The Milk House – a rural writing collective

Adam Trodd offers his flash fiction

01 — The Milk House

Did You Eat of The Apple? (fiction), by Adam Trodd

By Adam TroddJune 11, 2020

02 — The Milk House

The Displaced Generation

By Ryan DennisApril 13, 2020

A perfect 35 for the bees

03 — The Milk House

A PERFECT 35° (Poem), by Jessica Maybury

By Jessica MayburyJune 4, 2020

piano in bar

04 — The Milk House

Harold and Celia, by Robert Block

By Robert BlockSeptember 3, 2020

Maura McElhone's book Falling for a Farmer

05 — The Milk House

At the Tail End of Calving, by Maura McElhone

By Maura McElhoneSeptember 17, 2020

06 — The Milk House

On Collapsing Dairy Barns, by Will Weaver

By Will WeaverMay 14, 2020

The Geography of a Family

07 — The Milk House

The Geography of a Family

By Ryan DennisMay 11, 2020

08 — The Milk House

A Quick and Overly-Simple Explanation of Global Agricultural Politics

By Ryan DennisOctober 14, 2019

Featured Writers

Poems by Patrick Deeley

October 15, 2020
Flyers for Steven, by Adam Kenworthy

October 8, 2020
A Feast and a Famine, by Stephen Reilly

October 1, 2020
Binh Duong New City, By Michael Halloran

September 24, 2020
At the Tail End of Calving, by Maura McElhone

September 17, 2020

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Songs without Words

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Songs without Words

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Poems by Patrick Deeley

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An Agri-Cultural Phenomenon: The Persian Qanats

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An Agri-Cultural Phenomenon: The Persian Qanats

October 12, 20208 mins readBy Ryan Dennis

Flyers for Steven, by Adam Kenworthy

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Flyers for Steven, by Adam Kenworthy

October 8, 202012 mins readBy Adam Kenworthy

Cows in the Classroom

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Cows in the Classroom

October 5, 20208 mins readBy Ryan Dennis

A Feast and a Famine, by Stephen Reilly

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A Feast and a Famine, by Stephen Reilly

October 1, 202010 mins readBy Stephen Reilly

Bog Butter

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Bog Butter

September 28, 20208 mins readBy Ryan Dennis

Binh Duong New City, By Michael Halloran

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Binh Duong New City, By Michael Halloran

September 24, 20203 mins readBy Michael Halloran

The Giant Man Wearing a Top Hat in the Desert

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The Giant Man Wearing a Top Hat in the Desert

September 21, 202010 mins readBy Ryan Dennis

At the Tail End of Calving, by Maura McElhone

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At the Tail End of Calving, by Maura McElhone

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The Greening of Greenland

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The Greening of Greenland

September 14, 20207 mins readBy Ryan Dennis

Five Books about Farming that Explain the Industry

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Five Books about Farming that Explain the Industry

September 10, 202010 mins readBy Ryan Dennis

Talking about Books

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10 Farm Novels for Winter Reading

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10 Farm Novels for Winter Reading

September 21, 2019By Ryan Dennis

Best Rural Novels: A List of 10 to Get Started

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Five Books about Farming that Explain the Industry

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