Still Valley story
During the Civil War, a Confederate scout enters a town to find Yankee soldiers frozen in place. Directed by: James Sheldon. Story by: Manly Wade Wellman, Rod Serling.
7 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| American Civil War | choice | The story follows a Confederate Army soldier who was assigned to scout on the a Union Army brigade. |
| black magic | major | Old Man Teague gave the Confederate Army soldier Paradine a grimoire that he could use to turn the tide of the war in favor of the Confederacy, but at the cost of aligning himself with Satan. |
| compromising one's ethical principles vs. great need | major | The confederate soldiers had an opportunity to turn the tide of the war, but doing so would mean getting in bed with Satan. They chose to walk. |
| civil war | minor | We saw what was presumably a fictional happening in the lead up to the Battle of Gettysburg. |
| cowardice | minor | Sgt. Paradine scolded a subordinate at length for being yeller-bellied at the beginning. |
| facing death | minor | Old Man Teague knew he was not long for this world, and bequeathed his book of spells to Sargent Paradine shortly before kicking the bucket. |
| magic powers | minor | Old Man Teague could cast spells because he was the seventh son to a seventh son of a seventh son, he told. Exactly how this chimed with the bestowable grimoire is not explained. |