I’ve always known I was different. I also know my parents are not my blood parents, even though they’ve always treated me like their own and given me a good home. Everything I know about engine repair and woodworking I’ve learned from Finn, my dad. When I was a young kid, he taught me how […]
I know I’m not Norse. Raiders stole me away from my family when was very small. I was not treated harshly, but was ignored until Helga, the Virtur Kona, took me in. I have become her laerlingur, or apprentice, and she treats me well. I can identify most of the healing plants she uses and […]
The Hexa, Walking Between Worlds Helga, the Virtur Kona or wise woman of the clan, speaks. I have walked this earth for hundreds of years. I have seen our people triumphant and feared around the world and I have watched as they settled back in their homelands or dispersed throughout the world. They have adapted, […]
Finn Hanson, an Afghanistan vet struggling with PTSD and a drinking problem, returns to his homeplace in West Virginia to find that this tranquil bit of mountain land has now become another war zone. After three tours in the desert, Finn is in a bad way. The only time he leaves the house is to […]
When I met the young Rebel soldier, Dan Fields, on that snowy night so many years ago, I assumed he was a Civil War re-enactor strayed from the Jackson march group. Although he seemed somewhat disoriented by his surroundings, his demeanor was straight-forward and unassuming. His blue eyes held a wistful expression and when he […]
Dan Fields, the soldier swept through time from the Civil War to 2010 in Rebel Traveler, has settled into a new life with his wife Allie and their teenaged daughter Anna. Now, in 2028, the nation is gripped by severe drought. West Virginia is one of the few places which still has an abundance […]
I’ve always known I was different. I could see things other children could not and I instinctively knew things they didn’t know. I could predict events before they happened – like the arrival of visitors or the exact moment a foal would be born. Later, I found that if I concentrated, I could move objects […]
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 […]
