Drew Tolbert | Author

Big questions. Small-town Alabama. Clean fiction, honest essays, and the occasional chaotic story.

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In the Beginning, Order
Why a Signature Can Make Something Priceless (and a Crayon Can Ruin It)
Why I Wrote the Oak Tree Series
The bible and Science argue
Why We Think the Bible and Science Are Arguing
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The Least Southern Parts of Alabama
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If You’re From Texas… You Might Not Be From “The South”
A modern-day ninja lands a job interview with a Marine who can’t believe he’s really hiring a ninja.
From Ninja to Private Investigator: The Interview That Changed Everything
Graduation day drama in Empire, Alabama — Eric receives troubling news in time-travel novel, Chapter 13 illustration.
Under the Oak Tree Chapter 13: High School Graduation Drama
Chapter 12 illustration from time travel novel set in Warrior, Alabama. Two teenage boys, Lucas and Eric, inside a rustic shed experiment with a glowing rock and stun gun to open a time portal. Electrical energy surges as a vortex reveals an untouched forest from centuries past. Image dated April 27, 2008, showcasing early morning scientific discovery tied to voltage-based time travel.
Under the Oak Tree Chapter 12: Time Travel Experiment

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Meaning & Misunderstanding
Drew Tolbert

Why a Signature Can Make Something Priceless (and a Crayon Can Ruin It)

There is a strange and mostly unspoken rule we all seem to agree on. If a professional athlete signs an object, that object becomes more valuable. If a toddler draws on the same object, it becomes less valuable. The object itself does not change. The ink is still ink. The surface is still the surface. […]

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