My mother bought clothes to make herself feel good. She imagined herself being invited to a dinner party at a house...
This review was written by Rick Shaw and originally appeared on the blog of Antique Iron Media. * With all...
The way I met Calhoun, I was sitting in the bar, the only bar we have in town. At the...
It was Christmas Eve with the circle of advent candles burning low in a pool of wax when Cee left...
The Rural Literature Book Club is meeting online for the sixth time on March 2nd, 6pm GMT/ 1pm EST. Join people...
One Joe Dell, sitting on a basswood stump, looked at the dirty handkerchief, now bloody, that he had wrapped just...
The Last Farm Stand She comes laden across the bay, and I am halfway down the hill to the ferry...
“Milking Cows and Throwing Curves” was shortlisted for the 2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest by judge Dr. Chea Parton....
I used to tell myself that it was the August heat that drew me away from that tarmacadam road and into the...
“Bucolia” was shortlisted for the 2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest by judge Dr. Chea Parton. Learn more about the...
Darkroom The past would seem to exist beneath a red light behind a door seldom opened save to revisit photographs...
I Confess I’ve resorted to murder, here in my kitchen filled with basil, bee balm and thronging castes of blue-black...