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Romulan or Vulcan?' the ushers asked each guest.Marion, who had been poised to say 'friends of the bride' had responded to the question with an open-mouthed stare, and Jay Omega answered, 'Klingon! wh...

Sharyn McCrumb

Romulan or Vulcan?' the ushers asked each guest.Marion, who had been poised to say 'friends of the bride' had responded to the question with an open-mouthed stare, and Jay Omega answered, 'Klingon! wh...

Tags: humor, star trek

I wonder which is worse-the death, not knowing what comes after, or the wedding, when you think you know, but you're wrong.

Sharyn McCrumb

I wonder which is worse-the death, not knowing what comes after, or the wedding, when you think you know, but you're wrong.

Tags: frankie silver, hanging, marriage

About Author
Sharyn McCrumb (born February 26, 1948) is an American writer whose books celebrate the history and folklore of Appalachia. McCrumb is the winner of numerous literary awards, and the author of the Elizabeth McPherson mystery series, the Ballad series, and the St. Dale series.

Seasons didn't come behind the nicotine-stained walls of Mountain City's prison, so Harm always imagined it spring--the locust trees clustered with shaggy white blooms, the wet woods flecked with bloo...

Sharyn McCrumb

Seasons didn't come behind the nicotine-stained walls of Mountain City's prison, so Harm always imagined it spring--the locust trees clustered with shaggy white blooms, the wet woods flecked with bloo...

Tags: ballad novel, southern fiction

Is the groom going to go where no man has gone before?

Sharyn McCrumb

Is the groom going to go where no man has gone before?

Tags: star trek

Wild steep mountains floating in a haze of cloud...a sea of green trees swallowing the hills and valleys, and curling around the trails and rivers, with the wind in the leaves as its tide.

Sharyn McCrumb

Wild steep mountains floating in a haze of cloud...a sea of green trees swallowing the hills and valleys, and curling around the trails and rivers, with the wind in the leaves as its tide.

Tags: ballad novels, southern fiction

Mountains have long-lost kinfolk on the other side of the Atlantic. The bloodline that marks that kinship is a vein of a green mineral called serpentine ...

Sharyn McCrumb

Mountains have long-lost kinfolk on the other side of the Atlantic. The bloodline that marks that kinship is a vein of a green mineral called serpentine ...

A man is always a little shamefaced on his wedding day, like a fox caught in a baited trap, ensnared because his greed overcame his better judgment. The menfolk laughed at Charlie that spring day, and...

Sharyn McCrumb

A man is always a little shamefaced on his wedding day, like a fox caught in a baited trap, ensnared because his greed overcame his better judgment. The menfolk laughed at Charlie that spring day, and...

Tags: marriage, slavery

Surely doctors saw nothing but the eyes of their patient’s family: the staring, pleading eyes that waited to hear what sentence would be pronounced on their loved one.

Sharyn McCrumb

Surely doctors saw nothing but the eyes of their patient’s family: the staring, pleading eyes that waited to hear what sentence would be pronounced on their loved one.

It couldn't be the beer. Donnie McRory was certain of that. If you sent American beer out to be analyzed, the lab would probably phone up and say, 'Your horse has diabetes.

Sharyn McCrumb

It couldn't be the beer. Donnie McRory was certain of that. If you sent American beer out to be analyzed, the lab would probably phone up and say, 'Your horse has diabetes.

Oh, son, hardly anybody wants to leave. These mountains are more than just a place for folks around here.

Sharyn McCrumb

Oh, son, hardly anybody wants to leave. These mountains are more than just a place for folks around here.

One of the gentleman guests chuckled. Do you think the mother made up the story out of whole cloth?

Sharyn McCrumb

One of the gentleman guests chuckled. Do you think the mother made up the story out of whole cloth?

Being a professional writer is a lot like being a hooker. You'd better find out if you're any good at it before you start charging for it.

Sharyn McCrumb

Being a professional writer is a lot like being a hooker. You'd better find out if you're any good at it before you start charging for it.

Tags: writing

Boondocks' is simply the Tagalog word for mountains.

Sharyn McCrumb

Boondocks' is simply the Tagalog word for mountains.

The most momentous events in life—baptisms, weddings, and funerals—don’t seem to take much time, but the effects of them bind up the whole of your existence.

Sharyn McCrumb

The most momentous events in life—baptisms, weddings, and funerals—don’t seem to take much time, but the effects of them bind up the whole of your existence.

There is a time in late September when the leaves are still green, and the days are still warm, but somehow you know that it is all about to end, as if summer was holding its breath, and when it let i...

Sharyn McCrumb

There is a time in late September when the leaves are still green, and the days are still warm, but somehow you know that it is all about to end, as if summer was holding its breath, and when it let i...