Ryland Creek
  • Ryland Creek
  • About The Ryland Creek Novels
    • Book I: The Last Coon Hunter
    • Book II: An Exceptional Hound
    • Book III: The Legends of Ryland Creek
    • Book IV: The Master of Hounds
    • Book V: The Forest Ghost
    • Book VI: The Time of the Backroads
    • Projects in the Works
  • Buy the Ryland Creek Saga: Print Books
  • The Ryland Creek Saga in E-Book
  • The Ryland Creek Saga in Audiobook
  • Blog: In a place called Painted Post
  • Reader Reviews
  • Meet the Author
  • An Ode to Painted Post
    • The Magical Realism of the Ryland Creek Saga
  • Other authors
    • A.V. Rogers
    • Dave Muffley
    • Dutch Van Alstin
    • Glenn Sapir
    • Judy Janowski
    • Michelle Pointis Burns
  • Contact
  • Ryland Creek
  • About The Ryland Creek Novels
    • Book I: The Last Coon Hunter
    • Book II: An Exceptional Hound
    • Book III: The Legends of Ryland Creek
    • Book IV: The Master of Hounds
    • Book V: The Forest Ghost
    • Book VI: The Time of the Backroads
    • Projects in the Works
  • Buy the Ryland Creek Saga: Print Books
  • The Ryland Creek Saga in E-Book
  • The Ryland Creek Saga in Audiobook
  • Blog: In a place called Painted Post
  • Reader Reviews
  • Meet the Author
  • An Ode to Painted Post
    • The Magical Realism of the Ryland Creek Saga
  • Other authors
    • A.V. Rogers
    • Dave Muffley
    • Dutch Van Alstin
    • Glenn Sapir
    • Judy Janowski
    • Michelle Pointis Burns
  • Contact
Ryland Creek
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A girl and her hound: Lill Ernst and Judge in The Legends Of Ryland Creek
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The Legends of Ryland Creek: Book III of the Ryland Creek Saga, was something of a first for me as a writer.

While there were many female characters playing important roles in the first two books, Legends was my first attempt as a writer having a young lady, Lill Ernst, sharing co-lead with Andrew Renthro, a city teen from Chicago.




PictureThe Gandalark--a creature loosely based on local legend very near the Painted Post region.
Further, while magical realism and the lands of the Painted Post, nearly as a character, began in the preceding books, Legends delves heavily into the myth and lore of Painted Post and the surrounding regions.

One such legend is a creature, the Gandalark. While considerable literal license was levied in the story, this legend was roughly based on the reported sightings in 1869 of a big foot like creature (with a really nasty attitude) near Woodhull, New York, which is about 25 miles west of Painted Post.

PictureA shot of the real creek that inspired Ryland Creek.
Legends was also the most socially thematic of the series to date, dealing with both the issues of bullying as well as choosing one's path, and the consequences, good and bad, that always ensue. 



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