Pearl River Remains

There's a man in Fran's house. There's a woman calling Fran's phone. And there's a strange winged thing in Fran's living room. All she wants to do is sleep, but her missing mother has other ideas.

Fran puts it all together, Noble and the dogs at her side, through the woods, at the riverside, as we move back and forth in time, and a memory becomes present and very much alive. Until that life can finally let go.

Fran—feeling like herself and completely NOT herself—goes to the police station to see Sheriff Noble, where she gets new information, from both this side and the other.

Fran says goodbye. And finally, gently makes sure her father knows the truth.

Fran, Surly, and Matilda drive to the Pearl River, to the "site." Fran feels oddly powerful, then oddly numb, then oddly confused. And in the middle of it, she meets the new Black female sheriff. And wonders if she's made a new problem or a new friend. She is consumed by visions.