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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Under the Oak Tree
Drew Tolbert

Why I Wrote the Oak Tree Series

Believe it or not, The Oak Tree series was based on a true story. Well… sort of. I had a friend who moved away. Not long after, she was killed in a car wreck. There wasn’t some dramatic fallout. No life-altering spiral. Just the quiet weight of something unfinished. The kind of loss that doesn’t […]

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