I’ve looked at this patch of dirt, these rivers, and these mountain ridges all my life. I was born here in 1838. Then, we had an abundance of water, which flowed down creeks and rivers to the sea. I was here when two great armies clashed in civil war and my farm was part of […]
I’ve never been as firmly attached to this world as Dan. He’s got a wife, a child, a farm and a business – all the things I thought were not important to me. Half of his land should rightly be mine; half of his wealth should rightly be mine. He stole these things from me. […]
I’ve fallen into a world I have a lotta trouble understanding. I survived two tours in the desert war, so I sure as hell should be able to deal with the witchy goings-on in these here hills. I was born and raised not ten miles from the Fields’ farm, so I understand Dan. He was […]
When I first met Dan Fields that cold night eighteen years ago, I read his palm and knew he’d traveled from the past and would have an amazing future. I also saw great turmoil confronting him. His young daughter, Anna, has now become my apprentice and I can already see that her powers, though undeveloped, […]
I’ve never had much interest in befriending mortals, although I move among them freely. I can mimic their ways and imitate their speech, so I blend in. I’m always looking for a way they can be useful to me, and I always find one. To the Fey, time is fluid, a concept difficult for mortals […]
When I first came to this mountain, I felt it was a special place, a magical place. Over the years, I’ve seen many strange things here. Although I have no magic, as some here have, I observe nature. Many in my village in Mexico believed in de Hadas, the fairies, and I learned that you […]
My Granny McCabe told me that whatever I needed in life could be found right here in these hills. “You only have to be needy enough and strong enough to take it,” she had said. When we made a pact to hand out some hard justice to them that deserved it, I told the girls […]
When I moved to Peachtree Hollow, I knew I’d found a magical place. Leaving the city, my shitty husband and a dead-end job to bring my kids home to the mountains had been the right thing to do. My new neighbor, Juanita, is a strong determined woman and reminds me of women in my own […]
I’m not like the others. I don’t dress like them, I don’t sound like them and I don’t think like them, but I’m starting to catch on. Raised by hippie parents in the suburbs, I moved here to get back to nature and make pots. Most of the time I’m broke and show up at […]
From the time I was a little girl I could work magic. The “knowing” came down to me from my mother’s people all the way back through our Scotts ancestors. I already knew the herbs and roots needed for simple remedies and spells, but my Aunt Minna showed me the powerful ones, like witch hazel, […]
