Remembering Woodland Press, LLC

10/17/2025

15 years ago …

10/17/2025

October 10, 2010 at Borders Express of Charleston, WV.

Woodland Press authors Michael Knost and Frank Larnerd (sitting) pose with Paul, (standing), manager extraordinaire of Borders Express of Charleston, WV. The Borders Express booth was again one of the largest single vendor areas during the West Virginia Book Festival. Woodland Press authors were extremely honored to assist. We love Borders Express.

10/17/2025

Looking back — 15 years ago.

09/27/2025

09/10/2025

LOOKING BACK: Today, we remember the spellbinding journey that took place back in September 2010. We remember the release of a classic, Mountain Magic: Spellbinding Tales of Appalachia.

Magic and storytelling share a powerful truth: both use illusion to reveal deeper realities. With just a few words, they conjure entire worlds—and sometimes, they change us forever.

The Appalachian Mountains are steeped in mystery, legend, and wonder. In Mountain Magic: Spellbinding Tales of Appalachia, editor Brian J. Hatcher brought together thirteen authors from around the world to explore the magic rooted deep in these Appalachian hills. The stories are beautiful, haunting, awe-inspiring—and occasionally, deadly.

Inside, you’ll find unsettling sleight of hand, earthy fantasy, ghostly illusions, and the kind of raw, powerful magic that could only come from the mountain regions.

The curtain rises. The stories await.
Watch closely… and prepare to be transformed.

Featuring stories by:

• Foreword by Lucy A. Snyder
• William Meikle
• Frank Larnerd
• Kelly Ramsdell Fineman
• Steve Vernon
• Jean Rabe
• Stephen Couch
• Joyce Richardson
• Joshua Reynolds
• Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
• Karin Fuller
• Wade German
• Beth Cato
• Steve Rasnic Tem

Coming to life beyond the page: during the 2010 book launch, Brian J. Hatcher planned one-of-a-kind magic shows and performed at select book events in recognition of the new release.

09/03/2025

I can’t stand reading a long short story that starts off brilliantly — with a gripping opening, an intriguing plot, believable characters, and sharp, engaging dialogue — only for it all to fall apart at the end. After being pulled in so completely, the reader is suddenly left to clumsily tumble off a cliff into a muffled thud of an ending. I really hate bad endings. Sigh.

— Keith Davis, 2015

08/18/2025

“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

08/06/2025

"Without Woodland Press and the books that specialize in the Hatffield and McCoys, our documentary ... would be missing authentic Appalachia content and images." — Laura Decludt, Thinkfactory Media co-producer of "America's Greatest Feud: The Hatfields & McCoys," a History Channel documentary. 2012

08/06/2025

"I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman where the Self Help section was. She said if she told me it would defeat the purpose." — Dennis Miller