The Devil Queen

How my wife and I sold our souls to the Queen Anne Victorian we tried to save.

: Name: John; Location: Crow Mountain, Arkansas, United States

Synopsis: This is a cautionary tale. A seriously disturbed couple find the charming, old ruin of a Queen Anne Victorian in Russellville, Arkansas, and buy it for $1.00. They tore the roof off, cut it in half, and had it moved to some land they owned sixteen miles away because they didn't know any better. Since then, they have hired and fired contractors, had all of their tools stolen, re-wired, re-plumbed, insulated, and essentially rebuilt the entire house. Their only problem is that after four years it still isn't finished. Now they are tired, broke, and wonder what in the hell it is they've done to themselves. And, it's haunted.

(Last updated on April 3, 2008)

Press: Russellville Courier Article - December 2003, HGTV website article, AP story - October 2006, and Victorian Homes Magazine - February 2008 (link coming soon).

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Our Family: A CDC Case Study

The ark of despair, which carries the ailing wreck that is our family, is well on its way to the end of the world. Okay, it really isn’t that bad (is it?), but we had another weekend of illness and inactivity. Gideon had a random fever Friday which vanished by Saturday afternoon and Scarlet came down with a freak infection/virus which made a lymph in her neck swell to disturbing proportions. Both are better than the vomit-plague of two weeks ago, but we’re sick and tired of being sick and tired all the time.

I’m being to suspect we’re test subjects for a CDC study on infectious diseases.

Labels: miscellaneous non-house, woe