Originally West Virginians told these hundred stories not for idle amusement but to report supernatural experiences that defied ordinary human explanation. From jealous rivals and ghostly children to murdered kinsmen and omens of death, these tales reflect the inner lives-the hopes, beliefs, and fears-of a people. Like all folklore, these tales reveal much of the history of the region: its isolation and violence, the passions and

    Contents7 • Snowfall • (1965) • novelette by Elizabeth Walter43 • The New House • (1965) • novelette by Elizabeth Walter71 • The Tibetan Box • (1965) • short story by Elizabeth Walter89 • The Island of Regrets • (1965) • novelette by Elizabeth Walter125 • The Drum • (1965) • novelette by Elizabeth Walter