by Cleve Sylcox (Author), Lee Sylcox (Editor), Suzy Stewart Dubot (Editor)

Tommy Hampton and his friend Cody, decided it was time to do some fishin’ up near the spring, where tales of a witch haunted his memory and black bears roamed. After running out of daylight they headed home but met a neighbor boy on the road with a bloody cut on his face. He claimed Ellsinore the witch did it and turned another boy into a stump. Cody didn’t believe him. Tommy wasn’t sure. In the next few hours the truth would be known and the Missouri Ozark community of Ellsinore Springs would never be the same.