Teacher, Light a Shuck, the Old Way

The first two short stories in this anthology are about people in the great Smokey Mountains. The author has outdone himself with these two short, thought provoking stories presented here for your enjoyment.

Our third story has scenes in the Rocky Mountains and Ozarks.

TEACHER

Thomas (Tom) Eagle, Staff Sergeant (SSG) U.S. Army is propelled into a new experience after riding his horse into a strange, cold fog. On leave at home after a tour in Afghanistan he rides into the Smokey Mountains for a short camping trip to unwind from his deployment and never returns. Somehow, he is moved into the past and must make his home there. Being of Native American descent, he is able to assimilate into the society he finds in the mountains and helps change the history of North America and the world. The mountains become a center of learning and civilization for all because of him.

LIGHT A SHUCK

Seth Thompson, a young man born and raised near Gatlinburg, Tennessee in the great Smokey Mountains, accidentally kills a man from a wealthy family. No matter it was an accident, his father was a powerful and vengeful man so his only option was to run fast and far. He leaves his widowed mother and sets off on the adventure of a lifetime and in the process improves his life greatly. He finds the love he didn't know he missed and builds a future and family to be proud of. Enjoy his travels through this great country as he makes his way west seeking his fortune and escaping from the father of the man he killed, a man who wronged his family.

THE OLD WAY

Seth Connors left his hometown after an acrimonious split with his fiancee. Rather than stay in the town he grew up in and face unfounded accusations of sexual deviancy he moved to the Colorado Rocky Mountains and resurrected a gold mine his family owned and operated well into the mid 20th century. After arriving there he rescues a young Native American woman and her grandparents, developing a relationship with the young woman. Later the couple takes in a runaway girl. These three young people soon become a family and build a happy life with each other in their secluded little mountain valley.