# Joseph Paradine — Short Fiction character guide

> Joseph Paradine in Short Fiction by Manly Wade Wellman.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Joe, Joseph Paradine, Paradine, Joseph

**First appearance:** 0067-coven

## Who they are

A chivalric Confederate cavalryman who rides into a silent village and finds its streets littered with stony blue dead.

## In the story

### [The Valley Was Still](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/the-valley-was-still)

A Confederate soldier who faces a moral temptation to use dark magic for the South, ultimately rejecting the pact and killing Teague.

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