Literature

Encore: Spooky Tales And Sci-Fi, Inside Appalachia

Submitted for your approval, we have a selection of spooky tales for Halloween and beyond. We have scary stories read by acclaimed sci-fi and horror authors, tales of the supernatural, and we might know...

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Author Recounts ‘Pill Mill’ Trial In Southern Ohio

The opioid epidemic has long devastated Appalachia. Drug overdose deaths are falling both within West Virginia and the United States, but the epidemic has already claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the past two decades — including tens of thousands of West Virginians.

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Author Marc Harshman Talks Creativity, Climate Change And Appalachian Heritage

Ohio County author Marc Harshman has spent decades writing poetry and children’s books. He has served as West Virginia’s state poet laureate since 2012, and his 2023 poetry collection “Following the Silence”...

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Rural Science Fiction And Hunger Relief, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, Christopher Rowe is a nationally recognized science fiction and fantasy writer. He imagines the future not in cities or outer space, but in rural areas like the one he grew up in. ...

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