stephen harlow
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Fur Market Report: How Prices Are Set, What Trappers Are Seeing, and Regional Averages Across the United States
Buckhannon, West Virginia; December 14th, 2025. Fur prices do not function like fuel, grain, or precious metals, and they do not change day by day. There is no posted board and no guaranteed rate; prices are discovered when buyers compete, either at international auction or through regional buying networks, and the value of any individual…
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Two Riders West of Eden: episode 1- The Road to Jerusalem (Historical Fiction)
“Momma, when will we get to Jerusalem?” asked the young, tan boy. “Very soon, my son.” Said his mother, an Arab Muslim seeking refuge and hoping to find it in the Holy Land. “Will they accept us there, momma?” asked the boy. “I believe they will.” Said his mother. The year was…
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The Space Riders: episode 2- Barroom Blitz (Science Fiction; Space Opera; Action Pulp)
Sol Beaudon shook his head as he sat at the bar, stretching, letting out a yawn, and then pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose. “What are you drinking, Beau?” asked the bartender. His name was George Wetzel, and he was part of the alien race known as the Urnfurs, a…
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Attack of the Birdman: a Story from the Nightmare Series (Supernatural Horror)
I wasn’t very old when it happened, probably only 10 or 11 years old; my brother and I were home alone that night (he being 13 or 14 that year); our parents had gone out for the evening and weren’t planning on being back until the next morning. It wasn’t uncommon for that to happen…
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High Stakes Haul: Vegas Trucking Underworld- episode 2, The Invitation (Action-Crime Trucking Noir)
Esteban listened as the phone rang through, yawning as he looked out the windshield of his rig, watching as people walked around the parking lot of the large truck stop, the smell of diesel and exhaust filling his nostrils; that smell never bothered him though, it was warm, it was comforting, it was like home.…
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Sunday Comic: Casually Cryptid- scene 1
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Appalachian History Feature: The Coalfields, Company Towns, and the Making of Modern Appalachia
Buckhannon, West Virginia; December 14th, 2025. The modern history of Appalachia cannot be understood without confronting coal; not merely as a resource pulled from the ground, but as a force that reshaped land, labor, culture, and power across the region. From the late 19th century through the early and mid-20th century, coal transformed isolated mountain…
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Foraging Feature: Dandelion, the Common Plant with a Long Appalachian History
Buckhannon, West Virginia; December 14th, 2025. Among the many wild plants that grow quietly across fields, yards, creek banks, and pasture edges throughout Appalachia, few are as widely recognized, historically documented, and consistently useful as the dandelion. Known botanically as Taraxacum officinale, the dandelion has long occupied a place in both Old World and Appalachian…
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Outdoor Safety Feature: Situational Awareness, the Skill That Prevents Most Emergencies
Buckhannon, West Virginia; December 14th, 2025. In the outdoors, most accidents do not begin with dramatic failure; they begin with small lapses in awareness. Long before equipment breaks, weather turns severe, or terrain becomes dangerous, warning signs usually appear, subtle at first, then increasingly obvious to those who know how to look. Situational awareness, the…
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Outdoor Skill Feature: Building a Safe, Effective Campfire the Traditional Way
Buckhannon, West Virginia; December 14th, 2025. Long before modern gear, chemical fire starters, and convenience tools, the campfire was a skill every outdoorsman was expected to understand; not as a novelty, but as a necessity. Fire provided warmth, light, food preparation, protection, and morale, and in Appalachia, where weather, terrain, and isolation could change quickly,…