Elizabeth Bourne and Mark Bourne. What the Red Oaks Knew. (Fantasy and Science Fiction Mar/Apr 2013)

There are some funny types out in Arkansas, I do believe, and in this modern fantasy, some even curiouser happenings. Taking the name Jimi Bone, a young boy heads out into the hills, with something strange in the boot of his beat up ’98 Ford Focus.

He picks up a partner on the way, a rabbit-red eyed albino girl, who is pretty strange herself, who has issues and a need to confront one Midas Welbe, a man from the hills with some powerful magic at his fingertips.

Intriguing, and wondering already what happens next…