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 […]
During my long lifetime, I’ve seen the Fey branch off in many directions. After the great Fey War, my kinsman, Jocko, and his Dark Fey tribe settled in large cities. Living among the humans they so despise, the Dark Fey have adopted some unsavory human traits, like greed. Losing their love and respect for the […]
Dan Fields saved my life in the winter of 1862, or as I found out later, 2010. I had been a Rebel prisoner held by Yankee Captain Dillon Yates, who forced me and my comrades to follow him through a portal in time. We were to be his soldiers in a battle against his cousin, […]
I knew there was a lot more to Allie Fields’ story about her missing daughter than she chose to say, but I followed her directions and started a sketch of the kidnapper. A young man’s face with perfectly aligned features, a belligerent jut to his chin, and a shock of blond hair took shape on […]
When I put on my abuelo’s curandero headdress, I remember all he taught me and I become the curandero. His totem was the snake, symbol of death and rebirth. I have his serpent-entwined staff and have made the snake my totem also. Since I’ve been living among the Anglos, I have seen a dry time worse […]
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 […]
The beauty of the mountains has shaped Anna Fields’ childhood. The summer she turns 16, severe drought threatens her family’s home. Although Appalachia is poor in many ways, water flowing deep in the earth’s core bubbles to the surface in the springs, creeks and rivers. The mountain ridges and remote hill country of West Virginia […]
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. […]
