Fiction and History

Tag: Missouri Ozarks

  • “The Legend of the Albino Farm: A Novel” meets the Ozarks

    This made no sense to Hettienne. Strange? Saturn? How could anyone ever think that Emerald Park was scary, lonely, and strange? Here was where you ran and yelled like Indians, and no one on Earth could stop you. Here was where nine nobles strove to defend castle walls and never once were defeated. Here was…

  • A Q & A with Matthew J. Hernando, author of “Faces Like Devils: The Bald Knobber Vigilantes in the Ozarks”

    Matthew J. Hernando is Instructor of History and Government at Ozark Technical Community College, Hollister, Missouri. He has contributed articles and book reviews to such publications as the North Louisiana Historical Association Journal, the White River Valley Historical Quarterly, and the online journal Civil War Book Review. Faces Like Devils: The Bald Knobber Vigilantes in…

  • Working definition: Emotional truth

    Emotional Truth A visceral, heartfelt connection that arises between reader and character or characters through the unfolding (and possibly the resolution) of an invented, narrated conflict, a connection so powerful that the reader perceives reality and truth in what is known to be pretend, known to be fiction. This truth arises through a combination of…