title: A New Orleans Tale: A Short Story
author: A Traub
description: Budding author A. Traub is the author of two shorts, Tripletail and Rain Tree Cove, and two novels, The Farmer's Fate and The Nun's Habit. In his latest short, A New Orleans Tale, Traub captures the essence of New Orleans and what it was like to grow up in America's most mysterious city. He resides in Louisiana with his family where life moves just a little bit slower.
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  **The Dragon of New Orleans: The Treasure of Paragon, Book 1**
  
  Copyright © Genevieve Jack 2018
  
  Published by Carpe Luna, Ltd. Bloomington, IL 61704
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are
  either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely
  coincidental.
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced or
  transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without
  permission in writing from the author or publisher.
  
  First Edition: March 2019
  
  eISBN: 978-1-940675-47-3
  
  Paperback: 978-1-940675-48-0
  
  v 3.5
  
  
  # Contents
  
  [ Author’s Note ](text00004.html#foreword)
  
  [ Chapter 1 ](text00005.html#chapter-1)
  
  [ Chapter 2 ](text00006.html#chapter-2)
  
  [ Chapter 3 ](text00007.html#chapter-3)
  
  [ Chapter 4 ](text00008.html#chapter-4)
  
  [ Chapter 5 ](text00009.html#chapter-5)
  
  [ Chapter 6 ](text0001