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J. Lyndon Hickman
I was born and raised in an area of farms and abandoned ore mines in a time when old folks still passed down tales of yore. I knew dowsers who could find water with a branch from a tree and a lady...view moreI was born and raised in an area of farms and abandoned ore mines in a time when old folks still passed down tales of yore. I knew dowsers who could find water with a branch from a tree and a lady who could see auras and read palms and tea leaves with amazing accuracy. Locals told stories about the witch's coven up on the mountain, ghostly hauntings, near-death experiences, and old family photos where spooky forms appeared in the background.
So, while in college, I 'put pen to paper' and drew upon the people and tales of which I was familiar to write "The Years of Magic," a story which proposed that it was the electricity running through the wires enveloping civilization which drove away those natural horrors of popular legend, "The Special Place," about an area that bordered, and often intruded upon, other dimensions, and a supernatural comedy titled, "The Devil May Care." More recently I wrote "The Witch's Song," and “A Vampire Story.”
I still reside in that now not-so-rural community with my wife, JoAnn, and my dog, Mr. Biggie. And sometimes, when the moon is high in the night sky, I wonder if it is like the old-timers used to say about a nearby farm, that "...on those quiet summer nights, if you listen closely, you can still hear the Revolutionary War soldiers marching in formation on the Old Drill Field."view less