From 2002 till 2012, Will Moredock wrote a weeklycolumn on South Carolina politics and culture forCharleston City Paper.Living in Fear is a selectionof 71 of those columns, with a focus on the way thatracial fear has shaped the politics and the cultureof this state. Also in this volume is "300 Years ofLiving in Fear," Moredock's 7,000-word essay on theorigin and future of these ancient racial fears.