The Cemetery
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    With more than a little trepidation, I drove cautiously along the winding road, the darkness concealing a plethora of hazards that would assail the unwary or lackadaisical driver. Shadows flowed across the landscape, melting away with the glare of headlights emanating from my battered and more than slightly used car.
    I had [...]
I would like to take a moment to introduce you to a wonderful, intelligent and determined young man who has overcome more in his 33 years of life, than most of us will face in a lifetime. Larry has not shied away from adversity, but faced it head-on and overcame. He is such an inspirataion, [...]
 Thomas L. Freese is a successful author, storyteller and artist. He has written six books including five books of ghostly tales. His first book was Shaker Ghost Stories from Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. He also freelance writes for magazines, including Lexington (Kentucky’s) Chevy Chaser Magazine. Mr. Freese performs over a dozen educational and entertaining story programs [...]
My uncle, Milford Howell told me a story about a picture that was taken on a graveyard that showed a demon sitting in a tree. He said that three young soldiers had been killed and sent home to be buried. Several local men had gathered to dig the graves, all side by side. Someone took [...]
Many years ago, my grandfather, Lacy Howell, told me of a story that happened to him when he was a teenager living in the mountain hollows of Martin County, Kentucky. He had been courtin’ a young girl that lived several miles from his home in a nearby hollow. One evening he decided to go visit [...]
You have heard it said many times, and so have I: “Oh, I love to read but I just never have the time.” I reject that statement–a false premise from the word go. Any omniverous reader will support my contention that if you are a reader, you will read–regardless of time, place, or circumstance. It [...]
Krissi Fajgerbaum, a 16 year old from Raleigh, NC., has launched www.teens2teens.net after watching Diane Sawyer’s documentary on Appalachia. She created it to help teens in need.
“All teenagers have the same wants and needs no matter who they are or where they come from. Teens want to feel good about themselves. They want to feel self [...]
Noah Maynard
BACK IN 1960 WAS BAD AND GOOD TIMES FAMILY’S DID NOT HAVE MUCH BUT WE HAD LOVE
DAD HAD A THIRD GRADE EDUCATION
IN MARKUM HOLLOW MARRIED RUTH SHE WAS 14 HAD HARD TIMES LIVED ON $200 DOING ODD JOBS AND NINE CHILDREN BORN AT HOME NO HOSPITAL IN MARTIN CO KY
FATHER’S WAS CAL HAPPY PAPPIES [...]
She left us way to early, we were given no time to prepare
She left a hole so large in us it can never be repaired
She loved us all in different ways, giving us each what it was we needed
She knew exactly how to pick us up even when we felt defeated
She made everything seem so easy [...]