The Appalachian Sisters Too Cursed for the Church Records: Mercy & Tabitha

Edgar Kincaid did not reject Naomi Mercer quietly. He did not lower his voice. He did not step close and spare her the eyes of…

The enormous mountain man dropped to his knees the moment Maren told him, “You’re bigger than my house.” Instead of laughing, Torin clutched his battered hat…

Part 1 At the end of a dirt road in Highland County, Virginia, beyond the last dependable gas pump and another 20 minutes beyond the…

“I can’t close my legs,” Hannah cried from the dirt floor of the barn. Elias Boone bent down, saw the bruising and the deep rope…

The letter never reached her. Not the first one. Not the last one. Not any of the forty-one Elias Mercer wrote with cold fingers, a…

Part 1 When the Charleston County records were finally opened in 2007, the first surprise was not a confession, a will, or a forgotten deed….