Witches

They say the world fractured at Gettysburg.  But it didn't split until Sherman started his march to the sea.  Fault is placed all around, but no one really knows what happened so who can say.  Some say witches, some voodoo, some the devil himself.  Things were brought here: magic, elves, goblins and dragons.  Other places are just gone…Ten years after, Cal survived by keeping to himself out in what used to be the territories.  He’d lost a brother in the fighting and a sister to a southern husband, but it seemed to matter little now.Most things left him alone if he left them alone.  But spring was always bad.  It meant he had to go into town.  Towns were dangerous.  There were things loose in the world now that were best avoided.  But if he was going to make it through next winter he needed to sell his furs and get supplies.But sometimes the best laid plans…