An unsettling encounter with something along the creek bank leaves Lee on edge as a shadowy camp-out invites the hazy figure of Billy’s parasomnia episodes into their lives. Billy and Lee confront the Mayor together but find they are still drifting apart. Aunt Mary finally reveals the story of Shellycoat.

“Listen, Billy, life’s a complicated thing. And Shilo’s Beat is a complicated place. It always has been.”

Written & Narrated by L.R. McDonald
Reading: Chapter 13, 14, and 15 from The Preacher, the Fisherman, and the Cahaba
Intro music: Independence Day Eve by Benjamin Bostick
Background music: Star of County Down by Jonathan Geer
Background and transition music: Independence Day Eve by Benjamin Bostick
Exit music: Grassy Knolls of Home by LynneMusic