Duped the Novel

02/20/2026

"We know the danger inside the circle as well as we know to add brown sugar and angostura bitters to cooked carrots. Inherent in the knowing is protection. Real gris gris.
For the most part, amulets, bloodlines and bankers ensured safety, but what was and had been in effect for hundreds of years had to be fed, by its opposite. Sacrifices. " Excerpt from Duped, the novel, by Christine Maynard

11/14/2025

https://lailluminator.com/2024/05/14/louisiana-senate-leader-seeks-to-block-landry-juvenile-justice-appointee/?fbclid=IwY2xjawODlYlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeTm447XEzJbhVNNHBnW0CJkkcgCRdE0ZEci9i8xpowG_PPzia1eaqT06smAw_aem_c99LHnvk4nLkoRFyCSuUtA

A legislative leader doesn’t believe Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s choice to run the state’s youth prison system should get the job, and she’s preparing to put up a fight over his Senate confirmation.

05/03/2024

Louisiana citizens you should all be insulted by this fantasy land BS politicians perpetrate on the public. "Kenny Loftin, Jeff Landry's pick to run Louisiana's juvenile justice system, told state senators this week that a New York Times report detailing s*x abuses that occurred on his watch at a Coushatta youth jail was "made up," Friedmann reports. Inside LA politics. On his watch. Of course it happened. Read it. 3 years' investigation by Berkeley documentary makers and New York Times investigative reporters.

07/01/2023

Check out what Amelia and Huelo fall into in North Louisiana. Huelo is undercover, having graduated from John Jay School of Criminal Justice. She is in Amelia's home town investigating human trafficking and a youth detention center that has been in the news. Amelia always thinks her childhood friend Huelo is just in for a visit. Amelia is sooo trusting. Huelo is so savvy. Explore with them as they expose the truth!

12/27/2022

Hop Sing. Huelo the trust fund girl from Taos.

Listen now (17 min) | Hop Sing. Huelo, the trust fund girl from Taos.

12/24/2022

Check out DeepGothicSouthScary on Reddit for more of Duped the novel, read by author Christine Maynard.

It’s easy to see where the duping ends, but where it begins… ah, that’s the question. Who is duping whom? The unravelling is up to you. ...

12/20/2022

Success predicated on sacrifice.

Listen now (17 min) | Success predicated on sacrifice~

12/20/2022

The House of S***t Everlee

Listen now (21 min) | The house of S***t Everlee

12/06/2022

Evil amidst the propriety of tea parties and beignets~

Listen now (14 min) | Amulets, bloodlines and bankers.

12/05/2022

The Red Mass and the Tower card in Tarot. People fall, head first, from high places.

Listen now (5 min) | Chapter One The Red Mass October 6, 2014. New Orleans, LA