Ariadne Blayde

Ash Tuesday Ariadne Blayde

n New Orleans, ghosts walk the streets of the living, the dead are buried above ground, and in the French Quarter, ghost tours are given on an almost nightly basis. The Spirits of Yore ghost tour troupe is a rag-tag group of misfits who all enjoy entertaining tourists with the ongoing hauntings of a 300-year-old port town at the mouth of the Mississippi.




With a history rich with pirates, fleeing sultans, purported vampires, and haunted rain that sings, the tour guides each have their own take on the stories of the lost souls that are stuck between the here and hereafter. In this colorful, dark novel, we walk with each tour guide as they unveil the haunts of a city whose past is still present, and then follow them when the tours are over and the city comes to life.




In New Orleans, the party never stops. The wretched and outcast have a home, the veil between the living and the dead is thin and cracked, and the dead live on in the stories that the living tell.




In New Orleans, the living live and have stories to tell of their own. Human stories. Stories of pain, loss, and struggle. Stories of joy, love, and a newfound purpose. This novel is a place to find that our history is our present, and those that have come before are still here, and even old death can bring a new light to life.