I’ve been pulling together playlists for hours for THE FABLED EARTH since the day I began to draft the book a few years ago. The contemporary timeline in this novel takes place during the 1950s. A second timeline flashes back to a summer in 1932. You can imagine the fun I’ve had with those tunes! The characters range in age and class, with some coming from wealthy northern families and others coming from rural Appalachia, and so the music ranged far and wide. I found it nearly impossible to narrow this list down to only a few songs and that’s what gave me the idea to ask some of the early readers for their thoughts. We each chose one favorite and I pulled this mini list together like a sort of group project. In these songs, we hope you’ll hear something of the haunted and heartbreaking story of Cleo Woodbine, imagine the crumbling grandeur of the old Carnegie summer mansions, delight in the folksy sounds of fiddle tunes and the storytelling of Irish crooners, and groove to the audacity of early Rock-n-Roll. And finally, I hope you love the final song, the one that I listened to most often while…