The inaugural Best in Rural Writing Contest has now come to an end. The Milk House is grateful to the...
A story from rural Kenya. From the Becoming Erick Collection. Edited by Poppy Johnson. A Mother’s Manual Dreamily he watched,...
Emerging from the fog bank, the Beatrix appeared before them, a sleeping leviathan suddenly filling their vision in the twilight...
You need to pick up a few things, she told James. I am too tired, he said. Can’t it wait...
Someone, or something, was stealing Jopson’s apple-blossom. Three small apple trees in pots stood on his front path. A supermarket...
You turn the corner. Two high windows already open like eyelids. The house awake. Mum slows the car. Puts the...
I was twelve when I figured out God. Mom was a devout Presbyterian who taught Sunday school. Every evening she...
It was a struggle for her, getting around to the back of the house this morning to gather up the...
Backhoe Bob sat in the gas-station diner with the Sheriff, who also happened to be named Bob. Locals have been...
“Bloom where you are planted.” So said the sign that hung over Ryan Berg’s stove. The rectangular wooden plaque was...
“Bucolia” was shortlisted for the 2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest by judge Dr. Chea Parton. Learn more about the...
Embossed in gold on the cover of the new bible in his lap: “Father Paul Sullivan.” He ran a thumb...