service market at Monte Vista Street and Avenue 55 in Highland Park. By the time the brothers opened their first market on the site in 1924, they were joined by another brother. Folks would say they were going to visit 'the boys'' stand. Soon, they set up a produce stand along Telegraph Road in East Los Angeles. Shortly after his father died, teenage Joe Goldstein and two of his brothers began selling fruit door-to-door to support their Boyle Heights family.

Southern Haunts by Alexander S. Brown