'Saudade'—a Portuguese word that, very roughly, translates to the feeling of wistful longing for an absent beloved. Each tale within Southern Saudade is flavored with exactly that sort of bone-deep melancholy, tales of supernatural Southern sorrow rife with ruined romance and harrowed hauntings. All set within the world of Jubal County, in this collection you will encounter: - The vampire who learns that eternity means very little without memory. - Two strangers who find each other at the end of a world frozen in time. - A would-be actress whose stay at a strange hotel is haunted by possibility. - A meeting between a familiar backwoods wizard and a creature of the sea. - The lonesome youth who falls in love with a hitchhiking ghost. These are not happy stories...but they are earnest ones. Stories that speak to the experiences of loves lost and mourned—the types of tales that will resonate with anyone who has had their heart broken but carried on living in spite of it. In reading this collection, may you find solace. May you find saudade.