A Tourist in Mayberry

By Whywatt57

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This is the real Mayberry where everything is not black and white. The real Mayberry where your neighbor keep... More

Author's Notes
Prologue
Late August - Disappearances
Part 1 - Daisy Begins to Tell All
Part 1/1) Notes from my Diary Journal: Words - Pretentious and Otherwise
1/2) Notes from My Diary Journal: My best friend, Magdalena
1/3) More from the Diary Journal: Darrell and Andy
1/4) More about Magdalena from my Diary Journal: Connections
1/5) From My Diary Journal: My Mom, Candi
1/6) More from my Diary Journal: Reading and Writing
1/7) From my Diary Journal: Meanest Man on Earth
1/8) Daisy Now - Timeout and Time for Some Explaining
Part 2 - The Riverview Retirement Community
Part 2/1) The Riverview Retirement Community: How It Came to Be
2/3) Resident of Riverview Rehab, Room 144: Beatrice Livengood
2/4) Riverview Retirement Center Staff Member: William Lawrence
2/5) Director of Riverview Retirement Center: Dr. Brooklyn Kinkaid
2/6) Resident at Riverview: Romey Honeycutt, Retired Deputy Sheriff
2/7) Frequent Visitor at Riverview: Sheriff Gus Nichols
2/8) Residents: The Wild Bunch
2/9) Riverview Nursing Center Resident, Room 154: Miss Lacey
2/10) Resident: Miss Lacey, Part Two
2/11) Resident of Skilled Nursing, Room 148: Mr. Reuben Cropps
Part 3/1) Villain: The Collector (in his own words)
3/2) Villain: Matthew Jenkins, Sr. (When Matty was a Boy)
3/3) Villain: Damien
3/4) Villain: Mayor Humble Booker
3/5) Villain: Nannie Jo
3/6) Villain: Dr. Brook Kinkaid
3/7) Villain: Randall Michael Wall
Part 4 - Our Story Continues - Daisy Answers Questions
Question 1: What happened to Damien and Sienna?
Question 2: How did Magdalena's Dad Go From Worse to Better to Worst Ever?
Question 3: Improbable Love Story?
Question 4: What Happened to the Mayor?
Part 5 - Heroes
Part 5/1) Hero: Magdalena
5/2) Hero: Lacey
5/3) Hero: Izitio, Peacemaker
5/4) Hero: Tommy
5/5) Hero: Mr. Reuben Cropps
5/6) Hero: Matty, at Age Six
5/7) Hero: My Mom
5/8) Hero: Nana Gail
5/9) Hero: Sienna
5/10) Hero: Sheriff Gus Nichols
Part 6 - Bad to Worse
Part 6/1) Notes from My Diary Journal: Visiting the Retirement Center
6/2) Sheriff Nichols Does Some Sleuthing
6/3) Sienna - Heading Home
6/4) Sheriff Nichols Questions Candi
6/5) Damien - Heading Home
6/6) Sienna's Side of the Story, as told to Celebrity Magazine
6/7) Damien Makes Himself at Home
6/8) Izito Makes Some Phone Calls
6/9) Matthew Jenkins - Talents and Skills
6/10) Randall Michael Wall: Babysitter
6/11) Postcard from Paradise
Part 7: Hero or Villain
Part 7/1) Hero or Villain: The Collector
7/2) Hero or Villain: Darrell
7/3) Hero or Villain: The Collector's Housekeeper
7/4) Hero Or Villain: Matty, Ten Years Old
Part 8: From Worse to Worst or The Day the Baby is Born
Part 8/1) Matthew Visits Some Mothers
8/2) Randall Michael Wall, Ne'er Do Well, Meets Darrell
8/3) The Collector Gets Mail (as told to Geoffrey Guthrie)
8/4) Matthew Gets a Call
8/5) Randall Michael Wall Finds His Nurse
8/6) Romey Honeycutt tells his story to Celebrity Magazine.
8/7) Notes from my Diary Journal: Mr. Cropps Calls in the Calvary
8/8) Meanwhile, Down the Hall in Miss Lacey's room
8/9)Notes from my Diary Journal: Izito and the Calvary
8/10) Pain Becomes a Person (Clawing Their Way out of Your Stomach)
8/11) Sheriff Nichols Gets the Call
8/12) Shit Hits
8/13) Romey Honeycutt Continues his Hero Tale as Told to Celebrity Magazine
8/14) A Baby is Born
8/15) Notes from my Diary Journal: Meanest Man on Earth Meets His Maker
Part 9: Loose Ends
Part 9/1) The Mayor Explains Where He's Been
9/2) Sheriff Nichols Tells a Tale
9/3 Daisy Tells All: Candi Changes Course
9/4) The Final Mission
9/5) Sienna and Baby Emmie Bell Go Back to School
9/6) William Gets a Sign from God
9/7) Magdalena and Me at the Mayberry Mall
Epilogue
Revealed: The Collector (Geoffrey Guthrie tells all)

Part 3 - Villains

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By Whywatt57

                                                                              Daisy Now

You have been patient. I have foreshadowed death and treachery and revenge and mystery and love, and now it is time to give you some of what you want. Otherwise, you will do what I sometimes do and abandon this story. I want you to finish this story, so I am gonna now do what my future book jacket will promise and "put you into the mind of evil" because, hey, don't we all want to go take a peek.

I have to give credit here to Geoffrey Guthrie, reporter for the Mount Airy News, whose series on "The Collector" won him a Pulitzer for "Local, Investigative Reporting". His story included death, torture, and kidnapping, but not in exact horrific, specific details because the News is a family paper. Geoffrey Guthrie, a sports writer once known mainly for his ability to cover ball games from one end of the county to the other end in a single night and know athletes and their families and their connections, used his calm demeanor and patience to get the story. He was good at building relationships in the community, and it was because of his long-time friendship with the Collector that he got an interview. Geoffrey Guthrie possessed the courage to interview the deviant the first time and then the gastrointestinal fortitude to return.

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