When the Dead Won’t Stay Buried

Reviewing Tony Woodlief’s Southern Gothic Debut, ‘We Shall Not All Sleep’

Ray Waterson, an alcoholic Vietnam vet with an otherworldly ability to witch water and divine the location of pretty much anything else, leads his son into an empty field. Young Daniel watches while Ray steps barefoot in slow, deliberate circles, sometimes dancing, as if his strings were tugged by invisible hands.

When Ray suddenly stops, hoists his arms…