KILLJOY

"Killjoy was a little funky community about 60 miles west of Houston Texas. Houses and shacks, about to fall down, were scattered along dusty roads in the 1930’s and 1940’s. There was a three-room schoolhouse for the colored, three churches, one grocery store, and a filling station. Most of the people who lived in Killjoy were related. All of the children knew and played together. The grown-ups interacted with each other as one large family. Someone decided to call this place Killjoy years ago. When you consider the dust snakes, weeds, sweltering heat, and the difficulty of making a living, this was enough to kill any joy. Yes the name fit just fine, Killjoy. "