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Chief Chicken Handler by Katy Goforth
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Chief Chicken Handler by Katy Goforth

I was nine the year my Pa couldn’t find work and the Albergotti family became part of my life. Everyone...
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Deer
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Liver and Onions by Joseph Powell

When Bob was married, he went hunting two or three times a year, but just getting out seemed more important...
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Persephone’s Lesson by Mark Grant

How peculiar. Before, David had turned off the main road, walked up the potholed lane, climbed over a rickety stile,...
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A Lick of Common Sense by Danyl A. Doyle

I was twelve when I figured out God.   Mom was a devout Presbyterian who taught Sunday school. Every evening she...
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Bayou
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The End of Summer by JD Clapp

Daddy sat up in a tangled mess of damp sheets. He reached over to the nightstand and grabbed a Camel....
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First rains
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The Dark Cloud by Swetha Amit

Not a speck of cloud. No sign of rain. Second year in a row. Kishan looked up at the blazing...
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Hat's Off
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THE PARLOR: Hat’s Off by Sandy Korey

THE PARLOR is a series on The Milk House that embraces the lighter side of rural life. You can find...
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2023 Best in Rural Writing Contest: Winner Announcement

The inaugural Best in Rural Writing Contest has now come to an end. The Milk House is grateful to the...
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Ocean storm
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All Souls Lost by Keelan Gallagher

Emerging from the fog bank, the Beatrix appeared before them, a sleeping leviathan suddenly filling their vision in the twilight...
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Ezra Ray by Nick Wynne

Ezra Ray and I grew up together in a small South Georgia town of no more than three thousand persons....
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Cow in snow
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The Snow Field by Mark Scheel

A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist!” “However,” replied the universe, “The fact has not created in me...
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Data
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Lab Notes by Deb Stark

Date: 2031/08/23 Project: 4957dbfj (Group #1)   Introduction: The focus group consists of six millennials; three males, two females, and...
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Mark Esping A Little Help from Heaven
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A Little Help from Heaven by Mark Esping

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SERIAL MEMOIR Part 4: Rambles with Robert Lee by BJ Omanson

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