Backwoods Stories

this is a love story based on a true story. warning: real emotions and feelings included

Title: Double Edged Author: Abigail Pittman Twenty-year-old Elia Clifton is a girl still suffering from an accident that took her mother's life over six years earlier. When she finds that the door to the attic is a gateway to another world, she takes the chance and jumps into an adventure of a lifetime. Jareth is an elfin prince under a strange spell that has been all but ostricized by his own kingdom. Now he hides in a forgotten royal temple with the few servants that do not fear him, searching for the girl that could be his salvation. There, he meets Elia and they have to race against time to stop an evil advisor from destroying the balance between their worlds. But along the way, can she help him overcome his mysterious nightly curse? Can he help her heal from old wounds and betrayals from the past? "All you have to do is open the door."

The only thing worse than a prison sentence, is the ghost that roams your cell. Contains profanity, not suitable for children.

Wild Marjoram is set in glorious Chicagoland in a world where The Great War has never ended and a mechanic gets caught in the underground world of crime, odd inventions and the mystery of the Slates. The Vote is a tale of Marjoram and Jerry as they cruise into the lion's den in The Broken Apple, what New York City is know called. But this journey turns into chaos for the couple, as they find themselves in the backroads of occupied America.

Book 3 in The Family series The worst-case scenario happened. A victim of the Sawyers escaped. Even worse than that, this victim carried away the youngest, infant member of their clan. The only choice the family has left is to hit the road to avoid the inevitable persecution coming and they're dragging Matilda along for the ride. It turns out a road trip with the family is anything but boring. With a manhunt in progress for the unconventional brood and new trouble to be stirred up around every bend, a moment of rest is rare to find. Chaos isn't always a bad thing though. It does well to distract from the gaping hole left by the absence of their kin. Plus the rat twin's antics can be pretty entertaining to watch unfold. When the road eventually ends as all do and leaves the Sawyers at the home of their estranged relatives seeking refuge, the fun and games are over. Matilda thought she was leaving her grotty past and all her horrid memories behind her when she left the farm, but it turns out she only traded one hell for another. How will the family cope with the loss of one of their own? How far are they willing to go in order to evade being caught while on the road? What horrors will Matilda find waiting for her at the home of her new family's eccentric relatives? How much more will Matilda have to endure and conquer on the long road home?

A mother gets lost while driving on Halloween night and must confront her past.

Russell never planned to fall in love or be kidnapped but they both happened and now he'll just have to live with consequence and choice he has made.

The life of a southern girl named Blake

Have you ever heard of the legend of the skin walker? And no not skin walker ranch. These kids have and there out to find if it's more then just a legend

Appalachian memoirs abound, but it seems the painful truths of poverty, child neglect, mental illness and senseless deaths are often found in sociological tomes and in-depth studies of what has often been called "planned poverty".

Two friends decide to go on a hiking trip to the Pacific Northwest Mountains. Their fun is ruined by an ancient adversary of the human race.

Inspired by a song called Backwood by gigi

This short story is based on a young teacher's encounter with a bootlegger in Pickens County, South Carolina in the 1970's. In a clash of cultures, "the meanest man," Carl, and his friend, Stupid Stewart, taught him a few lessons about life. The story won a Hackney Literary Award in 2013.

A fake story of a lost girl in the backrooms, trying to find the way out

When young men and women start disappearing in the small town of Senoia, South Carolina  nobody pays attention. That is until bodies are discovered in the creek just 2 miles outside of town. Deputy Ken Dawson is sent to the Creek to look for clues, but he discovers something gruesome. Something that will haunt him and Senoia forever.