Collections of Madness

Blaine 38yo (Robert), Eugene 40yo (Mikc), Lorelei 37yo (Arbor), 19yo twins: Pistol (Mike) and Faith (Bill) Summary : Even the older kids (Blaine and Lorelei) didn’t know much about Pa’s first wife (Sadie) gone missing 45 years ago. Other than rumors spread while waiting for the corn mash to ferment in the stills. Some say how she done run away pregnant and wanting an abortion (against Pa’s wishes). Others described their constant fighting. Whatever; gone and forgotten and soon replaced by our mother, Annabelle. She died barely 2 years after the twins were born. But come to think about it, the older kids don’t remember seeing her pregnant. They remember those 9 months she spent at her mother’s house being cared for through labor. But now to hear there are even MORE siblings?! Noon, Sunday, March 30 th : Seeing their deformed siblings in the cave was shocking enough. Birthed by none other that some unholy version of Sadie!! But to see Jack blasted by Eugene and turn to ash that...

Of Sorrow and Clay.P1 by Graeme Patrick; GM Thomas Intro : Poor Fork, Appalachia, March 1925. Prohibition era. Family is everything in the Appalachian Mountains. When everyone else turns their backs, they will be there, waiting. They may not like you. They may even hate you. But there is a loyalty to blood that runs deep in those black soiled hollers. All are members of the Taft Family (2 x Miners, Student Nurse, Bartender, Moonshiner), coming together to find out what happened to your father, who has gone missing. Blain Taft, miner 38yo [Robert/Rocinante]: Lives in Lynch . Spent his life picking up and looking after his father. Loyal to a fault, won’t hear a bad word about the old man, despite him being a bum. Eugene Nairn, miner 40yo [Mikc]: Foreman at the Baxter mines, deciding where each man works as he holds their safety in his hands. Miners call him a company hatchet man: feared, sometimes respected. Pistol Taft, moonshiner...